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Potoler dorma

Potoler Dolma recipe

For this dish, medium to large sized vegetables are preferred, a little riper ones where the seeds are well formed so that they can be scraped and discarded creating a perfect hollow for filling the meat stuffing.
Course Main Course, Starters
Cuisine Bengali, Bong conection
Keyword doi potol recipe, how to make potoler dolma, paka potol recipe, potol dolma recipe, potol recipe odia, potoler dolma recipe in bengal, potoler dorma recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 4 persons
Author indrani

Ingredients

Ingredients

Filling

  • 500 gm minced lamb
  • 2 onion paste
  • 2 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp. cumin powder
  • 1 tsp. coriander powder
  • 1 tbsp. red chili powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala.
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 tbsp. mustard oil

Curry/gravy

  • t tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp. onion paste
  • 1 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp. whole spices 1 cinnamon, 4 to 5 cardamom,2 cloves, 1 bay leaf
  • 2 to matoes chopped
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbsp. red chili powder
  • 1 tsp. cumin and coriander powder

Instructions

Preparation

Preparing the ground lamb

  1. Wash and peel the vegetables.
  2. Cut the pointed part of the vegetable and with a small spoon scoop out the seeds.
  3. Repeat the process with the other vegetables.
  4. Heat 3 tbsp. of oil in the pan.
  5. Sauté onion paste.
  6. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté.
  7. Add red chili powder, cumin and coriander powder and fry.
  8. Add the ground lamb and mix everything.
  9. Add salt and simmer.
  10. Cover cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
  11. Cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
  12. Sprinkle garam masala and take off the mixture.
  13. Allow to cool.

Stuffing the vegetables

  1. With a small spoon fill the vegetables with the meat.
  2. Repeat the process for all.
  3. Heat oil in a pan.
  4. Shallow fry the vegetables in batches.
  5. Till they are tender and crispy on the outside.

Preparing the gravy

  1. Heat 1 tbsp of oil.
  2. Temper with whole spices.
  3. Add onion and ginger garlic paste and saute.
  4. Add the red chili powder and turmeric powder.
  5. Add tomatoes and cook till they are all tender and mushy.
  6. Add 1/2 cup of water.
  7. Add salt and simmer.
  8. Add the stuffed vegetables and cover cook for 5 minutes.
  9. Break 3 to 4 green chilies into the curry.
  10. Add 1 tsp of clarified butter and serve.

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