Dum Aloo Banarasi

Very rarely you come across the perfect recipe, a recipe that hits all the right notes, flavor wise. This is one of those rare treasures. Chances are if you have ever been to my house I might have made this for you. This is my no fail forget-about-finger-licking-you-will-lick-the-whole-pot recipe.

The dish is perfect and needs no tweaking. The gravy is ambrosial, it has the perfect balance of hot,sweet and spicy notes. I used baby red potatoes as I like their color and I do not have to peel them.

Recently on our trip to North Carolina we stopped by Morris Farms to check out their produce. We bought these beautiful baby red potatoes from there along with ripe strawberries, sweet peaches and boiled groundnuts (peanuts). We also had their tractor churned peach ice cream and strawberry shortcake and they all tasted luscious. Do try and stop by if you ever travel that way. However, do check their corn before you buy them, we bought a whole crate full and it was the most over grown hard corn ever.

 I got this recipe a long time ago from one of my google searches and I have since forgotten the source and thus I'm unable to give credit to that person. I have adapted it just a little to my personal taste and I can say with confidence that this is one of the best gravies I have ever had.

You can use this gravy in other dishes....I have even substituted the aloo / potatoes with paneer.

Farmers market baby red potatoes.