Aloo Palak - Spinach & Potato Curry
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Aloo Palak - Spinach & Potato Curry

45 min total15 prep30 cook4 servings
ClassicVegetarianLow-CarbContains dairy

A delicious vegetarian Pakistani meal. It's quick, it's easy, it's delicious - and there's not much else to say! You have to try it to understand just how tasty it is! :-)

Ingredients

dairy
  • 0.25 cupoil/ghee
produce
  • 1 mediumonion (chopped)
  • 1green chilli
  • 1 tspcoriander powder
  • 1 tspred chilli powder (or to taste)
  • 1 tbspminced garlic
  • 0.5 tbspminced ginger
  • 1 mediumtomato (chopped)
  • 0.5lb spinach (chopped)
pantry
  • 1lb potatoes (peeled and chopped into quartered circles)
  • 2.5 tspsalt (or to taste)
  • 1 tspcumin seeds
  • 0.5 tspturmeric
  • 2 tbspdried fenugreek ((kasoori methi))

Steps

  1. Add your oil/ghee to a deep pot.
  2. On a medium heat, add the onions and fry until they are lightly gold, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add the potatoes, green chilli, ginger, garlic and spices.
  4. Give these a quick 3 minute fry, stirring often.
  5. Add 1/2 cup of water and your chopped tomatoes.
  6. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Add in the chopped spinach.
  8. Simmer this covered with a lid on low for 5 minutes, then uncovered until the moisture from the spinach has been cooked out and there isn't any murky-coloured water left.
  9. Instead of stirring, swirl the pot as discussed in the recipe post to ensure the potatoes don't break,
  10. Stir in the dried fenugreek when the curry is finished cooking.
  11. The fenugreek doesn't need any cooking.

Tips

  • Recipe Source: Fatima Cooks

Source: Fatima Cooks

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