Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Aaloo paalak (Potato spinach) and other Sabjis , North indian style

Ingredients:

-Garlic (3 pieces, finely chopped)
-Green chilli (2 medium size, cut into medium slices)
-Onion (1/2 large onion, finely chopped)
-Potato (1 large or 2 small, peel skin cut into medium size cubes)
- Tomato (1 large, finely chopped)
-Paalak (Frozen spinach, one pack)
-Red chilli powder (1/4 tsp)
-Turmeric powder (1/4 tsp)
-Salt (to taste)
-Ghee or cooking oil

For tadka
-Ghee (1/2 tsp)
-Jeera (cumene seed, 1/4 tsp)
-Mustard seed (1/4 tsp)
-Onion (1/2 onion, thin slices)

Procedure:
- Heat ghee or oil in a pan
- Add finely chopped garlic and sliced green chillies and cook for a minute or two
- Add finely chopped onion and cook on medium-high to high heat for few minutes until onions turn golden brown (keep stirring ocassionally)
- Add cubes of cut potato and cook for few mins in medium high heat. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt and cook for few mins
- Add chopped tomato and cover the pan with a lid and cook for few mins
- Add the frozen spinach to the pan and 1 cup of water and cover the pan and cook in medium heat
- Open the lid every few mins and stir the preparation, and make sure there is sufficient water. If you notice that subji is becoming dry or sticking to the pan, add more water
- Close the lid and keep cooking and stirring until the potatoes are fully cooked
- You can check if potates are cooked by checking the softness with a spoon. once fully cooked, switch off the heat

Tadka:
-Heat ghee in a pan
- Add jeera and mustard seeds and allow them to pop
- Add sliced onions and cook in medium high heat until the onions turn golden brown
- Add tadka to Aaloo palak

Variation:
You can use this recipe for preparing any sabji. You can use ginger-garlic paste instead of garlic, or you can skip garlic if you don't like garlic. Istead of Spinach, you can substitue other vegetables like beans, cabbage, Cauliflower etc.

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