Aloo Palak potato and spinach curry that is amazingly tasty and healthy. You can use cottage cheese instead of potatoes and then it becomes palak paneer. Both versions taste heavenly and wonderful dishes for lunch or dinner.
Aloo palak is a very healthy and tasty dish that we love to eat and make with seasonal spinach leaves.This dish paired best with plain roti or makki ki roti with a dollop of butter.
Looking for more such recipes to get some ideas for your lunch or dinner? Do not miss my Vegan Tofu Tikka Wraps and Palak Paneer Saag and the best one’s Tofu Tikka Masala Pizza.
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Aloo Palak
Equipment
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 500 gm spinach leaves
- 3-4 medium-sized potatoes cut in cubes
- 3 to matoes chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 5-6 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 teaspoon ginger grated
- 3-4 green chillies chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon asafetida
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/4 cup clarified butter/ghee
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander powder
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- water as required
Instructions
- Wash and boil spinach leaves in 2 cups of water till they become tender, or cook till soft and blend to form a fine paste.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry potato cubes till golden color appears. Drain on tissue paper and keep aside.
- Heat clarified butter in a large pan or kadhai, add asafetida sauté and add cumin seeds.
- Add ginger and garlic and sauté till it appears golden in color.
- Now add onions and sauté for a few minutes. Add all spices and salt and stir on low flame.
- Add chopped tomatoes and chilly and cook till ghee comes out and add blended spinach in it.
- Now cook it on low heat till all spices and aromatics mix with spinach. It will take 15 minutes to cook completely.
- Check out for consistency and add water if required. Now add fried potato cubes and remove from heat.
- Serve hot with butter and roti or paratha.
Notes
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Sapana Behl
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