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Home » ACCOMPANIMENTS » Aloo palak recipe (Aloo palak gravy recipe)

Aloo palak recipe (Aloo palak gravy recipe)

June 18, 2012 by Raks Anand 74 Comments /

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    A healthy side dish recipe, in which potato(aloo) 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. I 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 I can make it the same way except for the panner I can add aloo. So I made the palak paneer recipe even more simpler to make and made this aloo palak. And it turned out finger licking good!  Its 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

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch/ Dinner
Prep Time: 10 mins    |  Cook time: 30 mins    |  Serves: 3

Ingredients

Palak (Indian spinach) – 2 cups, tightly packed


Potato – 3


Onion – 1


Tomato – 2


Green chillies – 4


Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp


Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp


Coriander powder – 2 tsp


Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp


Kasoori methi – 2 large pinches


Sugar – 1/4 tsp


Milk – 1/4 cup


Salt – as needed


TO temper

Oil – 2 tsp


Cinnamon – 1 inch piece


Cardamom – 1


Cloves – 1


Method

  1. Separate the leaves of spinach from the thick stem. Wash and clean the leaves. 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.Fry till transparent. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
  2. 1-aloo-palak

  3. Mean while, after palak cools down and grind it to a smooth paste.Cook potatoes and peel it, cube it.
  4. plk4-horz

  5. 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 1/4 cup water while it gets cooked.
  6. 2-aloo-palak

  7. Add 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.
  8. 3-aloo-palak

  9. Cook for 2 minutes. Lastly add garam masala and pepper powder. Mix well and switch off the stove.
  10. 4-aloo-palak

Notes

  • Adding sugar retains the colour 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.

Serve with rice or roti. We had with peas pulao! Its yummy and healthy too! No much oil too in this.

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  1. Akila

    June 18, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    I am drooling over here… beautiful clicks…

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  2. Tina

    June 18, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    healthy and delicious…

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  3. Sangeetha Nambi

    June 18, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    Healthy and Tasty one… Thanks for ur tip…

    http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

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  4. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

    June 18, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    lovely dish 🙂

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  5. Agnieszka Jarecka

    June 18, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    This is one of my favourite Indian dishes. Depending on my mood I change herbs and spices I add to it.

    Reply
  6. Rinku Naveen

    June 18, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Wow! that looks so yumm..Loved that last shot 🙂

    Reply
  7. Kousa's Kitchen

    June 18, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    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?

    Reply
  8. Ramya

    June 18, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    What a lovely color raks!! Lovely clicks as always!

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  9. Jingalala

    June 18, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    The clicks are really Lovellly Raks! Whenever I visit your site, I get the sense of trying it and eating it immediately!

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  10. Chitra

    June 18, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    Lovely dish. will try for sure 🙂

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  11. Archana

    June 18, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    What a lovely colour.
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  12. Follow foodie

    June 18, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    Superb click Raks
    http://www.followfoodiee.com/

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  13. Anu

    June 18, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Perfectly done raji, love those bright green colors.

    Reply
  14. Sudha Sabarish

    June 18, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    What a coincidence Raji.Today i was thinking to search this recipe and u've posted it.Will try within a week .

    Reply
  15. Muraligeetham

    June 18, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    good recipe! palak is there in my fridge ..will surely try out this!

    Reply
  16. Shama Nagarajan

    June 18, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    delicious dear

    Reply
  17. Paaka Shaale

    June 18, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    Lovely curry and stunning pictures. An awesome post 🙂

    Reply
  18. Hamaree Rasoi

    June 18, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    Delicious and healthy recipe. Just admiring the look of it.

    Deepa

    Reply
  19. Reshmi Mahesh

    June 18, 2012 at 6:17 pm

    Healthy and yummy recipe…Love the color..

    Reply
  20. Richa

    June 18, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    love your step by step pictures and the gorgeous color!

    Reply
  21. Priya

    June 18, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    Omg, wat an incredible gravy..simply loving it.

    Reply
  22. Sanoli Ghosh

    June 18, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    Admire its looks…..healthy and tasty recipe. Do visit of mine at your free time. http://sanolisrecipies.blogspot.com

    Reply
  23. Shabitha Karthikeyan

    June 18, 2012 at 11:04 pm

    Good one raji !! Love this anytime !! I think u forgot to add the addition of green chillies while grinding the palak…

    Reply
  24. sowmya's creative saga

    June 19, 2012 at 12:35 am

    nice..a beautiful sidedish to go with your rotis..

    Reply
  25. Nagashree

    June 19, 2012 at 2:30 am

    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.

    Reply
  26. Saraswathi Iyer

    June 19, 2012 at 3:04 am

    Looks tempting, I also make dry version. Nice clicks.

    Reply
  27. Divya Kudua

    June 19, 2012 at 3:13 am

    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!

    Reply
  28. Aarthi

    June 19, 2012 at 3:48 am

    yummy palak curry

    Reply
  29. Kaveri Venkatesh

    June 19, 2012 at 9:07 am

    Lovely green curry…Looks very yum

    Reply
  30. Gayathri NG

    June 19, 2012 at 9:10 am

    Ddelicious n healthy gravy, appealing color!!

    Reply
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  32. leanne

    June 19, 2012 at 5:24 pm

    This looks so so yummy! I cant wait to try!! 🙂 Beautiful pictures by the way! x

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  33. Sharmilee! :)

    June 20, 2012 at 9:13 am

    Not a big fan of anything with greens in gravies…but guess this thick creamy sidedish will change my mind, looks tempting

    Reply
  34. Prathibha

    June 20, 2012 at 9:59 am

    I love this one..nice n creamy and more importantly wid spinach,yummy

    Reply
  35. Satya

    June 20, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    delicious n tempting…yummy

    Reply
  36. Harini

    June 20, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    Looks delicious. This is what I am making for dinner tonight 🙂

    Reply
  37. Hema

    June 21, 2012 at 4:58 am

    Very delicious, love that rich green color..

    Reply
  38. Prathima Rao

    June 21, 2012 at 8:04 am

    This is a fav at home…ur version looks too good Raks..The color is vivid green too..Love it!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  39. Veena Theagarajan

    June 21, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    Very nice clicks our family Favourite

    Great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com
    Veena

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  40. faseela

    June 21, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    yummy healthy n delicious,…..

    Reply
  41. R.Punitha

    June 22, 2012 at 8:15 am

    Hi Rajeswari ,

    Aloo palak looks delicious and

    neat presentation 🙂

    one request to you Rak ,

    I posted a guest post at Lavanya's blog.

    Do drop a comment at Lavanya's recipes….

    thank you Rak and Keep on:)

    Reply
  42. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com

    June 22, 2012 at 9:59 am

    Healthy and delicious and simple to follow. Nice!

    Reply
  43. jeyashrisuresh

    June 26, 2012 at 1:18 am

    Wonderful gravy with the combo of aloo and palak. Love the vibrant green color

    Reply
  44. Anonymous

    June 27, 2012 at 3:05 am

    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!

    Reply
  45. Jean

    June 27, 2012 at 3:11 am

    Love the dish..it's so green. :)Thanks for sharing your recipe. 🙂

    Reply
  46. neha

    July 24, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    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.. 🙂

    Reply
  47. fuhad rasheed

    August 19, 2012 at 1:00 am

    i'm totally smitten totally in love with you… bachelors lyk me are now top chefs

    Reply
  48. Unknown

    October 4, 2012 at 6:02 am

    This receipe is definitely a keeper..wonderful taste.Thanks!!

    Reply
  49. Aishwarya Ragupathi

    October 16, 2012 at 9:13 am

    Yummmy…. I prepared this with jeera rice and my entire family enjoyed 🙂 Thanks Raks…

    Reply
  50. Aishwarya Ragupathi

    October 16, 2012 at 9:13 am

    Yummmmy….. I prepared this last night with jeera rice and my entire family enjoyed it… 🙂

    Reply
  51. ravi kumar

    December 25, 2012 at 9:16 am

    it is very oil less dish and very tasty good for health

    Reply
  52. ravi kumar

    December 25, 2012 at 9:16 am

    it is very oil less dish and very tasty good for health

    Reply
  53. Tar

    January 28, 2013 at 3:24 am

    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!

    Reply
  54. Rohan Shah

    February 20, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    Saw this recipe and made it for lunch! Simply yummy!!

    Reply
  55. Rohan Shah

    February 20, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    Saw this today and had it for lunch! Simply awesome

    Reply
  56. Chitra Visalakshi

    March 14, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    Thank u for the lovely recipe, trying it for dinner tonight. ♥ ur blog!

    Reply
  57. Priyanka Mukherjee

    March 26, 2013 at 1:48 am

    hi
    tried this recipe today with minor adjustments to suit our palate.
    it turned out delicious. everyone enjoyed it a lot.
    cheers,

    Priyanka.

    Reply
  58. Rachana Deshpande

    May 10, 2013 at 3:48 am

    hey. tried out your recipe today! turned out great.. thanks!!1

    Reply
  59. meghna

    October 30, 2013 at 8:55 am

    Awsome recipe…mixd sweet corn wid this..n its tasty…

    Reply
  60. Rajathraj

    November 2, 2013 at 7:52 am

    Very Nice recipes..

    Reply
  61. Aparna Desai

    January 24, 2014 at 12:38 am

    Do we need to add oil while cooking spinach leaves? I didn't get that….

    Reply
  62. Aparna Desai

    January 27, 2014 at 7:27 am

    Do we need to add oil while cooking spinach leaves? I didn't get that….

    Reply
  63. Raks anand

    January 27, 2014 at 7:32 am

    No need to add oil. I have said water that is in the leaves after washing, is enough to cook them. No oil

    Reply
  64. Kavitha

    February 7, 2014 at 12:20 am

    can we add cream instead of milk?

    Reply
  65. Lakshmi Sridhar

    July 7, 2014 at 8:04 am

    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….

    Reply
  66. Lakshmi Sridhar

    July 7, 2014 at 8:04 am

    Hi/… have tried your recipe, this one comes just the super way…. thanks for sharing….

    Reply
  67. Gaya3

    July 16, 2014 at 1:54 am

    Hi,

    The milk added must be boiled milk or chill milk ?

    Reply
  68. Raks anand

    July 16, 2014 at 1:56 am

    Anything will be fine, if its fresh milk, then for safer side, you can use boiled cold milk.

    Reply
  69. Komathi Murugan

    February 14, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    hi
    it looks awesome.. i tried this recipe and its come out really super.. thanks for the recipe

    Reply
  70. Nanthini Sukumaran

    March 23, 2015 at 12:16 am

    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..

    Reply
  71. apexsha

    January 16, 2016 at 9:00 am

    Can I skip the garam masala in this recipe? As my family is allergic..Is there a substitute I could replace with?

    Reply
  72. Raks anand

    January 16, 2016 at 9:07 am

    You mean the powder? Yes you can just skip it and try

    Reply
  73. Saranya Prabhakaran

    January 13, 2017 at 12:24 am

    Awesome Recipes

    Reply
  74. Raks anand

    January 13, 2017 at 12:33 am

    Thanks

    Reply

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