Potato Kurma | Aloo Kurma Recipe

Aloo kurma is a preferred South Indian side dish made with potatoes, onions, tomatoes simmered in coconut sauce. Potato kurma is made using potatoes, onions and coconut masala cooked together to create a curry. This goes well with chapati, appam, idiyappam even idli or dosa. Learn learn how to make the most effective aloo kurma with step-by-step pictures and video!

Aloo kurma

Korma or kurma is a preferred dish made around south asian region. It may possibly be made with number of ingredients including mixed vegetables, chicken or lamb. Vegetables or meat is cooked with onions, tomatoes and whole spices and a final paste of coconut, or cashew is added to thicken.

Kurma will likely be mild in taste so it might probably be paired with pulao, rice or hoppers.

About Aloo Kurma | Potato Kurma

Potato Kurma is a preferred South Indian dish which is legendary in hotels in India. Potato curry or Potato kurma is a spicy coconut based curry made by sauteing onions, potatoes and tomatoes in oil. The curry is thickened with a coconut masala which is made by grinding coconut with fennel seeds, cashews or melon seeds. The curry taste great with appam, idiyappam and chapati.

In Indian potato is used to make different style of side dish or curries. Potato masala for dosa, Poori masala for puri, Aloo chana curry for bhatura, Dum aloo for pulao, roti or phulka

I had a bunch of potatoes, so decided to make use of that fast within the recipe so nothing gets wasted and bad. The taste for this kurma is achieved from the coconut masala which we add in the long run. It gives an easy thickness to the dish. Some people add curd to the curry which I feel will not be required on this recipe.

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Aloo Kurma Ingredients

Oil– kurma is cooked in coconut oil. But for more wealthy taste you’ll be able to cook in ghee.

Whole spices – kurma gets its flavor from the entire spices. cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, fennel seeds is added within the oil.

Fresh ingredients – onions, tomatoes, green chillies, ginger and garlic form the bottom for kurma. ingredients like vegetables, potatoes, peas, chicken, lamb or any meat is used.

Fresh masala – paste made using coconut, cashews, fennel seeds or melon seeds is added.

Expert Suggestions for Aloo Kurma

• I used melon seeds together with cashews to grind. You should use cashews, almonds, pottu kadalai (roasted gram dal).
• This whole dish will be cooked in an everyday pot with lid as a substitute of pressure cooker.
• You’ll be able to skip the turmeric powder and make this complete dish right into a white color kurma.
• As a substitute of potatoes, you’ll be able to add mixed veggies like carrot, cauliflower, green beans.

Aloo Kurma in Quick Pot

• Set easy pot to saute mode. Heat oil, Add in fennel seeds, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. Fry them for 30 seconds till fragrant.  Add in sliced onions and saute for couple of minutes till onions turn translucent.
• Add in ginger garlic paste and green chillies and saute for 1 more minute. Now add in turmeric powder, peeled chopped potatoes and salt. Stir fry every thing for two mins.
• Add salt to taste and pour enough water to cover the potatoes. Set the easy pot to pressure cook mode, pressure cook for 8 minutes.
• Now let the pressure release naturally on the easy pot, add in the bottom coconut melon paste and blend well. Simmer for five more minutes or cook until the kurma thickens.
• Serve this with roti, appam, idiyappam. 

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Methods to Make Potato Kurma (Stepwise pictures)

1)Grind together fresh coconut, melon seeds or cashews and fennel seeds in a blender. When you do not have fresh coconut use frozen coconut or dry coconut.

2)Grind this mixture to a smooth paste by adding some water. When you are using frozen or dry coconut, grind the mixture using hot water.

3)Heat oil in a pot or pressure cooker. Add in fennel seeds, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. Fry them for 30 seconds till fragrant. 

4)Add in sliced onions and saute for couple of minutes till onions turn translucent.

5)Add in ginger garlic paste and green chillies and saute for 1 more minute.

6)Now add in turmeric powder.

7)Add in chopped tomatoes.

7)Add in peeled cubed potatoes.

8)Season with salt.

9)pour enough water to cover the potatoes. Bring it to a boil and pressure cook for 4 whistle. When you are cooking this in an everyday pot, then cover and cook on a low flame for 25 to half-hour.

10)Now let the pressure release naturally on the cooker.

11)Open the pressure cooker. Add in frozen green peas and blend well.

12)add in the bottom coconut melon paste and blend well. Simmer for five more minutes or cook until the kurma thickens.

13)Serve this with roti, appam, idiyappam. 

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