Friday, August 15, 2014

Aloo Palak - Bengali Style


Prep Time : 10 Min
Cook Time : 15 Min
Serve : 3-4
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Ingredients:


Spinach/Palak - 2 Bunches
Potato/Aloo - 1 Medium, cut into big pieces
Green Chilli - 2 Slit into halves
Ginger - 1 inch, grated
Onion Seed/Kalonji - 1 Teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/8 Teaspoon
Cooking Oil
- 2.5 Tablespoon
Salt
- to taste

Method:
  1. Wash spinach thoroughly, drain and cut into small pieces.
  2. In a pan add cooking oil, once its hot add Onion seed/kalonji, green chilli and potatoes. Saute it for few mins.
  3. Add spinach/palak, turmeric powder, ginger and salt. Mix well and cover it with lid. Let it cook on medium heat. Spinach/palak will leave lot of water, let it cook in that water. 
  4. Give the spinach/palak a stir in between to avoid getting burnt.
  5. Once the spinach/palak and potatoes are cooked and if water is still there then increase the heat and dry off the excess water. Keep stirring the spinach/palak otherwise it will burn.
  6. Serve hot with roti or dal-rice
Note:
  • You can increase or decrease the number of green chilies as per your taste.
  • You can also use little bit of red chilli powder instead of green chilli.

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