Aloo methi sabji, a super easy recipe with spices powders to give a unique twist to the simple dish.
You can prepare this for a quick dry sabji for your phulkas, especially in winter when fresh methi is available abundantly.
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This is just a simple sabji with methi leaves stir fried along cooked aloo. Being a south Indian, I like to use my sambar powder (which is majorly dhaniya and chilli) for my sabjis as it's very handy.
Instructions
- Clean the methi leaves firstly and chop it roughly, keep aside.
- After that, wash, peel potatoes, cube cut and boil it until soft but yet retains the shape without over cooking.
- Then, heat a kadai and add the tempering items in hot oil, followed by onion.
- Fry till onion turns soft and then add the methi leaves. Fry furthermore till it reduces in volume.
- Now add chilli & coriander powder (I used my sambar powder in place of these), turmeric, salt and cooked potato.
- Then, sprinkle water, mix well and cook covered in low flame.
- After that, roast till potato turns golden brown and nice aroma wafts.
- Transfer to serving dish and serve as an accompaniment for rice or for rotis! We had with dal, rice and phulka.
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Aloo methi recipe
Aloo methi sabji without tomato, a super easy recipe with spices powders to balance the taste.
Servings 3 people
Cup measurements
Ingredients
- 3 Potato
- 1 Onion
- 1 cup Methi leaves without stem, tightly packed
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon Coriander powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Salt
To Temper:
- ½ teaspoon Mustard Rai
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds Jeera
- 1 tablespoon Oil
Instructions
- Clean the methi leaves firstly and chop it roughly, keep aside.
- After that, wash, peel potatoes, cube cut and boil it until soft but yet retains the shape without over cooking.
- Then, heat a kadai and add the tempering items in hot oil, followed by onion.
- Fry till onion turns soft and then add the methi leaves. Fry furthermore till it reduces in volume.
- Now add chilli & coriander powder (I used my sambar powder in place of these), turmeric, salt and cooked potato.
- Then, sprinkle water, mix well and cook covered in low flame.
- After that, roast till potato turns golden brown and nice aroma wafts.
- Transfer to serving dish and serve as an accompaniment for rice or for rotis!
Notes
- Make sure to balance the spice, salt for methi not tasting bitter.
- Use mustard oil if you like the flavor and for authentic taste.
- You can keep it simple with just spice like red chilli powder or green chilli and no coriander seeds powder. This way the methi's flavor turns out strong.
- Cook potatoes just right without turning it mushy.
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Ammu says
Lovely dish. Nice click. Drooling.
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thanks for the quick compliment Ammu!
Kitchen Flavours says
Wow this is my favourite combo....Looks yum....
jeyashrisuresh says
absolutely new to me. Tried ur methi roti also. came out very well. Will try this also.
Priya says
Such a healthy side dish, looks amazing..yet to make this aloo methi soon!
Happy cook says
Wow oneof the most beautiful potato dish i have seen.
Nags says
no worries at all!! this looks yum!!
Valarmathi says
Nice combo. Lovely click. Aloo methi looks delish.
Bharathy says
Oh yeah!..Methi all over!..but healthy dishes, right??
lovely recipes and lovely lovely shots!..
Aloo methi is a dish I want to try for such a long time..will surely give a shot back home..
P.S- aaama aaaama nan pidikkura "urundai"mela yaaarukkum nambikkai illai...yenakkum than ;)...
Bharathy says
..and raks I wated to ask to something...where you do host pictures??I love the size..could you pls help me?
Chitra says
Hmm,this is looking nice..i too have some methi at home..will try for his lunch and tell u the comments;)
RAKS KITCHEN says
Bharathy,I use windows Live Writer for writing posts,it automatically posts my pictures in picasa web albums..other than that I dont know anything...
Windows Live writer is so cool,you got to try and see..:)
Prathibha says
That looks so yummy...Loved the moisty aloo methi Raks..
Anonymous says
You have a great blog running here with an amazing list of recipes. I loved browzing through them. I will definitely come back for more. Meanwhile I have blogrolled you 🙂
Gita's Kitchen says
It look so delicious...nice color 🙂
Suparna says
oho! methi dishes are always welcome dear u keep posting and I'll never get bored with it 🙂 coz u present it so well with the tabled recipe and superb snaps, love it .
TC
TBC says
Aloo-methi has never looked so glamorous before! 🙂
Pavithra says
Wow thats gorgeous platter raks.. Rocking side dish and yummy.
meeso says
Mmmm, how could anyone get tired of methi! This looks too good!
Adlak's tiny world says
hey new template looks so cute... hey raks yr pic are rocks da... lovely yum yum and super o super.
rekhas kitchen says
ohhh what a helthy dish looks so tempting
Kalai says
One of my favorites! Looks delicious!
jayasri says
Oh!, Raks, the clicks are great dear, and of course i know this combo it's so tasty.., they are a lovely combo..., everything looks new and beautiful in ur blog, i am drooling over ur clicks they are absolutely amazing dear....
Cham says
Ever winning combo 🙂 I won't get bored to eat green everyday!
Mahimaa's kitchen says
don't worry we will never get bored of your recipes. aloo methi looks delicious.
Laavanya says
Methi is never boring... love your vibrant pictures and the dish looks fabulous.
Alka says
one of the regulars at my home...though onion and sambhar powder are new to me, i love methi and am always looking for various ways to cook and eat this..gosh i am craving for some now...
Premyscakes says
lovely dish!!! and my fav too.
DEESHA says
I love aloo methi .. yr version is slightly new to me But it looks awesome .. shall give this a try
Navita says
Hi Rak, my maa makes it almost the same way except onions...love it with daal and steamed rice. 🙂
Bharathy says
Thanx for the valuable info Raks :)..will surely check up..
AnuSriram says
Nice platter! Looks inviting! Makes me drool..
Rahin says
looks delicious, the aloo methi , the roti and the dal
My Experiments with Cooking says
Thanks for sharing methi based dishes. Never tired of greens 🙂
Mangala Bhat says
wow! lovely color nice clicks ... ia m spechless ..lovely dear thanks for sharng 🙂
Divya says
hi.. I'm a newbie to Singapore and cooking 🙂 been trying out several of your recipes and love them..they always come out great! This one has my mouth watering, but I wonder where one can find methi in Singapore. Can you tell me where you bought them from? Thanks!
Amanda says
I tried this tonight and my friends loved it! It was so easy! Another easy Indian dish for this white girl to impress with =P Hehe. By the way I used spinach instead of methi because Montana does NOT carry things that cool.
Shiny Naveen says
Hi Raks,
Tried your aloo methi today and came out good...But when the potato in my gravy was not as roasted as yours..When the curry started sticking to my pan I drizzled some water and stirred it...I switched off the stove when the gravy used up all water...Should I have used oil during that time???
RAKS KITCHEN says
Shiny,
Cook covered for some time(say 5 minutes)in medium flame and after that keep stirring at interval of 2 minutes for 6-8 minutes. Do not keep sprinkling water. Only once when you cover and cook. After that, if u want you can drizzle oil to avoid sticking to pan... hope this helps
kowsalya prakash says
nice dish
akshaya balaji says
can u tell me wat cud be done to make it as a white gravy?
i actually had it in this hotel at kerala...ever since ive been wanting to make it the same way!
RAKS KITCHEN says
Skip red chilli powder, turmeric and you can add green chillies and cooking cream to make it as gravy
Swarna says
I have been searching for a good aloo methi recipe ! Tried yrs and came out yummy ! Thanks !
swarna Yachamanani says
Can I use frozen methi instead of fresh one
Raks Anand says
Sure you can...