Say Aloo to the dum!

Calcutta Aloodum

Ingredients

• ½ kg small potatoes
• 3 tbsp chaat masala
• 1 cup tea water
• Imli (tamarind) water
• Black salt
• A pinch of sugar
• Salt to taste
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Green chilli
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato

Method:

• Put the potatoes in water. To this, add chaat masala, tea water, Imli water, black salt, salt (to taste) and sugar. Leave this to stay for two hours.
• In a pan, add garlic, ginger, green chillies, onion and tomato. Fry it well, till it’s caramelised.
• Then, add potato to this mixture and cook for 15 minutes. Serve with hot rice or roti.

— as told to Ahalya Narayanan