Aloo Ki Sabzi / Aloo Sabji / Potatoes Cooked in Gram flour & Curd Sauce - Best Combo for Roti, Paratha & Poori ( No Onion, No Tomato, No Garlic)

Are you tired of chopping and sautéing lots of onions, tomatoes and so many other vegetables to make a sidedish for paratha or are you bored of grinding lots of spices and coconut until it gets wickedly smooth..HuH !!! lots of work to make a side dish..

Need a solution then check out this gravy which needs no onions, tomatoes and garlic…How easy  is that…When I came across this recipe, I was quite surprised because how can we make a yummy gravy without any of these, but once I tried I was quite satisfied with the result…I hope you too will like it..

This is my DAY 6 recipe for BM which falls in the theme Seven days of Rajasthani Recipes….Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Recipe Source: Tarla Dalal

Ingrediants:

Potato - 3 large cubed and boiled

Curd -1 cup

Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - 2 tsp

Coriander Powder / malli Podi -1 tblspn

Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi -  1/2 tsp

Coriander Leaves / Cilantro for garnishing

Salt to taste

For Seasoning:

Oil - 3 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1tsp

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1tsp

Cinnamon / Pattai -1 small stick

Cloves / Krambu - 2

Nigella Seeds / Kalonji - 1 tsp

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf -1 tsp

Method:

Cook potatoes untill it is compltely cooked. Remove it and set aside.

In a mixing bowl add gram flour, curd, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and beat well..There should be no lumps. Set this aside for a moment.

Heat oil in a kadai. Add all the seasoning ingrediants in the given order starting from mustard seeds and let it fry for 30 sec.

Add in the gram flour mixture and brng it to boil. Season with salt and mix well.

Add in cooked potatoes and simmer this for 10-15 mins. Add more water if the gravy is too thick.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti.

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants..I forgot to add kalonji here..Imagine that it is present OK :P

Start from the potatoes...Cut them as per you wish

wash them well and add it to a saucepan covered with salted water....IMP: ADD SALT TO THE WATER

Bring it to a good boil

cover and simmer

untill potatoes are cooked

drain it and set aside

now make the sauce for this gravy..For this you need a blender, because it makes life so easy

add curd to it

add coriander and garam masala powder

add chilli and turmeric powder

add gram flour

Everything is in. now just whiz it up..It is that easy...

ok now everything is smooth, without any lumps..

add more water

and blend again...Sauce done..Set this aside

Heat oil in a kadai

add mustard and cumin

now cinnamon and cloves

now fennel and kalonji (Pls imagine)

fry them for 30 sec..Not more than that..

now add in the sauce

and mix well

add some salt

cover and simmer

untill oil floats on top

add in potatoes

and mix well...Simmer this for 15- 20 mins..

untill the gravy is thick and potatoes have absorbed all the flavours

garnish with coriander leaves

and give a final stir..

Serve

I meant to show is bowl...This one is my favorite..

if you like garnish with some more cilantro..

I served it with coriander paratha and watermelon fizz(Recipe soon)

YUM YUM...

Enjoy your meal...