Air fryer vegan dum aloo in coconut milk
Air fryer vegan dum aloo in coconut milk is the vegan and air fryer version of vegetarian kashmiri dum aloo recipe.
Ingredients
FOR AIR FRYING POTATOES
- 16-17 medium sized potatoes (boiled & peeled)
- Cooking oil as required (used mustard oil)
FOR COOKING DUM ALOO
- Air fried potatoes
- 2 tbsp cooking oil (used mustard oil)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 cloves
- Small piece of cinnamon
- 2 green cardamoms
- 1 black cardamom
- 2 tbsp Cashew paste (see notes below)
- Red chilli powder/paprika to taste
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 2 tbsp fennel powder
- 1 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 2 cup coconut milk (We have used thick and thin homemade coconut milk in the ratio of 50:50. If using canned milk, then take 1.5 cup coconut milk & dilute it in half cup of water.)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp dry Fenugreek leaves
Instructions
AIR FRYING POTATOES
- Take boiled and peeled potatoes and pierce them from all sides with toothpick.
- Put potatoes in air fryer basket and brush them with oil.
- Air fry for 20-25 minutes (time may vary depending on air fryer) @200°C/392°F until potatoes turn golden brown. Pause the air fryer at half time and shake the basket to turn potatoes around. In the meantime prepare the gravy.
PREPARATION OF GRAVY
- Add oil in a pan. If using mustard oil, then it needs to be cooked till smoking point.
- Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cloves, green cardamoms, black cardamom and cinnamon. Saute till cumin splutter.
- Now add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, dry ginger powder, fennel powder and coriander powder. Mix. But make sure while adding these powders, oil shouldn't be too hot otherwise these powders will burn.
- Add cashew paste and saute for couple of seconds.
- Then add coconut milk.
- By now potatoes must have turned golden brown.
- Add potatoes, salt, garam masala and lemon juice. Mix.
- Put a lid on pan and let it simmer for 10 minutes on low heat.
- Lastly sprinkle dry fenugreek leaves and air fryer vegan dum aloo is ready.
Notes
- Do not over boil the potatoes so that they turn mushy and break while piercing.
- You can add any oil you use for routine cooking but dum aloo tastes best in mustard oil.
- Cashew paste is made by soaking 15 cashews in hot water for 15 minutes. Then grinded them with a tablespoon of water. In place of cashews, you can also use blanched almonds.