Aloo Palak Recipe | Potato Spinach Curry

Aloo Palak Recipe is one of the nutritious North Indian recipes. It is an easy and delicious Indian recipe that is prepared with spinach and potatoes simmered with spices.

As this is a kind of dry version of curry, this recipe goes well with chapathi or paratha recipes. Learn how to make Potato Spinach Curry with step by step images, tips and Video.

Usually, my family loves to eat this recipe during the winter season. Although we can make this curry in all seasons, during winter season my tongue get pleased with its natural flavours.

Among all veggies, many of us like to eat potatoes and cauliflower. In Indian curries, we find many variants with this combination or individual ingredients.

We can make this recipe in different ways. If you are in a hurry then we can cook potatoes separately and make a puree of spinach and mix and cook for a while. But this version has a different flavour.

TIPS to make Perfect Aloo Palak Recipe:

• Cutting potatoes into small cubes helps in cooking along with spinach.
• Clean spinach with water and cut into small pieces to cook fast.
• Always use fresh leafy vegetables to have good taste.
• While choosing potatoes avoid green marks as they are not good for health.
• Adding more spices may alter the flavour of spinach so add in lesser quantity.
• We need to add spinach only after potatoes are half cooked as they cook fast and overcooking will lose its nutrients.
• This recipe is mild in spices by enhancing the natural flavours of the Aloo Palak Recipe.

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Aloo Palak Recipe, How to Make Aloo Palak Recipe, Potato Spinach Curry

Aloo Palak is a nutritious North Indian recipe.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Aloo Palak Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 280 kcal

Author Uppada Lakshmi

Ingredients

• Spinach/ palak – 1 Large bowl. 3 bunches
• Potatoes – 1 bowl
• Oil – 6 tbsp.
• Mustard seeds – ¼ tbsp.
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp.
• Chana dal – 1 tbsp.
• Garlic cloves – 1 tbsp. finely sliced
• Onions – 1 cup
• Green chillies – 5 No.
• Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
• Asafoetida – a pinch
• Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tbsp.
• Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp.
• Coriander powder – ½ tbsp.
• Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp.

Instructions

1. First clean spinach in running water and cut into small pieces. Keep aside.
2. Peel the skin of the potatoes and cut them into small bite-size cubes, keep aside.
3. In a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds, chana dal, cumin seeds and garlic cloves.
4. Add onions once they turn soft add green chillies, curry leaves and little asafoetida.
5. Sauté for few seconds till onions turn golden brown.
6. Add potatoes, mix well and sprinkle salt and turmeric powder.
7. Cook for 5 minutes so that potatoes turn soft. Cook with lid covered.
8. Now add spinach and mix for a while so that spinach shrinks.
9. Once palak is cooked, add red chilli powder and coriander powder.
10. Garnish with coriander leaves. Aloo Palak Recipe goes well with steamed rice or with Indian bread like chapati.

Recipe Video

How to Make Aloo Palak Recipe:

1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and chana dal.

2. Add finely sliced garlic cloves, onions, green chillies and curry leaves.

3. Sprinkle a pinch of asafotida and sauté for a while.

4. Add sliced potatoes, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Cook for 5 minutes with lid covered.

5. Put sliced spinach and gently mix it. Although leafy vegetable takes more space, when they start cooking they shrink in size.

6. Sprinkle red chilli powder and coriander powder. Mix well.

7. Garnish Aloo Palak recipe with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or chapatti.

Watch this recipe video on ( Youtube ).

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