I have made Aloo Banarasi or Banarasi Aloo, if you will, for as long as I can remember that I don’t even recall where I got this recipe from. I make them for parties or when entertaining since I find that this is not the most often made dish yet its so delicious enough to make it to party affair. It was indeed pretty hard for me to sit down and note down the exact recipe measurements since I have never measured it per se. I always eye ball it, so this was indeed quite a task when I had to actually measure out ingredients while making them. I have given a rough approximation of the measurements hence I would request you to use your discretion and taste to make a choice
These are yummy and rich and yet not too rich that you would feel too guilty. Now enough talking and lets move to the recipe
1.Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and add the potatoes. Bring water to a boil and then simmer until potatoes are slightly soft. Make sure they don’t get too soft enough to break down.
2.Now add fennel, cumin,tamarind paste,turmeric,garam masala,cardamom powder in a tsp of oil. Stir for few seconds and then add the potatoes. Once the spices have coated them well, add the fenugreek leaves. Stir for 2-3 min.
3.Now add rest of the ingredients and mix well to coat the potatoes. Cook for 5 more minutes till the raw smell leaves and then serve hot garnished with some cilantro and cashews.
Wasn’t that too simple?
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this is a new variation great cant wait to try
You bet it is quite simple DK..and I absolutely love your step by step instructions..;-)
I tried it out today…well i made a little twist for the mirchi. Is this recipe suppose to be lite and not spicy !
as I made this as side dish with Dal and Rice.
Well when i was abt to finish i realized that there was no mirchi… i added chilli powder
I think this will be tasty dish with roti or parathe. I liked adding tamarind in this.
bookmarked of course!!
gravy looks so rich and creamy dk
I make a similar curry with paneer and the same base.Nice one.
this looks lovely, will try soon.
Hmmm what on earth would someone love to have thats so flavorful and yet easy to make….
Nice potato recipe. I always like to have one potato dish when I have guests – u can rarely go wrong with it! I'll definitely give this a try. BTW, Kudos to u & ur fellow marathoners.
This looks easy yet flavorful..
This is simple yet so good. I liked all the spices that go into it. No wonder its popular.
Looks very fantastic,This is very very new to me.Surely try today.
hey Dhivs!
Take care!
Great job! I just feel like trying out all your recipes. I really appreciate your motivation. Wonderful! And what a presentation of recipes! I wish I had even 1 percent of the motivation you have. Really great. And each and every recipe is awesome. Great! I am regularly checking out your blog, though don’t find time to comment. Have decided to try out all your recipes soon. Will let you know
Iam hungry i want it to right now….. HMMMM Adding kasoori methi is the yummy twist. Looks yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy.
wow looks so creamy thanks for the recipe DK