Kashmiri Dum Aloo

Name: Kashmiri Dum Aloo
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 500 grams potatoes (or 20 to 22 baby potatoes); 3 to 3.5 cups water; ¼ teaspoon salt; 3 teaspoon kashmiri red chili powder ((or deghi mirch), mixed in 2 tablespoon water); ½ tablespoon ginger powder; 1 tablespoon fennel powder; 1 teaspoon caraway seeds ((shah jeera)); 1 inch cinnamon; 3 cloves; 1 black cardamom; 4 to 5 black peppers; 1 green cardamom (- optional); 6 tablespoon fresh full fat curd, (beaten or whisked till smooth (yogurt)); 1.5 cups water; ¾ cup mustard oil (for frying potatoes); 2 tablespoon fresh mustard oil (for making gravy or reserve 2 tablespoon mustard oil from the ¾ cup that is used for frying potatoes.); salt as required; some caraway seeds (as garnishing - optional)