Dumaloo (Fried and Pressure Cooked Potatoes)
Dumaloo is one of those special meals that if you’ve had it you’ll love it. It’s probably so good because it can take a really long time to cook. First you fry the potatoes then your boil and pressure cook. Traditionally it took all day to cook this meal.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Peel & cut the potatoes along with into halves.
- Take oil in a sauce pan (Kadai) & deep fry the potatoes a few at a time till they are brown. For a healthier alternative you can use the air fryer to cook the potatoes.
- Now heat a pressure cooker on the stove & add a couple of tablespoons of oil into it.
- When the oil heats a bit add all the whole masalas and red chilly powder followed by a couple of spoons of water. This is done so that the chillies don’t get burnt & you also get a rich red color.
- Then add the hing & all the potatoes & fry a bit again . Sprinkle a bit more water & dry it, check if you are getting good reddish colour on the potatoes, if not add a bit more chilly powder.
- Now add some salt , ginger powder & saunf powder, a cup & a half of water & pressure cook for about 5 minutes.
- After it cools down add garam masala if available.