Potato Curry in Yogurt Sauce or Dahi Vale Aloo – An easy and delicious comfort food with minimal ingredients made in the Instant Pot. This curry is made with just two main ingredients, potatoes and yogurt, tempered with cumin seeds, ginger and flavorful spices. Enjoy it with puri, paratha or rice for a satisfying meal.
I had never eaten these Dahi Vale Aloo while growing up. Recently one day my mom-in-law made these and I was amazed by the flavors. Guess what…I usually don’t even like potatoes in a curry. But this one…I must say is super flavorful and has converted me to like potatoes. If you like kadhi, this potato yogurt curry has similar flavors and I am sure you will enjoy it.
I love how easily and quickly this dish comes together. This curry does not have onion or garlic, and is great to enjoy while fasting. If you don’t have much veggies at home and want to make dinner quickly, this is the dish you are looking for!
Here is another Instant Pot Potato Curry in tomato based gravy, called Aloo Rasedar.
How are Dahi Vale Aloo made traditionally?
Here is my mom-in-law’s method to make this curry. She would boil potatoes first, then peel and cut them. Then in a pan add the tempering, spices, water and yogurt. Cook until it comes to a boil, then add the potatoes and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
This method is great if you have boiled potatoes at hand or if you boil potatoes for your weekly meal prep. This potato curry will come together in 10 minutes if you have boiled potatoes.
Now I wanted to make this in the instant pot and as a one-pot dish. So here is the method I used.
How to make Dahi Wale Aloo in the Pressure Cooker?
I skipped boiling the potatoes separately, and just added raw cut potatoes after the tempering and pressure cooked them with some water. Then I did a quick release and added whisked yogurt while stirring continuously. That is all, garnish and Dahi Vale Aloo are ready to enjoy!
I used yogurt I made in the instant pot the day before. If you have not make yogurt in the instant pot yet, I highly recommend it for consistent results especially when the weather is cold.
Some things to note:
- Use the Saute (Normal) setting on the instant pot. We don’t want to use the high setting as the spices can burn at high temperature.
- Whisk the yogurt well before adding to the curry.
- Stir continuously after adding yogurt until the curry comes to a boil, so that the yogurt does not curdle. Stir gently, so the potatoes don’t all get mushy.
- Add salt when the curry starts boiling after adding yogurt, so it does not curdle.
You will love how easy it is to make this flavorful potato curry. Serve it with puri, roti or rice. We also enjoy this with jeera or cumin rice.
Check out recipes I have posted in the past:
- Posted 3 months ago – Mumbai Vada Pav / Potato Fritter Sliders
- Posted 6 months ago – Minestrone Soup
- Posted one year ago – Kala Chana / Black Chickpeas Curry
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Instant Pot Potato Curry in Yogurt Sauce / Dahi Vale Aloo Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Potatoes medium, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
- 2 tbsp Ghee or Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 1 Green Chili Pepper slit into two pieces (optional)
- 1/2 tbsp Ginger minced
- 1 cup Water
- 1/2 cup Yogurt whisked with 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tsp Salt adjust to taste
- 1/4 cup Cilantro to garnish
Spices
- 1/2 tsp Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder)
- 1 tsp Coriander powder (Dhaniya powder)
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne or Red Chili powder adjust to taste
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala (optional)
Instructions
- Start the pressure cooker in Saute (Normal) mode and let it heat. Add oil, cumin seeds, green chili pepper and minced ginger. Saute for 30 seconds.
- Add spices. Mix them well with the oil and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add potatoes, water and stir well. Press cancel and close lid with vent in sealing position.
- Start on Manual/Pressure Cook mode at high pressure for 1 minute. When the pressure cooker beeps, press cancel and quick release the pressure manually.
- Start the instant pot in Sauté mode. Add yogurt while stirring. Keep stirring gently until the curry comes to a boil in about 3 minutes. Then turn off the pressure cooker. Add salt to taste and stir it.
- Garnish with cilantro. Potatoes in yogurt sauce are ready to be enjoyed with roti, puri or pulao.
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Notes
- To avoid curdling of yogurt in the curry, whisk it well before using. Keep stirring as you add yogurt and until the curry comes to a boil. We are also adding salt after the yogurt, so it does not curdle the yogurt.
- Note: I reduced yogurt to 1/2 cup with 1/2 cup water, as most readers are using very thick yogurt.
- For added flavor, you can also add kasoori methi when adding other spices.
- Green Chili Pepper: I typically use Thai, Birdeye or Serrano Chili Pepper in my recipes. Don't forget to adjust to your taste.
- This recipe was created in a 6qt Instant Pot DUO60 Multi-use Programmable Pressure Cooker.
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Thoroughly enjoyed it but next time will put a bit more cayenne or whole Chili, we didn’t find it spicy enough. I loved the idea of putting Besançon flour to make it thicker. What would be the ratio?
Hey Monique – Glad you enjoyed the Potato curry. I do keep my food relatively mild for my daughter, so please feel free to add more green chili peppers or red chili powder. I have not tried adding besan, but I would suggest to add 1-2 tablespoons to the yogurt. Mix it well, so there are no lumps and add it to the curry. Boil for an extra minute so the besan cooks well. Hope you enjoy it again 🙂
Love this recipe and made it a few times. Though I was looking for a healthier Altenative Can it be made with cauliflower? I do like your aloo gobhi recipe but feel that the yogurt here satisifies a more rich/comforty craving. Something I’m definitely looking for in these winter months.
Thanks Charles. I have never tried this with cauliflower, but it could certainly work. I would just pressure cook for 0-1 minutes on low pressure if using cauliflower. And I totally agree, this is so much more comforting in the cold weather.
Great recipe!!Added some besan flour at the end and it made a nice and thick gravy. If you prefer thicker gravy then this is a great hack for this wonderful recipe.
Hey Monica – Thank you for sharing the wonderful tip and your review. So glad you enjoyed the potato curry!
What variety of green chili pepper do you recommend?
Hello Mona – I typically use Thai, Serrano or Bird’s eye chili peppers for indian cooking. In this one, I used Thai chili. Please do adjust to taste as the sizes vary.
Tried this! Very Tasty! Just curious though, your dish looks much more orange. I did use very little cayenne, bit mine looks very yellow like kadhi. Is it the type of potato? I used small red ones.
Hey Nina – Glad to hear you enjoyed the potato curry. The main color this curry gets is from turmeric and red chili pepper. I use Kashmiri red chili powder which has a deep red color. Another thing could be the consistency of yogurt. You can reduce the amount of yogurt or make it thinner. Hope that helps and thank you for sharing your review!
I finally got to make the Dahi Wale Aloo tonight. We moved to northern California after living in San Francisco for 30 yrs where we had world class Indian food. Anyone that is craving true Indian flavors, as we were, should try this dish. My husband and I both loved it. I did have to change the recipe a little since at our age we no longer enjoy very hot food. I used russets, 1/2 t of red pepper, no green chili pepper, 1 t grated ginger since I didn’t mince it. Thank you so much for giving us a dish that could have come from the most wonderful restaurant in San Francisco.
Hey Rochelle – Thank you so much for the kind words and sharing your review. I am so glad that you enjoyed the curry 🙂
What a life saver ! So simple but so delicious ! Thank you !! Added some curry leaves and cloves to the tadka and kasuri methi at the end. Thank you so much !
Hey Chhavi – Glad to hear you enjoyed the curry. Thank you for sharing back your review!
Perfect recipe. My first time cooking aloo dahi. Came out super good. Kisangani loved it too!
Hey Sonal – Glad you all enjoyed Dahi vale aloo. Thanks you for sharing back your review!
Thanks! On my grocery list right now.
Hey Rochelle – Would love to hear how it turns out!
This sounds wonderful. Please give me a weight for the potatoes.
Thanks Rochelle. Each potato was about 5oz. Hope you enjoy it!