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.
Dumaloo (Fried and Pressure Cooked Potatoes)
Delicious Fried Potatoes in Red Gravy
Equipment
- 1 Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 8-10 Potatoes (smaller size) Small red potatoes work well for this. Small Yukon potatoes are also good.
- 3-4 Cloves
- 1 Big Cardamom
- 1-2 pieces Cinnamon
- Pinch Hing
- ¼ tsp Cumin (Zeera) Seed Powder
- 2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
- 2 tbsp Fennel (Saunf) Powder
- Salt to taste
- Pinch Garam Masala
Instructions
- 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.