Saturday, February 7, 2009

Aaloo Gosht (Meat & Potato Curry)

Ingredients:
  • Meat (lamb/beef) : 2 lbs; cut into roughly 2-4 inch pieces with bones
  • Potatoes : 3 white, medium, each cut once lengthwise, and then each half cut horizontally
  • Onions: 1, normal sized, sliced
  • Tomatoes: 2, medium, chopped
  • Oil: 5, 6 tbsp
  • Salt: 2 tsp
  • Red Chili Powder: 1.5 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder: 1.25 tsp
  • Coriander Powder: 2 tsp
  • Cumin Powder: 2 tsp
  • Garam Masala: 0.5 tsp
  • Garlic Paste: 2 tsp
  • Ginger Paste: 2 tsp
  • Yogurt: 0.5 cup
  • Coriander Leaves: 1.25 cups, chopped
  • Green Chillies: 6, 7

Method:
  1. Add 3 cups of water in a pot. Add the meat, onions, all the spices (except for garam masala) and the garlic ginger pastes (add 1.5 spoons each). Let it cook until the water has dried and the meat is almost tender. If you're using lamb, less water would do.
  2. Once the water has dried and the meat almost cooked, add 5, 6 tbsp cooking oil and fry the meat. After 3, 4 minutes, add the remaining ginger garlic pastes. After a minute or so, add the tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes have formed a paste. All on medium heat.
  3. Add the potatoes and mix them well with everything. Stir fry them for 5-10 minutes over medium heat.
  4. Add the yogurt. Mix and let it cook for 2, 3 minutes. Add the green chillies and 2 glasses of water. Cover and cook over medium heat for 20, 25 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.
  5. Add the coriander leaves and finish with half a tsp of garam masala.

* Serve with naans. Recipe can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbCigxf_sc
I prefer the ones made over the stove. This also tastes good with boiled rice.

3 comments:

  1. Abareen jee,

    1- Many congrats for starting up the blog. I know that I will be following ur blog very closely inshAllah :) and i have a feeling that you have many surprises in store ;) Im especially looking forward to some dessert recipes :P

    2- Im asking this on behalf of people who dont cook at all... how do u know that meat is almost tender? Do you poke touch it, poke it with a knife?

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  2. This blog can go a long way. I'm sharing to spread the word

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  3. Oh I never knew I received these comments. Wow! Otherwise I would've replied right away.

    Faiza: Thanks a bunch. Dessert recipes huh. Yeah... you won't find a lot of those. I come home from school around 5ish and then I have to start cooking at 6. And then I have to study. So I try to be done with dinner as soon as I can. But I'll try to incorporate as many dessert recipes as I can. I'm sure 2, 3/month at least. Hope you're happy.

    Once you've cooked meat for 30 minutes at least (talking about cow meat here), it's not raw anymore. And cow's meat takes the longest to cook. So what you do is, you get a small piece out, and cut it from the center. Then you eat it! If it's too chewy and/or rubbery, it's almost cooked! If it's soft and tender, then you know to use less water next time and cook it for a lesser period as well. Hope this helps.

    Loser: I officially declare you a non-loser because you're at my blog. I'm super cool and spread my coolness everywhere.
    Thanks for the kind words and share away. Good things should be shared!

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