Aloo Palak is one of my recent tries and I wonder why I havent tried this curry so far, though palak paneer is onto my todo list.This was just an accident I happened to try this as I had no paneer at home and glad I did. Its a healthy tasty combination that goes well with rotis or any mild pulaos or even ghee rice.
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Aloo Palak Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Makes : 12 cookies
Recipe Category: Snack | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Recipe Category: Snack | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Palak greens – 2 cups tightly packed
Potatoes – 2 medium sized
Onion – 1 large
Green Chilli – 1
Tomato puree – from 2 small sized
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Red Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder – 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Garam Masala powder – 1/2 tsp
Milk – 1/4 cup(optional)
Cream – 1 tbsp
Oil / Ghee – 2 tsp + 2 tsp(for toasting potatoes)
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Oil -1 tsp
Shahi Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Method:
- Rinse greens well to remove dirt if any.Transfer spinach to a wide container, add very little water and a pinch of salt.Boil for 2-3mins in medium flame.Cool down and transfer it to a mixer along with green chillies.
- Grind it to a fine paste, set aside. Pressure cook potatoes(with skin) for 5 whistles or until soft, Peel off the skin and chop into bite sized cubes. Toast it in a 2 tsp oil till golden brown.
- Drain in tissue paper and Set aside.You can alternatively deep fry the potatoes too.Heat oil in a pan, add jeera allow it to splutter.Then ginger garlic paste, fry for 2mins then add onion.Saute till golden brown.
- Add tomato puree,spice powders and saute till raw smell completely leaves.Then add palak puree and required salt.
- Bring to a boil and cook till it slightly changes color.Add toasted potato, give a quick stir allow it to blend well with the gravy.Add 1/4 cup water / milk if its too thick, cook till it becomes to gravy consistency. Finally add cream / milk give a quick stir and switch off.
Serve hot with any mild pulao or hot phulkas.
My Notes:
- You can also add hing while tempering.
- I didnt deep fry the potatoes as I wanted to make it healthy.
- As we are boiling the greens before hand dont need to cook the puree much and be careful in retaining the green color.
- If you prefer more on the sweeter side then add more tomato sauce. The orginal recipe called for kosher salt, I skipped it and used normal salt.
Veena Theagarajan says
March 14, 2013 at 3:25 pmlooks great! I did this last week and it is in draft
Sangeetha says
March 14, 2013 at 3:32 pmmy fav too…love its vibrant green color…aloo palak looks so inviting!
Paige Flamm says
March 14, 2013 at 4:01 pmYUM! This looks delicious!
Paige
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Hari Chandana P says
March 14, 2013 at 4:17 pmWowww… Looks absolutely perfect.. inviting platter 🙂
Gauri says
March 14, 2013 at 4:29 pmVery inviting and could have the entire bowl!
ramya says
March 14, 2013 at 4:35 pmIt looks really tasty and healthy! Going to try it soon!
Anitha Jagan says
March 14, 2013 at 4:42 pmlooks yummy….
Anitha Gokulakrishnan says
March 14, 2013 at 4:54 pmLooks yummy.am becoming an addict to your recipe writeups and blogs
Priya Suresh says
March 14, 2013 at 10:03 pmWat a super catchy and health aloo palak.
Mili says
March 14, 2013 at 10:27 pmHi Sharmi,
I love your blog very much. I have a question about the background you use in your photographs. What do you exactly use for the plain colored background? Is it a colored mat or something? Can you help me with this?
Thanks,
Geeta
Sharmilee! :) says
March 15, 2013 at 2:22 amYes they are coloured papers, here I've used brown cover which we use for covering kids books 🙂
Madhavi says
March 15, 2013 at 12:01 amYum yum yum Aloo Palak…looks yummoooo!!!
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Wer SAHM says
March 15, 2013 at 2:51 amdelicious potato palak… lov the clicks…
Gayathri Ramanan says
March 15, 2013 at 5:00 amlovely recipe..beautiful clicks
Saranya Balaji says
March 15, 2013 at 10:22 amMy fav one…i love the color its amazing..Healthy combo 🙂
Love II cook says
March 15, 2013 at 4:13 pmi want some now!!
Vardhini says
March 18, 2013 at 5:40 amHealthy side dish Sharmi. Congrats on the blog anniversary.
Jeyashrisuresh says
March 18, 2013 at 1:23 pmTempting combo, love to have with plain hot rice
sucheta dalvi says
May 6, 2014 at 9:54 amsharmi, if we substitute aalo for paneer, and toast the paneer cubes and add in the final step, I believe it should be palak paneer. Please suggest.
SHARMILEE J says
May 6, 2014 at 6:05 pmYes I think it is…
Kaajal Bhawnani says
January 26, 2015 at 12:06 pmThe recipe like all ur recipes is outstanding.
I got married a year and a half ago and dint know cooking except bacic moong dal and chapati
I was almost pregnant in few months of marriage and had to cook healthy and used ur blog for that.
I learned cooking plus made healthy food
With pregnancy and changes and then a new born I never had time to comment on the beautiful reviews but I'll do it every day now.
Kumar Garikipati says
April 1, 2015 at 7:53 pmPerfect dish… This weekend, I will try it.. Last weekend, I tried Palak Soup Recipe.. This website is too good and it is maintained perfectly well.. Well done guys..
bhojanavidhatri says
August 3, 2015 at 6:10 pmWhat type of palak wanna cook? ( Tamil)
SHARMILEE J says
August 4, 2015 at 1:40 amPalak is pasala keerai in tamil