Easy and comforting Potato Curry in Tomato Gravy made in the Instant Pot. This North Indian Potato Curry is popularly known as Aloo Rasedar. Aloo means potato and Rasedar is a thin tomato gravy. This is a vegan and gluten free potato curry.
This is a no-onion, no-garlic recipe. This is real comfort food. What better if it can be made in just 20 minutes? Instant Pot to the rescue again. Serve it with poori or parathas for a delicious meal.
This is a curry that you don’t need to plan much for. We typically have potatoes and tomatoes in the kitchen. They are standing items on the grocery list. So this curry is perfect for an unplanned weeknight dinner or with poori for a special weekend lunch.
I shared another Indian potato recipe I learned from my mother-in-law, Potato Curry in Yogurt Sauce (Dahi Vale Aloo), which is also a no-onion and no-garlic recipe that comes together in 20 minutes. This one is common in Central India and has a unique tangy taste.
You can also make a dry Potato Masala recipe. If you have baby potatoes and love spicy food, check out these tangy, delicious Spicy Bombay Potatoes.
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How is Aloo Rasedar made traditionally?
Traditionally this potato curry is made by boiling potatoes, then peeling and cutting/mashing them.
Separately in a pan, tempering is done with cumin seeds, ginger, tomato and spices. Then the boiled smashed potatoes mixed in along with water, and simmered for 10+ minutes.
I always like to make curries as a one-pot dish in the Instant Pot. So here is the method I used.
Easy step-by-step recipe for Potato Curry in Instant Pot
I skipped boiling the potatoes separately, and just added raw cut potatoes after the tempering.
Heat oil and saute cumin seeds, ginger, tomatoes and spices for about 3 minutes. We want the tomatoes to get soft and mushy.
Then add in the potato pieces and water. We are set to pressure cook, and have the potato curry ready once we quick release the pressure.
That was all, everyone! Isn’t this the easiest curry ever? Just a handful of spices, ginger, tomato and potato; and a delicious lip smacking curry is ready!
Garnish with cilantro and enjoy with paratha, naan or poori (puffed bread shown below).
Check out other easy curries that you can make in the Instant Pot:
Instant Pot Potato Curry (Aloo Rasedar)
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (Hing), optional, skip for gluten-free
- 1 tablespoon Ginger , minced
- 1 cup Tomato, chopped
- 3 Potatoes , cut into small cubes about 1/2 inch (about 16oz), I used russet potatoes.
- 1 cup Water
Spices
- 2 teaspoon Coriander powder (Dhaniya powder)
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder)
- 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne or Red Chili powder , adjust to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt , adjust to taste
To finish
- 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala , adjust to taste
- 1 teaspoon Dry Mango powder (Amchur), or 1 tbsp lime juice
- Cilantro, to garnish
Instructions
- Start the pressure cooker in Saute mode and let it heat. Add oil, cumin seeds, asafoetida and ginger. Saute for 30 seconds.
- Add tomatoes and spices. Saute for 3 minutes.
- Add potatoes and water. Stir well. Press Cancel and close lid with vent in sealing position.
- Start on Manual/Pressure Cook mode at high pressure for 2 minutes. When the pressure cooker beeps, press cancel and quick release the pressure manually.
- Add garam masala and dry mango powder. Stir and mash some potatoes with the back of the ladle. This will help thicken the curry. If you like a thinner gravy, you can add some water and let it come to a boil on sauté mode.
- Garnish with cilantro and enjoy with poori, naan or rice.
Notes
- This potato curry thickens as it cools. Before eating, add water as needed and heat the curry.
- For added flavor, you can also add kasoori methi when adding other spices.
- To reduce spice, skip or reduce the red chili powder.
- This recipe was created in a 6qt Instant Pot DUO60 Multi-use Programmable Pressure Cooker.
I love your saag aloo recipe but this aloo is perfection! I make it just as you wrote it. I don’t like to cook every day & I’m just cooking for me so I look for recipes that reheat well. This is so good when it’s fresh made that it’s hard to keep from eating it all. But, on day 2 I add chickpeas before I reheat it & brighten it with fresh citrus and it’s still good. On the 3rd day, I top it with a fried egg and it still tastes awesome. Thank you!
I made this for my husband as we have belonged to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for 30 years and this year is an abundance of potatoes with some tomato that needed to be used. My husband RAVED about this talking about it for days. He called it “Indian Magic Dish”. I appreciate the subs listed and I have scoped out Indian Grocery Stores (we have already been in a local Asian Grocery store and it was like being transported to a whole new world!)
I eat meat and lots of veggies. I mostly know what to do with my food intolerances but I can’t eat nightshades which seem like they are an Indian staple (tomato, potato, eggplant, peppers – I can tolerate a little pepper spice. I have been known to sub some sweet potato for tomato if it’s a small amount and make a tomato sauce from carrots and a little beet. But I want to be able to enjoy fabulous Indian food too. Could you point me to some recipes that don’t require these ingredients or how to substitute? I am an experienced cook. Appreciation and Thanks!
Hi Mindy – I am glad that your husband enjoyed the potato curry.
You can try some of the below recipes. These can be made without tomatoes. Skip the tomatoes even if the recipe has them. Replace potato with sweet potato.
Curry/ Stir fry – Aloo Gobi, Spinach Dal, Aloo Gajar Matar, Chicken Saag, Aloo Palak, Malai chicken curry, Cabbage Peas, Kadhi, Aloo beans, Tandoori Cauliflower or Tandoori Mushroom
Rice Dishes – Chicken Biryani, Chana Pulao, and many other rice dishes. Just skip tomatoes in the recipe.
All of these recipes are on the blog. I hope these work out. But please let me know if I missed any ingredient that does not work for you.