Aloo palak sabzi recipe - VERY HEALTHY, homey and delicious dry vegetable dish.
In this dry aloo palak sabzi recipe, no special spices or ingredient is needed. All the ingredients will be available in basic Indian household pantry. The recipe calls for potatoes, spinach, onion, tomatoes and few spice powder.
Yes it is that simple. This is my mom’s recipe and so I have been grew up eating
In my family anything paired with potato is always welcomed. Thus you will see many side dish recipes with aloo on the blog. e.g. aloo shimla mirch, aloo tindora, aloo patta gobi, aloo beans, sem aloo and list will go on.
If you are not familiar with this language, let me translate in English: aloo = potato, palak=spinach. So it is dry preparation of potatoes with spinach.
There is another variation of making aloo palak and it is the gravy version. I have already shared the aloo palak gravy recipe. This one is dear hubby’s most favorite.
Check out other spinach recipes
Palak pakoda // Palak kadhi // Palak paratha // Palak rice
How to make Aloo palak dry recipe (Step by Step Photos):
1) Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
2) Then add chopped onions, sprinkle little salt. Cook till onions get soft and translucent.
3) Then add chopped green chilies, ginger and garlic.
4) Mix and saute for a minute.
5) Mix in cubed potatoes.
6) Add remaining salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and coriander powder.
7) Mix well, cover the pan and cook. Do stir in between to make sure that it is not sticking to the bottom of the pan.
8) Cook till potatoes are 95% cooked. check by breaking a piece of potato.
9) Add chopped spinach and tomatoes.
10) Mix, again cover and cook till potatoes are 100% done. By that time spinach are wilted and tomatoes will be little soft (not mushy). Turn off the stove and serve.
Serving suggestion: Serve aloo palak dry with roti or paratha. To complete the meal serve your choice of dal and plain rice along with it. It will be healthy and filling lunch or dinner.
Notes:
- If you have leftover boiled potatoes then you can use that in the recipe. If using boiled potatoes then add spices once onions are cooked and add potatoes, spinach and tomatoes together and cook till tomatoes get little soft and potatoes will absorb some flavors.
- Here I have used tomatoes to get little tang, But for the variations try substituting it with a tablespoon of yogurt or a squeeze of lemon juice at the end. Yes I have tried with yogurt and it was fantastic.
Aloo palak sabzi recipe
Ingredients
For aloo palak sabzi:
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 medium or 1 cup Red onion chopped
- 1 Green chili finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon Ginger finely chopped or paste
- ½ teaspoon Garlic finely chopped or paste
- 2 medium or 2 cups Potatoes peeled and cubed
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- 2 cups Spinach (Palak) washed, chopped and tightly packed
- ⅓ cup Tomato chopped
Instructions
- Making aloo palak sabzi recipe:
- Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle.
- Then add chopped onions, sprinkle little salt. Cook till onions get soft and translucent.
- Then add chopped green chilies, ginger and garlic. Mix and saute for a minute.
- Mix in cubed potatoes. Add remaining salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and coriander powder.
- Mix well, cover the pan and cook. Do stir in between to make sure that it is not sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Cook till potatoes are 95% cooked. check by breaking a piece of potato.
- Add chopped spinach and tomatoes.
- Mix, again cover and cook till potatoes are 100% done. By that time spinach are wilted and tomatoes will be little soft (not mushy).
- Turn off the stove and serve.
With your recipe I was able to relish this dish. Perfect measurement. I am able to cook Punjabi dishes now well with your recipes. I am so thankful to you.
very glad to know that recipes are helpful to you.
Happy Cooking!!!
Sabzi turned out amazing 👍
Good to know.
The recipe turned out good. Thanks!
I found that the word pantry in the article has r missing in it.
oops, update that. Thanks for catching that.
Glad to know sabzi came out good.
Do not eat palak and tomatoes - it becomes poison as my grand mother and my mother used to tell us! God knows best!
ahh.. never heard of that before. Strange!!!
We generally made the one without just Spinach and Potatoes. I tried your variation for first time, while looking for a change, and it turned out to be great.
Thanks for sharing.
Good to hear Ashish that you liked this sabzi. Thank you for writing back.