Aloo Ka Saag Recipes

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp sunflower oil in a large pan, add 1 finely chopped onion, 2 sliced garlic cloves and 1 tbsp chopped ginger, and fry for about 3 mins.
• Stir in 500g potatoes, cut into 2cm chunks, 1 halved, deseeded and finely sliced red chilli, ½ tsp black mustard seeds, ½ tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp turmeric and ½ tsp salt and continue cooking and stirring for 5 mins more.
• Add a splash of water, cover, and cook for 8-10 mins.
• Check the potatoes are ready by spearing with the point of a knife, and if they are, add 250g spinach leaves and let it wilt into the pan. Take off the heat and serve.

Steps:

• Fry the cumin seeds in a heavy bottomed pan in a bit of oil and butter until just starting to brown.
• Add the onion and fry until it too starts to brown.
• Add the potato, garlic, turmeric, ginger and garam masala and fry until the potato starts to soften.
• Unless you are using a non-stick pan, you may need to add water and cover to keep the potato from sticking and to help it cook. The first time I did this 1/2 cup at a time and it took about 20-30 minutes but I now prefer to parboil the potatoes, which means you add less water and it only takes about 10 minutes to finish off from this point.
• Add the spinach or chard and cook until it collapses over the potato.
• Salt to taste.

Steps:

• Heat ghee in a deep skillet over medium-high heat. Fry onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add ginger and garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add curry leaves, cumin, mustard seeds, and turmeric. Add potatoes, cauliflower, and chiles; cook and stir until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and cover with a lid. Reduce heat to low and cook until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Pour collard greens into the vegetable mixture; replace the lid and cook until wilted, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Prepare a large bowl of ice water, and set aside. Place a large pot of water over high heat, and bring to a boil. Add large-leaf spinach, and blanch until bright green and tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Drain, immediately plunge into ice water until cooled, and drain again. Squeeze out excess moisture, chop finely, and set aside.
• In a large sauté pan over medium heat, heat olive oil until shimmering. Add onion, and cook until soft and golden, 7 to 8 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, and chilies and sauté until the garlic and ginger are light brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the baby spinach and cook 1 minute. Add turmeric, and sauté 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the blanched, chopped spinach. Season with salt to taste. Cook 5 to 10 minutes, stirring often. Add fenugreek leaves, butter, nutmeg, and, if desired, heavy cream. Simmer 5 minutes more, stirring occasionally. If necessary, lower heat to medium-low. Serve hot topped with, if desired, fried potato dumplings.

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes, cool, peel and cut them into small cubes and set aside; peel and wash the ginger and set aside; remove the stems, wash and roughly chop the green chillies and grind them to a fine paste and set aside; and whip the yoghurt until it is smooth.
• Heat the oil in a pan, and add the asafoetida, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, ginger and the green chilli paste. Sauté for two minutes; then add the potato pieces, and mix well.
• Add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, green cardamom powder, salt and cook for some time.
• Add the yoghurt and cook stirring continuously. Then add half a cup of water and mix well. Cook until it starts boiling.
• Remove the Aloo Ka Saag pan from the heat and serve hot.

Steps:

• Par-Boil the potatoes with a 0.5 tsp salt and turmeric for around 10-15 minutes being very careful to just undercook by around 5 minutes.
• Make a paste of the curry powder, garam massalla and chilli powder with a little water.
• Fry the onion until translucent in the veg oil then add the garlic, ginger and chilli and stir fry on medium for a further 5 minutes.
• Add the curry and chilli powder paste and stir fry for a further 30 secs.
• Add the potatoes, the Massalla Gravy, yogurt and spinach and simmer for 5 minutes or until the spinach is reduced, stirring occasionally.
• Add knob of butter and sugar - salt to taste.
• Now add the finely chopped coriander leaves and cook for a further minute.
• Serve with the whole coriander leaves sprinkled over the top.

Steps:

• Bring water to boil in saucepan.
• Add spinach, cover, and cook until it is just done.
• Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water.
• Press out most of the liquid and chop coarsely.
• Heat oil in heavy saucepan over medium heat.
• When hot, add asafoetida followed by mustard seed.
• As soon as mustard seed begins to pop, add onion and garlic.
• Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
• Add potato and cayenne, let potato simmer a minute.
• Add spinach, salt and 2 tsp water; bring to boil.
• Cover tightly, turn heat to very low and cook gently for 40 minutes or until potato is tender.
• Stir occasionally and add liquid to pot if it becomes too dry.

Steps:

• Boil potatoes, leaving them very slightly on the firm side.
• Peel, cool and cut into 3/4" cubes.
• Sprinkle the cumin, coriander, cayenne, amchur, garam masala and chaat masala on the potatoes and mix well but gently.
• Add salt to taste, keeping in mind that some dry spices have their own saltiness. Do a taste test and mix gently.
• In a skillet, heat the oil on medium heat.
• Once the oil is hot, add in mustard seeds and allow them to pop.
• Add in the dry red chili, if using.
• Add in asafoetida, turmeric, curry leaves and green chillies in that order. Then add in the potatoes and mix gently, but thoroughly. Cook the potatoes till they are heated all the way through and further if you want them caramelized.
• Sprinkle on the lemon or lime juice and cilantro. Mix well.
• Serve as a side dish or as an appetizer.