I was added to a Whassup group recently by an FB friend, where the person who started the group gives audio classes about Surah An-Noor thrice a week. Since listening at home is out of question thanks to the noise pollution I endure, I usually hear the lectures on my metro trip. Having only covered a part of this chapter, but the number of times Allah has reminded of His immense mercy is amazing.
“…for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (Part of verse 5)
“And if not the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy… and because Allah is Accepting of repentance and Wise.” (Verse 10)
“And if it has not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that (lie) in which you were involved by a great punishment. (Verse 14)
“And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy… and because Allah is Kind and Merciful.” (Verse 20)
This is only in the first 1/3rd of that chapter. Imagine, how much he stresses on His mercy, yet we despair on it… He clearly reminds us that if He would have punished us then and there for our sins, we would have never survived in this world for this long. All we need to do is to make sure that we have hope in His forgiveness and strive to be good as much as we can be. I believe that we all have a tinge of goodness in us and it is just for us to discover it and bring it forth…
Coming to today’s recipe, and reaffirming my love for the humble “aaloo”, I found this recipe in a book that HD had gifted me long back – Chef Rakesh Puri’s “The Super Indian Cookbook 1”. I have already tried and posted two recipes from that book – the Chicken Yakhni Pulao and the Chettinad Chicken Curry. This is my third try from the book, and I am surprised that it is again a savory dish, despite the book having some interesting dessert. Maybe, when I do a book review, I must make something sweet from the book. 😉 OK, coming back to the recipe, I have no clue why this dish is called “Puriwala Aloo”, which translates to mean “potatoes meant for pooris”. I have already shared how we make our bhaji for pooris, so this one was a new recipe for me. I tried to search through Google to know why it is called so, but I got not answer. This is a simple to make curry – like almost all potato based gravies are! – and is slightly watery, though I made it a little thicker, since we were having with chapathis rather than pooris! 😉 If anybody knows the history behind the name, I would love to know! 🙂 Off to the recipe…
Puriwala Aloo
Ingredients
- 3 large potatoes almost 500 gm, peeled and cubed
- 3 large tomatoes
- 1 meduim onion
- 1 inch pc ginger
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Blend the tomatoes, onion, ginger and yogurt till smooth. Mix in the coriander and red chilli powder into the paste.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker and splutter cumin seeds.
- Quickly add the paste and mix well. Start cooking, stirring occassionally till oil floats on top.
- Add 1/2 cup along with salt and bring to boil.
- Add in the potatoes and another cup of water. Close the pressure cooker and cook on high for 3 whistles. Simmer and cook for another 5 minutes and switch off. Allow the pressure to go by itself.
- Open and sprinkle in the garam masala. Serve hot with sprinkles of coriander leaves.
Notes
Delicious! Would be nice to serve with some garlic rice or stuffed flatbread for a satisfying and delicious lunch.
Thank you so much Angie…
Good for a twist from regular potato curry, in 4rth point it is 1/2 cup water right. ….good recipe….will try it
Yes dear 1/2 cup water, but you can add more if you want…. thank you so much Faseela…
Wow! is the lecture in english?
Puriwala aloo seems just to say its meant for pooris! 😀 I love potatos and all the dish made with it especially Indian. Love your enthu in sharing so many variations of aloo! 😀
Haha… I love aloo! 😉 Thank you so much Fami…
Yogurt in potato curry is some thing different. Doesnt the curd curdle when added to oil?lovely clicks
Since it is not the yogurt alone, I didn’t notice any curdling… Thank you so much Nusrath…
How simple and it looks so delicious! I’ll bet my Kashmiri clan would love this. How interesting that there is no hing or garlic.
https://calmlycookingcurry.blogspot.com/2017/01/malai-methi-murgh.html
This is a super easy curry, Bibi… thanks a lot…
Love to have this with puris ..Looks yummy dear
Thanks a lot Gloria…
I would love to have these Aloo’s with Poori. Such a simplified comforting recipe.
Thank you so much Sandhya….
simple and delicious potato base dish.. Perfect for even rice
Thank you so much Veena…
I am going to make this
Yes, please do, Sowmya!
Looks so good ,addition of yogurt makes the curry different.
Thank you so much Ruxana…
I need to make some puries and then make this Puriwala Aloo. Looks delicious Rafeda! 🙂
Thank you so much Muna… 🙂
Hi do you have the recipe books of rakesh puri, or can you share more recipes please
I only have one book but surely will try another recipe or two from it soon, InShaAllah… 🙂
Hi do you have his hara bhara chicken recipe I lost his vol I I book and desperately looking for it
I am not sure but I will check with the book I have…