Aloo Palak Recipe
Ingredients
1. Boiled and peeled potatoes (2large)
2. wheat or other flour (1/2tsp)
3. chopped spinach (2c)
4. grated tomatoes (1)
5. ginger (1piece)
6. fine chopped onions (2large)
7. lemon juice (1tsp)
8. green chillies (2)
9. butter (1/2tbsp)
10. asafoetida (2pinches)
11. turmeric powder (1/4tsp)
12. red chili powder (1tsp)
13. cumin seed (1/2tsp)
14. cinnamon clove powder (1tsp)
15. garam masala (1/2tsp)
16. ghee (4tbsp)
17. salt (to taste)
Method of preparation:-
1. Take spinach, washed it. Take a pan, put the washed spinach in a pan with little water and a pinch of salt. Cover the pan and boil it over high heat for about 2 minutes. Cool it quickly.
2. Put it in a mixie and add green chili in it and then mix it in a mixie for 1 minute. Do not make it smooth, keep it slightly coarse. Keep it aside. Now take two large potatoes. Peel them and cut them into big pieces.
3. Take a frying pan. Heat ghee in it and fry potatoes until get light brown. Drain the potatoes from the oil and keep them aside. In the same frying pan add cumin seeds, onions and ginger and then fry them until get tender. Then add tomatoes and again fry for 2 minutes.
4. Now put all the dry masalas and fry them till the ghee gets separate. Then add potatoes and spinach in the pan to cook. After sometime sprinkle the flour and mix it well. Cook it for about 2 to 3 minutes and then add lemon juice.
5. Just before serving the dish, take a tiny saucepan heat butter in it and add asafoetida. Now pour this over the vegetables and mix them gently. When the dish gets ready serve it hot with parathas or naan or rice.
Number of servings – 6
Make time – 45 minutes
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