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Aloo Palak Recipe

Course Appetizer
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 250 Grams Palak or Spinach
  • 1-2 green chillies
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 2 cut onions
  • 2 inch ginger
  • 500 grams baby potato or aloo
  • 1 cup of fresh coriander or Dhaniya
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
  • Salt to taste
  • 1.5 teaspoons chilli powder
  • 2 teaspoon roasted jeera and dhaniya powder
  • 2 tablespoon of garam masala
  • 1 teaspoon of hing
  • 2 tablespoons of kasuri methi
  • Ginger for garnishing
  • Juice of half a lemon or nimbu

Instructions
 

Method

    Steps to make Aloo Palak

    • Pressure cook 250 grams of palak or spinach with 1-2 cut green chillies for 1 whistle
    • In a hot pan add 2 tablespoons of oil
    • Add 2 cut onions
    • Add 2 inch ginger
    • Stir fry till the onion turns pink
    • Pressure cook 500 grams of baby potato or aloo for 2 whistles, I cooked in a vessel and not directly
    • Blend in a jar the cooked spinach and a handful of fresh coriander add 4 tablespoons of water
    • Transfer to a non stick kadai
    • In the same blender jar
    • Add the cooked onion and ginger along with some more fresh coriander add 4 more tablespoon water
    • Mix the onion purée with the spinach purée now
    • Mix thoroughly
    • Take the cooked aloo or potato out, let it cool and then peel them
    • Put the pan or kadai on heat
    • Add 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
    • Add salt to taste
    • Let it bubble
    • Add 1.5 teaspoons of chilli powder
    • Add 2 teaspoon roasted jeera and dhaniya powder
    • Add 2 tablespoon of garam masala
    • Add 1 teaspoon of hing
    • Add the peeled potatoes
    • Add 2 tablespoons of kasuri methi
    • Cook in slow low heat for 5 minutes
    • Garnish with fresh coriander and ginger
    • Serve hot with roti or rice
    • Add half a nimbu or lemon for tartness and mix