Aloo palak sabzi | How to make potato dry curry with spinach
Aloo palak sabzi is a dry stir fry recipe made by tossing potatoes in basic spices and fresh spinach leaves. Learn this basic Aloo spinach dry curry with the help of a video and stepwise pictures for beginners.
This Potato spinach sabzi is a regular side dish for rotis and parathas in most North Indian homes. In fact, this Aloo sabji can be a good match with simple rice and dal tadka.
The Spinach is a delicious green leaf variety and blends beautifully with any cuisine. As these palak leaves are mostly bland in taste unlike other slightly bitter green leaf varieties, we can use this as a base in Indian gravies.
Some of these yummilicious recipes for your reference, Palak paneer, Palak chicken, Spinach dal, kootu, Palak pakora, spinach poriyal, pasalai keerai masiyal and many more.
Looking for more stylish kids-friendly recipes? Then go for Spinach idli, dosa, Palak roti and even spinach spicy muffins. Just blend the blanched green leaves and add them to the baking/batter recipes as you like.
Are potatoes good or bad?
Potatoes are incredibly versatile and extremely packed with important nutrients for our regular needs.
Despite being tasty and nutritious, potatoes are full of simple carbs and can easily digest because of its high glycemic index. Hence daily consumption of fried chips form of potatoes can cause volatility in blood sugar levels and insulin levels.
As a precaution have a moderate quantity of potatoes regularly in healthy cooked forms like this aloo palak dry sabzi.
Now let us move to the health benefits these potatoes have. Many studies have found that potatoes are in fact very good for our health. I would like to mention a few pointers here for those who are still reluctant in consuming them regularly.
- Firstly potatoes are naturally gluten-free and super filling.
- Next, they are filled with nutrients like fiber, potassium, vitamins C and B6.
- Finally, they are completely zero cholesterol vegetable and hence may improve heart health.
Similarly, Spinach or palak leaves(Pasalai in Tamil) are excellent sources of Vitamin A, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Folate and Protein.
Spinach also has some amount of carbohydrates. These super nutrient green leaves are having awesome health benefits like,
- Cancer prevention
- Diabetes cure
- Bone, hair and skin health
- Good digestion
- Blood pressure management
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Aloo palak sabzi | How to make potato dry curry with spinach
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 6 potatoes (medium size)
- 2 cups spinach (palak chopped)
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 6 garlic pods
- 3 green chillies
- 1 onion (3/4 cup)
- ¾ tsp salt (as per taste)
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp asafoetida
- Few tbsp of water
Instructions
Preparation:
- Rinse six medium size potatoes, peel the skin and chop into bite-sized pieces. Keep aside.
- Wash spinach leaves(around two cups packed) and chop them, keep aside.
- Chop 1 medium size onion (3/4 cup) and garlic (6 pods).
Recipe for potato spinach stir-fry:
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a frying pan.
- Add 1 tsp cumin seeds and let them fry for few seconds.
- Next, add fine chopped 6 garlic pods and fry them for half a minute.
- Add one medium size onion (around 3/4 cup) and 3 slit green chillies.
- Saute the onions for a minute until they become transparent.
- Put 3/4 tsp of salt(as per taste) required for the sabzi.
- Add 1/2 tsp chilli powder and saute just ten seconds.
- Next, add the chopped potato and saute for two minutes.
- Aloo pieces tend to stick to the bottom hence stir without break.
- When potato pieces start roasting slightly add palak(spinach) leaves and mix.
- Add 4 tsp of turmeric powder.
- Sprinkle few tablespoons of water and mix quickly.
- Put some asafoetida and cover the pan with a lid.
- Cook potato for around eight minutes until the potatoes become soft.
- Stir often to avoid potatoes stick to the bottom.
- Switch off and serve with dal rice and rotis.
Video
Notes
1) Add garam masala powder a half teaspoon at the last stage if you wish to enhance the flavor.
2) Similarly, you can use a few drops of lemon juice before switching off to get a tang touch.
Nutrition
Preparation:
- Rinse six medium size potatoes, peel the skin and chop into bite-sized pieces. Keep aside.
- Wash spinach leaves(around two cups packed) and chop them, keep them aside.
- Chop 1 medium size onion (3/4 cup) and garlic (6 pods).
Recipe for potato spinach stir-fry:
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a frying pan.
- Add 1 tsp cumin seeds and let them fry for few seconds.
- Next, add fine chopped 6 garlic pods and fry them for half a minute.
- Add one medium size onion (around 3/4 cup) and 3 slit green chillies.
- Saute the onions for a minute until they become transparent.
- Put 3/4 tsp of salt(as per taste) required for the sabzi.
- Add 1/2 tsp chilli powder and saute just ten seconds.
- Next, add the chopped potato and saute for two minutes. Aloo pieces tend to stick to the bottom hence stir without break.
- Add 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder. Put some asafoetida, mix well and cover the pan with a lid.
- When potato pieces start roasting slightly add palak(spinach) leaves and mix.
- Cook potato for around eight minutes covered until the potatoes become soft.
- Stir often to avoid potatoes stick to the bottom.
- Switch off and serve with dal rice and rotis.
Tips:
1) Add garam masala powder a half teaspoon at the last stage if you wish to enhance the flavor.
2) Similarly, you can use a few drops of lemon juice before switching off to get a tang touch.
