Family Cookbook


Palak & Potato Curry

Ingredients

  • Cumin seeds 1 tsp
  • Onions 1 big (finely chopped)
  • Green chillies 2 (chopped)
  • Garlic pods 6 (finely chopped)
  • Potatoes 2 medium size (each cut into cubes)
  • Tomatoes 2 (medium) chopped
  • Chillie powder 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder ยฝ tsp
  • Dhania (coriander) powder 1 Tbsp
  • Salt ยฝ tsp
  • Palak (spinach) 2-3 cups (washed and chopped)
  • Coriander leaves 2 Tbsp (finely chopped)
  • Garam masala 2 tsp
  • Oil 2 Tbsp
  • Mango pickle 1 tsp of oil and gravy

Instructions

  1. Add oil in a kadai and heat it up. To this add the cumin seeds. Once it crackles, add the onions, garlic and green chillies. Saute it until the onions turn pink.
  2. Now add the chopped potatoes and mix well. Cover the kadai with lid and allow the potatoes to cook for 3-4 minutes. Uncover the lid and stir from time to time. Once the potatoes are semi cooked, remove the lid and move to the next step.
  3. Add the chopped tomatoes and salt. Cover the kadai and let the tomatoes fry in the kadai for a minute. Take off the lid and check whether the tomatoes are fried and pulpy.
  4. Add the chili, turmeric and dhania powders and stir the mixture well. Add ยฝ cup of oil and mix again.
  5. Now add the chopped palak (spinach) and put the lid on the kadai.
  6. Allow the spinach to cook for 2 minutes. Then uncover the kadai and mix the curry.
  7. Let it cook until the curry thickens a bit.
  8. Finally stir in the mango pickle oil and gravy.
  9. Sprinkle the chopped coriander and garam masala on the curry and stir well.

Notes

Serve with rice or rotis.

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