Dahi Bara Aloo Dum Chaat
About Dahi Bara Aloo Dum Chaat
a popular Odia street food which is mostly famous in the Cuttack Bhubaneshwar region of Odisha….the most famous and tasty Dahi Bara Aloo Dum. Dahi Bara is fried lentil dumplings in a spicy yoghurt and Aloo dum is a spicy potato curry. The Chaat is a spicy concoction of these two generously topped with some cut onions, a sprinkling of crunchy shev, coriander and spices.
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Recipe Time & More
Ingredients
- 1 cup Urad Dal (for the bara soaked)
- 1 inch Ginger (chopped)
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seed
- 1/4 tsp Salt (or as per taste)
- 1 cup Curd
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1 tsp Oil (2 red dry chilli)
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds (5 curry leaves)
- 1 pinch Asafoetida (oil for deep frying)
- 4 Potatoes (allo for the dum boiled and cubid in)
- 1 Onion (1 tamotoes chopped chopped)
- 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 tsp Cumin (1 tsp coriender pwr pwr)
- 1 tsp Garam Masala ( tsp turmeric pwr)
- 1 tsp Red Chillies (2 bay leaves pwr)
- 2-3 Cardamom (salt to taste)
- 1 tsp Sugar (1 cup hot water)
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 Chaat (or onion for the onion chopped)
- 1/2 cup Sev (2 greenchilli chopped)
- 2 tbsp Coriender Leaves Chopped (coriender chopped)
- 1 tsp Cumin (chilli roasted pwr)
- 1 tsp Salt (sprinkle, or as per taste)
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Instructions
- For the dahi baras , grind the urad dal ( soaked for 4-5 Hours)to a fine paste with very little water , the batter has to be thick.
- Add the chopped ginger,cumin and salt to the paste and whisk it nicely for 5-10 minutes with your hand incorporating as much air as you can and till it becomes nice and fluffy.
- Heat oil for deep frying , wet your hands ,take some batter ,rest it on your fingers area above your palm, make a hole with your thumb and slide it slowly into the hot oil
- Drain the baras once they are golden brown and slide them into a big bowl .
- Now add the yoghurt with 1 1/4 Cups water, add salt
- In a small pan heat the oil and add the curry leaves, mustard seeds and asafoetida and add it to the yoghurt mix.
- Now add the yoghurt to the bowl of baras making sure each Bara is dipped nicely in the curd.
- For the aloo dum heat oil in a wok, add the cloves, cinnamon, bayleaves and cardamom and the sugar.Once they splutter add chopped onion and fry till transparent.
- Add the ginger garlic paste
- Add the tomatoes and salt, fry till the tomatoes are mushy and the mix starts leaving oil and gets a nice dark colour.
- Add the turmeric, cumin and coriander powders and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the boiled potatoes Now add the hot water to it and cover and cook for 5-10 minutes.
- Add garam masala ,check for seasonings and switch off the flame.
- For assembling the chaat take 2 dahi baras in a bowl, top it with some Aloo dum, add little curd from the dahi baras, sprinkle some chopped onions , chillies, rock salt and roasted cumin chilli powder.
- Finally generously sprinkle some crunchy shev and coriander. Serve.
Recipe Notes
This classic odia recipe .
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