Dum Aloo (Potatoes)

Ingredients:

Small potatoes - 1.5" to 2" diameter - about 25 - steamed and peeled

Tomatoes - 1 large or 2-3 small romano - chopped

Onion - 1 medium - sliced

Cilantro - handful - chopped finely

Green chili - 1 sliced lengthwise (optional)

Cashews - 5-6 - soak for 1 hour

Greek Yogurt - 2 Tb (or regular yogurt 4 Tb)

Shahi garam masala - 1/4 tsp ( 1/8 tsp twice)
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Chili powder - 1/4 tsp or to your taste

Salt - to your taste

Peanut oil - 4 tsps

Recipe:

Heat a pan and add 2 tsp peanut oil. Add onions and saute for a minute. 

Reduce heat and add chopped tomatoes. Mix well, cover and let it cook for couple of minutes.
Remove from the heat. Let it cool for  a little bit. 

Transfer to a blender and grind finely. Remove the puree to a bowl.

Add cashews, yogurt to the blender and add little water to blend it.
Grind it finely and set aside.

Heat the same pan again and add 2 tsp oil.

Add 1/8 tsp shahi garam masala and 1 green chili and let it cook for 30 seconds. 

Add peeled potatoes and saute for 2-3 minutes.

Add tomato-onion puree and stir well.

Add coriander powder, cumin powder, chili powder and salt. Mix well and let it cook for a minute.

Reduce heat (yogurt can break on high heat) and add cashew-yogurt puree and stir well. 

Add 1/4 cup water and cover and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.

Add 1/8 tsp shahi garam masala, mix well and cook for a minute.

Remove it to a serving dish and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

Serve with any Indian bread (keep the gravy thick).

Add more water to the gravy and serve it with rice.

Notes:

1) You can use regular potatoes (NOT Baking potatoes) and cube them into 1.5"-2" pieces.

2) Adding shahi masala at the end again adds more flavor to potatoes.

3) I make extra tomato-onion puree and store it in the freezer. If I am in a hurry, it saves me time while making Dum-Aloo, Kadhai Paneer, Chhole (garbanzo beans) etc.

4) Always cook onions before grinding or they taste bitter.

5) You can steam cook onion and tomatoes with very little water in the pressure cooker and then grind it.