food recipe

Aloo dum

Potato is something that I crave for. I love potato so I choose to write about the recipe made from potato. It is easy to make and also delicious. Aloodum is very common food in Nepalese  family. By its name ‘Aloo’ means ‘potato’.

Ingredients

1.        5 potatoes

2.       Vegetable oil

3.       Chili powder

4.       Turmeric powder

5.       Salt

6.        7-8 black cumin

7.       Coriander leaves

Process

First we have to boil 5 potatoes. Then peel the cover of it and cut it into smaller pieces. Take a bowl and make a paste  of the half spoon of the turmeric and 5 spoon of the chili powder (taste good when it’s spicy) and 3 tablespoon salt.  Mix them well. Then hit the oil in the pan. Then fry black cumin till it becomes black. Then pour the paste  prepared in the bowl and pour a glass of water. Then leave it for 2 minutes so that the ingredients on it will be cooked. Then mix the potatoes on it and cook until the paste becomes dry. Then put some cutted pieces of coriander on top. And now Aloodum is all set to be served. This will be enough for 2 people.

Fig. Cutted pieces of boiled potatoes

fig. paste of turmeric and chili

fig. paste and potatoes being fried

fig.Aloodum

 

There are different ways to prepared Aloodum but the one I mentioned is the fastest and easiest way to prepared. When we have a festival, Aloodum is served. Potato is the easily available vegetable in Nepal and there are many dishes that can be prepared using potatoes. Aloodum is my favorite.

Since the potato is the easily available all over the country, it is the most cooked vegetable and can be eaten with rice , bread , roti or just itself.