Aloo palak is a healthy side dish recipe, in which potato is cooked with Indian spinach. This is very rich and creamy tasting side dish, without any much fatty things.
I had aloo palak for the first time only last year in a friends home, when they served it along with vegetable rice.
I had no idea about the taste of it until that day. It was yummy and Aj & Vj too loved it.
Was thinking why I had not tried making at home so far. Even at restaurants I have never thought of tasting such a nice dish.
I make palak paneer at home as Aj loves it and I thought can make it the same way except for the panner I can add aloo.
So I adapted the base recipe even more simpler to make and made this aloo palak.
And it turned out finger licking good! It's perfect for weekend lunch.
I made it along with peas pulao and it was perfect for it. You can also make it as side dish for roti.
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Aloo palak recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Palak Indian spinach, tightly packed
- 3 Potato
- 1 Onion
- 2 Tomato
- 4 Green chillies
- 1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
- ¼ teaspoon Garam masala powder
- 2 teaspoon Coriander powder - 2 tsp
- ½ teaspoon Pepper powder - ½ tsp
- 1 teaspoon Kasoori methi
- ¼ teaspoon Sugar
- ¼ cup Milk
- Salt - as needed
To temper
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 1 Cardamom
- 1 Clove
Instructions
- Cook potatoes firstly and peel it, cube it. You can either pressure cook potatoes for 3-4 whistles in medium flame or boil as cubes as such.
- Separate the leaves of spinach from the thick stem running in the middle of the leaf firstly.
- After that, wash and clean the leaves.
- Then, heat a pan and add the washed leaves, green chillies and cook in medium flame. The water in the leaves is enough to cook the leaves.
- Cook until the leaves reduce in volume. Set aside.
- Heat oil in the pan and add the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Just give it a fry and add finely chopped onions.1 inch Cinnamon, 1 Cardamom, 1 Clove, 2 teaspoon Oil
- Fry till transparent. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
- Meanwhile, after palak cools down and grind it to a smooth paste.
- Add chopped tomatoes and required salt and fry furthermore till mushy.
- Add coriander powder and kasoori methi. Fry for a minute.
- Tip in the ground palak puree, sugar and cook in medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Add ¼ cup water while it gets cooked.
- In goes the boiled, cubed potatoes, salt and mix well.
- Pour milk at this time and mix well. Cook in medium flame. Do not boil in high flame.
- Cook for 2 minutes.
- Lastly add garam masala and pepper powder. Mix well and switch off the stove.
Notes
- Adding sugar retains the color of the spinach.
- You can skip ginger garlic paste and add either finely chopped ginger or chopped garlic while frying onion.
- Instead of boiling potatoes and adding as such, you can deep fry until golden brown and add to the gravy.
Stepwise photos
1. Cook potatoes firstly and peel it, cube it. You can either pressure cook potatoes for 3-4 whistles in medium flame or boil as cubes as such.
Separate the leaves of spinach from the thick stem running in the middle of the leaf firstly.
After that, wash and clean the leaves.
Then, heat a pan and add the washed leaves, green chillies and cook in medium flame. The water in the leaves is enough to cook the leaves.
Cook until the leaves reduce in volume. Set aside.
Heat oil in the pan and add the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Just give it a fry and add finely chopped onions.1 inch Cinnamon,1 Cardamom,1 Clove,2 teaspoon Oil
Fry till transparent.
2. Meanwhile, after palak cools down and grind it to a smooth paste. Cook potatoes and peel it, cube it.
3. Add chopped tomatoes and required salt and fry till mushy. Add coriander powder and kasoori methi. Fry for a minute.
Add the ground palak puree, sugar and cook in medium flame for 2 minutes. Add ¼ cup water while it gets cooked.
4. Tip in the boiled, cubed potatoes, salt and mix well. Add milk at this time and mix well. Cook in medium flame. Do not boil in high flame.
5. Cook for 2 minutes. Lastly add garam masala and pepper powder. Mix well and switch off the stove.
Serve with rice or roti. We had with peas pulao! Its yummy and healthy too! No much oil too in this.
Akila
I am drooling over here... beautiful clicks...
Tina
healthy and delicious...
Sangeetha Nambi
Healthy and Tasty one... Thanks for ur tip...
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APARNARAJESHKUMAR
lovely dish 🙂
Agnieszka Jarecka
This is one of my favourite Indian dishes. Depending on my mood I change herbs and spices I add to it.
Rinku Naveen
Wow! that looks so yumm..Loved that last shot 🙂
Kousa's Kitchen
lovely!!! U forget to mention about green chili's in that procedure but I can see its added with spinach. we can add the green chili as such while grinding the spinach rite?
Ramya
What a lovely color raks!! Lovely clicks as always!
Jingalala
The clicks are really Lovellly Raks! Whenever I visit your site, I get the sense of trying it and eating it immediately!
Chitra
Lovely dish. will try for sure 🙂
Archana
What a lovely colour.
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Anu
Perfectly done raji, love those bright green colors.
Sudha Sabarish
What a coincidence Raji.Today i was thinking to search this recipe and u've posted it.Will try within a week .
Muraligeetham
good recipe! palak is there in my fridge ..will surely try out this!
Shama Nagarajan
delicious dear
Paaka Shaale
Lovely curry and stunning pictures. An awesome post 🙂
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and healthy recipe. Just admiring the look of it.
Deepa
Reshmi Mahesh
Healthy and yummy recipe...Love the color..
Richa
love your step by step pictures and the gorgeous color!
Priya
Omg, wat an incredible gravy..simply loving it.
Sanoli Ghosh
Admire its looks.....healthy and tasty recipe. Do visit of mine at your free time. http://sanolisrecipies.blogspot.com
Shabitha Karthikeyan
Good one raji !! Love this anytime !! I think u forgot to add the addition of green chillies while grinding the palak...
sowmya's creative saga
nice..a beautiful sidedish to go with your rotis..
Nagashree
Lovely, I do it the same way. Deep fried potato tastes yummier but I usually avoid it as the addition of milk turns the gravy quite rich.
Saraswathi Iyer
Looks tempting, I also make dry version. Nice clicks.
Divya Kudua
I've been planning to try this recipe ever since we had the same at a restaurant.I believe potatoes make any curry stand out among the rest and this one is no different.Love the bright green colour of the gravy!
Aarthi
yummy palak curry
Kaveri Venkatesh
Lovely green curry...Looks very yum
Gayathri NG
Ddelicious n healthy gravy, appealing color!!
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leanne
This looks so so yummy! I cant wait to try!! 🙂 Beautiful pictures by the way! x
Sharmilee! :)
Not a big fan of anything with greens in gravies...but guess this thick creamy sidedish will change my mind, looks tempting
Prathibha
I love this one..nice n creamy and more importantly wid spinach,yummy
Satya
delicious n tempting...yummy
Harini
Looks delicious. This is what I am making for dinner tonight 🙂
Hema
Very delicious, love that rich green color..
Prathima Rao
This is a fav at home...ur version looks too good Raks..The color is vivid green too..Love it!!
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faseela
yummy healthy n delicious,.....
R.Punitha
Hi Rajeswari ,
Aloo palak looks delicious and
neat presentation 🙂
one request to you Rak ,
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Do drop a comment at Lavanya's recipes....
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Healthy and delicious and simple to follow. Nice!
jeyashrisuresh
Wonderful gravy with the combo of aloo and palak. Love the vibrant green color
Anonymous
WOW - I am so happy I have found this site - I love home style cooking but have no one to teach me - now I can learn from all these step by step pictures! Spinach is my FAVOURITE!!
Thanks!
Jean
Love the dish..it's so green. :)Thanks for sharing your recipe. 🙂
neha
Hi there... i tried this recipe... turned out grt.. my family really appreciated the new dish ..:) and i must add... i have tried 2 other recipes... shahi paneer and bhindi masala... n they r our hot favourites with roti.. 🙂
fuhad rasheed
i'm totally smitten totally in love with you... bachelors lyk me are now top chefs
Unknown
This receipe is definitely a keeper..wonderful taste.Thanks!!
Aishwarya Ragupathi
Yummmy.... I prepared this with jeera rice and my entire family enjoyed 🙂 Thanks Raks...
Aishwarya Ragupathi
Yummmmy..... I prepared this last night with jeera rice and my entire family enjoyed it... 🙂
ravi kumar
it is very oil less dish and very tasty good for health
ravi kumar
it is very oil less dish and very tasty good for health
Tar
I have made Palak dishes for years now. But I must say, this turned out to be the best palak dish forever. Its so mild in its flavors, and yet so yummmmmm... My family wiped the wok clean. Thank you for this!
Rohan Shah
Saw this recipe and made it for lunch! Simply yummy!!
Rohan Shah
Saw this today and had it for lunch! Simply awesome
Chitra Visalakshi
Thank u for the lovely recipe, trying it for dinner tonight. ♥ ur blog!
Priyanka Mukherjee
hi
tried this recipe today with minor adjustments to suit our palate.
it turned out delicious. everyone enjoyed it a lot.
cheers,
Priyanka.
Rachana Deshpande
hey. tried out your recipe today! turned out great.. thanks!!1
meghna
Awsome recipe...mixd sweet corn wid this..n its tasty...
Rajathraj
Very Nice recipes..
Aparna Desai
Do we need to add oil while cooking spinach leaves? I didn't get that....
Aparna Desai
Do we need to add oil while cooking spinach leaves? I didn't get that....
Raks anand
No need to add oil. I have said water that is in the leaves after washing, is enough to cook them. No oil
Kavitha
can we add cream instead of milk?
Lakshmi Sridhar
Hi, I have tried this one, it came just awesome.... beautifully explained.... i got typical green colour gravy for first time i can say.... thanks for sharing....
Lakshmi Sridhar
Hi/... have tried your recipe, this one comes just the super way.... thanks for sharing....
Gaya3
Hi,
The milk added must be boiled milk or chill milk ?
Raks anand
Anything will be fine, if its fresh milk, then for safer side, you can use boiled cold milk.
Komathi Murugan
hi
it looks awesome.. i tried this recipe and its come out really super.. thanks for the recipe
Nanthini Sukumaran
Can't wait to try this for dinner... Feeling yummy now itself.. Awww... Already tried two of your recipes.. Became fan of this blog and you..
apexsha
Can I skip the garam masala in this recipe? As my family is allergic..Is there a substitute I could replace with?
Raks anand
You mean the powder? Yes you can just skip it and try
Saranya Prabhakaran
Awesome Recipes
Raks anand
Thanks