how to make alu diye dumurer torkari
Though it’s a very simple and healthy recipe, people are avoiding cooking this recipe, because of its cleaning part. You have to have infinity patience to clean this dumur. But once it is cleaned then it is very easy to prepare. Clean and then simmered in a thick gravy made with tomatoes, onions, garlic and ginger and sometimes added with potatoes finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, coriander flavored sauce; and this is how to make alu diye dumurer torkari/Raw fig curry.
Author: Abhijit Mukhopadhyay
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Bengali
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Total time: 50 minutes
Servings: 3-4 Persons
Ingredients:
- Green figs – 250 gms,
- Potato – 1
- Ginger paste- 1 teaspoon,
- Turmeric powder- 1 teaspoon
- Cumin powder-1 teaspoon
- Red chili powder-1/2 teaspoon
- garam masala powder-1/2 teaspoon
- Whole cumin seeds- 1/2 tea spoon
- Mustard oil-2 teaspoons
- Ghee-1 teaspoon
- Bay leaves-2
- Salt to taste
how to make alu diye dumurer torkari
- First, wash the green figs and cut it into two halves. Then you have take it out the cluster of flowers and seeds inside it with the help of a small spoon. Make sure that you cook the skin and throw away the inner flower.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into small square pieces.
- Heat oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds, green chili and bay leaves for tempering.
- As the cumin seeds begin to crackle add the potatoes and cook for 2 minutes then add sliced onions and cook for another 3-4 minutes or till the onions become transparent.
- Now add the ginger and the spices i.e. turmeric, cumin, red chili powder then add figs after mixing it properly, add salt and cook for another 5 minutes, add water and cover the lid, allow it to cook for 10 minutes to boil the figs and potatoes.
- Open the lid, sprinkle garam masala and ghee.
- Take it out from the oven and serve with steam rice.