Today’s recipe is stuffed  aloo with paneer. Authentically potatoes are stuffed with Mava

But, I wanted to do something different. I stuffed aloo with paneer. Its gravy is made from common onions Garlic and tomatoes. This is nice creamy gravy with delicious stuffed potatoes. It is one of the most favorite recipe of mine and my family also.

This delicious version is a special from the holy city of Banaras or Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

preparation time- 10 min

cooking time- 15 min.

serve- 4 person

cuisine- Indian (UP cuisine)
For potato stuffing-
  • Paneer – 2 cup (grated)
  • Cashew nuts – 5, chopped
  • Kismis(raisin) – 10, chopped
  • Green chilies – 2, chopped finely
  • Salt – to taste

Video recipe of Banarasi dum aloo

 Ingredients for gravy-
  • Potatoes – 6, medium
  • Oil – 2 tablespoons + for deep frying
  • Onions – 1 ½ medium, chopped roughly
  • Ginger – ½ inch piece
  • Garlic cloves – 3
  • Red chilli powder
  • Tomatoes – 3 medium, chopped roughly
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
  • Cloves – 2
  • Cinnamon stick – 1 inch piece
  • Green cardamom – 1
  •  Whipping cream – 2 tbspn
  • Salt – to taste
Method-
 
1.     Heat the oil in a pan for deep frying.

2.     Wash the potatoes. Peel them and cut into half.  and make empty space with help of spoon or scooper.  Keep them  paper towel.

 

3.     Once oil is hot enough, deep fry potatoes till they are brown. Drain them and put them on paper towel. Let them cool.

4.     Meanwhile mix all ingredients of stuffing, Paneer, Kismis, chilli falkes and salt mix properly and keep aside.
5.      Once potatoes are cool enough to handle and stuff them.

     6.     Add in grinder  onion jeera, garlic and green cardamom and make fine paste .

7.     Heat a teaspoon of oil in a pan. add bay leaf jeera and Add  onions paste  and cook. 
                        Add dry spices  and cook it for 5 minutes. (Add water if required as per your liking consistency.) Stir in between.
                   Add salt and heavy fresh cream. Mix well.
Now add one cup of water and adjust gravy for your requirement gravy. add kasuri methi anf garam masla powder, and cook for 2 min.
                        Just before serving add stuffed potatoes to gravy and cook it for 2 minutes.
                        Now your stuffed Aloo with paneer is ready.
                        Garnish with  chopped coriander leaves.

 

                   Serve with Rice, Roti or paratha. 


make the hollow with help of scooper


fry the aloo in oil

stuff aloo with paneer

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