Aloo Palak Potatoes Cooked In A Creamy Spinach Gravy Recipe 435 Food

ALOO PALAK (STIR-FRIED INDIAN POTATOES AND SPINACH)

Steps:

• Grind garlic and ginger together to make a paste.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Saute onion in the hot oil until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add cumin, coriander, cayenne, and turmeric. Add ginger-garlic paste. Mix well. Stir in remaining oil, potatoes, and tomatoes; cook until oil leaves the side of the pan, about 5 minutes. Add spinach and salt; continue to cook over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Serve.

ALOO PALAK (POTATOES COOKED IN A CREAMY SPINACH GRAVY) RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Boil a pot of water. When it boils, add the spinach leaves to the boiling water. Allow this to cook for 3 minutes. Drain. Set aside and allow this to cool. Chop garlic, ginger, green chilies and onions. Heat a pot on low-medium heat (dial #4), add oil, add cumin seeds. Once the cumin seeds sizzle, add the turmeric powder. Saute for 10 seconds. Add the ginger, garlic and green chillies. Saute for 20 seconds or so. Add the chopped onions. Saute for 3 minutes and then add salt. Cook for another 3-5 minutes until the onions are slightly carmelized. Stir to avoid burning. In the meantime, peel and chop the potatoes. Use 3 small. Once the onions are done, Add the potatoes. Combine. Lower heat to dial #3, cook this for 5 minutes. In the meantime, chop the tomato. Now add the tomato, salt, 1/2 tsp of red chili powder, and 2 tsp coriander powder. Combine. Cover and simmer on dial #3 for 10-15 minutes, or until the tomatoes and onions have combined into a paste. In the meantime, make the spinach paste. Add the spinach to a blender or Magic Bullet. You may need to add 2 tbsp - 4 tbsp of water to get the spinach to a smooth paste. Back to the onion-tomato mixture, this is what you should have after 10-15 minutes. Add the Spinach Puree....Combine. Cover and allow this to simmer for 10 minutes on dial #3. After 10 minutes, this is what you should have. There should be bubbles forming around the corners. The color will be an intense dark green. Check the potato, make sure it is fork tender, if it is pretty close, that is okay too. Proceed to the next step. Season with salt, 1 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp chili powder and 1 tsp coriander powder. Combine. Cover and cook for another 5 minutes on low (dial #3). Add 2-3 dollops of LIGHT Sour Cream... I used 3. Take 2 spoons of dry fenugreek leaves in your palm, rub them. Add the fenugreek leaves to the spinach. Make sure the Potato is fully cooked. Turn off the stove. Combine. Wait 20 minutes before serving... this will allow the flavors to combine. Serve with rice or roti... goes well with Onion Coriander Raita.

CREAMY PALAK (SPINACH)

Steps:

• Cook the first 7 ingredients in one cup water for about 10 minutes.
• When little cold, puree in a blender, adding more water as needed.
• Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat.
• Saute the garlic and the spices.
• Add cream cheese and spinach.
• Cook for 10-15 mins.
• to desired consistency.
• Note: Add firm tofu pieces if desired.

ALOO PALAK (INDIAN POTATOES & SPINACH)

Steps:

• In a pan cook the spinach with garlic, ginger, onions and the green chilies for about 5-10 minutes.
• Remove from the pan and blend to a fine puree and keep aside.
• In the meantime boil the potatoes with salt and turmeric until done, apprximately 10 minutes and set aside when done.
• Heat ghee in a pan, fry cumin seeds along with spinach-onion paste and simmer for a few minutes.
• Add the cooked potatoes, garam masala, coriander and cumin powder and a little water if needed.
• Simmer for few minutes till the potatoes absorb the flavor.
• Add fresh cream if desired.

ALOO PALAK(INDIAN POTATO AND SPINACH CURRY)

Steps:

• Bring salted water to a boil,cook spinach over high heat for 2 min,covered,cool quickly,blend it with green chili to make a coarse pase.
• Precook the potatoes in boiling water for 15 min and dain, or you can omit this step but the potatoes will be chewy.heat 2 tbsp oil and fry potato cubes for 5 min or until lightly brown,keep aside.
• Heat another 2 tbsp oil and fry cumin seeds and onions till soft,then add in ginger garlic mince and further fry for 1 minute.
• Add in tomato puree and fry for 2 min,add all the dry spices and lemon juice,stir well.
• Add spinach and potatoes,stir to combine,cook over low heat until thickend.
• Add cream or yogurt,Mix gently and cook for 2 more minute.

CREAMY SPINACH (MALAI PALAK)

Steps:

• Heat the clarified butter in a heavy-based pan. Add the whole dry red chillies and fry until they darken.
• Add the ginger and fry till it is light brown. Add the green chillies and fry briefly.
• Add the chopped spinach, sugar, salt and mix well on high heat.
• Cook uncovered on medium-high heat stirring frequently for about 20 minutes or until the spinach is cooked and dry.
• Mix in the cream.
• Garnish with chopped fresh coriander and serve with jasmine rice, roti or chapati bread.