Durga Puja 2012: Luchi ar Alur Dom (spicy potato cooked in Bengali style served with Luchi)
Alur Dom
We Bengalis call them Luchi.
Others call them phulca, puri etc. whatever we choose to call it, most Indians love
this fluffy balls. Bengalis love it at all times- be it breakfast, lunch or
dinner. It holds a highly honored position in a wedding feast and as bhog
during puja. Luchis can be served with a various kind of dishes according to
ones liking, occasion and depending on time of the day. The most favorite vegetarian
combinations are Luchi with begun bhaja
(fried aubergine), Luchi with alu bhaja(potato
fried), Luchi with cholar dal, Luchi with payesh and of course Luchi
with alur dom. Luchi with kosha mangsho ( mutton curry in Bengali style)
is very popular Bengali combination. It is often served for dinner or other
special occasion like birthdays, Bengali New Year or just a special dinner.
Today is Mohasashthi –the sixth
day from the new moon. Today marks the start of five day celebration of Durga
Puja, putting an end to the long wait. It is also weekend in UK where we do not
get any special holidays for puja like everyone at home in kolkata. Therefore, I
decided to make best use of the time and start the celebration with some traditional
puja food. Hence Luchi ar Alur Dom for breakfast.
Ingredients
for Alur Dom
4-potatoes,
de-skinned and cut into large dices
1-tomato
cut in to small pieces
½-nigella
need
1-teaspoon
of turmeric
1-teaspoon
red chili (optional. Use Kashmiri chili for the color if you do not want the
alur dom to be hot)
1-teaspoon
cumin seed powder
1-teaspoon
ginger powder or paste
½- cup
yoghurt
2-bay
leaves
Pinch of
sugar (optional)
½-teaspoon
Bhaja Masala (method below)
Salt to
taste
2-
tablespoon oil
Method:
1. Boil
the potatoes for 10mins so that they are half done
2. Soak
all the spices ( red chili, turmeric, cumin, ginger)in water
3. Now heat
oil and add little turmeric
4. Add the
half-boiled potatoes and fry them. It will give a nice color to the potatoes
5. Once
fried keep them aside.
6. Heat
more oil in the same pan and add bay leaves and Nigella seed
7. Add the
soaked spices, add sugar ( optional) and fry until oil separates
8. Add tomatoes
and fry until tomato is totally paste. Add little water if needed
9. Add salt
10. Add the
fried potatoes and fry until dry
11. Add yoghurt
and mix well and fry
12. Add pinch or two of bhaja masala and fry
13. Add little
water and cover.
14. Cook
until potatoes are cooked and gravy is thick
Method for Bhaja Masala
1.
Dry roast cumin seed, coriander seed, fennel seed, 4/5 cloves, 5/6 cardamom, 3/4bay leaves, inch cinnamon, and 10 black
pepper
2.
Grin them and your bhaja masala is ready
Ingredients
for Luchi:
2- Cup
of all-purpose flour
Water as
desired to knead
2-tablespoon
of oil
Pinch of
salt
Pinch of
carom seed (optional. I used it as it is good for digestion specially Luchi is
very oily)
2cups-oild
for frying the Luchi
Method
1. Place
the flour in a deep bottom bowl
2. Add salt
and Carom seed and mix well
3. Make
a flour well and pour the oil
4. Mix the
oil very nicely with the flour
5. Warm
the water and add slowly with the flour ( careful not to give too much oil)
6. Knead
into soft dough
7. Take
the dough and knead into small dough, make small round balls
8. Roll
each flour ball with roller pin into rounds
9. Heat
oil in a deep pan or kadai
10. Fry the
flour rounds
11. Do not fry them in too much or they will burn.
They should look little golden, not totally white though
Luchi
12. Enjoy
your luchi r alour dom!
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This is amazing!
ReplyDeleteWay to change-up boring potatoes, thanks so much.
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