Aaloo Paalak (Potatoes with spinach)
Description
This is a very tasty and nutritious spinach dish, and is very popular among North Indians. The masalas added, give it a unique spicy flavour, and the potatoes are an added attraction.
Ingredients
- Spinach chopped : 3 cups
- Onions chopped: 2 large
- Potatoes boiled: 2 large
- Tomato chopped: 1 large
- Green chillies: 1
- Ginger : 1” piece
- Lemon juice : 1 tsp
- Red chilly powder: 1 tsp
- Garam masala Powder : ½ tsp
- Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
- Cumin seeds : ½ tsp.
- Asafoetida : 2 pinches
- Butter : ½ tsp
- Cooking oil or Ghee : 4 tbsp.
- salt to taste
Methods/steps
- 1. Steam the spinach for about five minutes, and hold under running water in a colander. When cool, blend in mixer along with the green chilly to make a slightly coarse paste. Keep aside.
- 2. Cube potatoes and fry in oil or ghee till light brown. Drain and keep aside.
- 3. In the same oil, splutter cumin seeds. Add the onions and chopped ginger and fry till tender.
- 4. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry further for three minutes.
- 5. Add Chilly powder, garam masala powder, and turmeric powder, and stir fry till for another two minutes.
- 6. Add the fried potatoes and the spinach mixture to this and stir well. If required, you may add ¼ cup of water. Add the required salt and let it boil well.
- 7. Add the lemon juice, stir well, and switch off the flame.
- 8. Heat butter in another pan, and add the asafoetida. Pour over the curry and mix in gently.
- 9. Serve hot with Parathas, Rotis, Nans, pulaos or Hot rice.
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Additional Tips
You may use thick chunks of cottage cheese (paneer) instead of the potatoes. Then it becomes Paalak Paneer. Those of you counting your calories, may omit frying the potatoes and just add the boiled ones to the curry.
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