Aloo Palak Recipe

Ingredients

3 cups chopped spinach
2 large onions finely chopped
2 large potatoes boiled and peeled
1 tomato chopped
2 green chillies
1 piece ginger
1tsp lemon juice
1/2tsp wheat or other flour
1tsp red chilli powder
1tsp cinnamon-clove powder
1/4tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 pinches asafoetida
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tbsp butter
4tbsp ghee
salt to taste

Method

Put the washed spinach in a pan and add very little water or just sprinkle the water and a pinch of salt. Cover and boil over a high flame for 2 mins. Cool quickly or hold under running water in a colander. Put in a mixie, add green chillies and run for a minute. keep slightly coarse, do not make very smooth. Cut the potatoes into bigh pieces. Heat ghee and fry potatoes till light brown. Drain the potatoes. Keep aside. In the same hot ghee add cumin seeds, ginger, onions and fry till very tender. Add tomato and further fry for two mins. Add all the dry masalas and fry till ghee separetes. Add spinach and potatoes. When it resumes a boil sprinkle the flour and stir well. Boil for 2-3 min. Add lemon juice just before serving heat butter in a tiny saucepan and add the asafoetida. Pour over the vegetable and mix gently. Serve hot with naan or parathas or even rice.

Note: Instead of potatoes you can also use boiled peas, boiled corn kernels or paneer chunks in the above dish