Aloo Palak is a very healthy and classic delicacy from Punjabi cuisine. This tasty recipe can be prepared at home in less than 20 minutes. In this recipe the potato cubes are cooked and sautéed in a mildly spiced spinach gravy. It can be served with..any bread or rice. Here goes the easy recipe..
Ingredients
Potato - 2
Palak chopped - 2 cups
Oil - 2 tsp
Cumin -1 tsp
Onion - 2
Ginger garlic paste -1 tbsp
Turmeric pwd -a pinch
Red chilly pwd - 1 tsp
Coriander pwd - 1 ½ tsp
Garam masala pwd - ½ tsp
Butter - 1 tsp
Fresh lemon juice - few drops
Salt to taste
Instructions
1.
Wash and pressure cook potatoes till soft
2.
Peel off the skin
3.
Slice to bite-sized cubes and keep ready
4.
Clean, wash and slice palak / keerai / spinach to fine pieces
5.
Heat oil in a fry pan
6.
Add cumin seeds, bay leaf and allow to crackle
7.
Add sliced onions and saute till light brown
8.
Add ginger garlic paste and toss
9.
Add turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, coriander pwd, salt and garam masala pwd
10.
Stir good in low flame for 2 mins
11.
Add sliced tomatoes and cook well
12.
Now add sliced spinach leaves and stir
13.
Keep in medium flame and allow the spinach to cook for 3 to 4 mins
14.
Turn off flame and allow to cool
15.
Add it to blender and grind to coarse mixture
16.
Heat butter in a frypan
17.
Add the freshly ground palak mixture to the pan and combine
18.
Add cooked and cubed potatoes and stir Cook covered for 5 mins in low medium flame
19.
Squeeze few drops of fresh lemon juice
20.
Mmmm… yummy Aloo Palak Subzi is ready
21.
Serve hot with coriander leaves garnishing