Aloo Palak is a comforting creamy gravy made by grinding palak & cooking it with aloo in a tomato & onion puree. Aloo Palak is a healthy & tasty combo with rotis, pulao and ghee rice. Aloo Palak Recipe is explained in this recipe with step by step pictures.
Aloo Palak is one of my recent tries and I wonder why I havent tried this curry so far, though palak paneer is onto my todo list.This was just an accident I happened to try this as I had no paneer at home and glad I did. Its a healthy tasty combination that goes well with rotis or any mild pulaos or even ghee rice.
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Aloo Palak
Aloo Palak is a comforting creamy gravy made by grinding palak & cooking it with aloo in a tomato & onion puree. Aloo Palak is a healthy & tasty combo with rotis, pulao and ghee rice. Aloo Palak Recipe is explained in this recipe with step by step pictures.
Servings3 people
Ingredients
- 2 cups palak greens tightly packed
- 2 potatoes medium sized
- 1 big onion large
- 1 green chilli
- tomato puree from 2 small sized tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 1/4 cup milk optional
- 1 tablespoon fresh cream
- 2+2 teaspoon oil / ghee for toasting potatoes
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon shahi jeera
Instructions
- Rinse greens well to remove dirt if any.
- Transfer spinach to a wide container, add very little water and a pinch of salt.
- Boil for 2-3mins in medium flame.
- Cool down and transfer it to a mixer along with green chillies.
- Grind it to a fine paste, set aside.
- Pressure cook potatoes(with skin) for 5 whistles or until soft, Peel off the skin and chop into bite sized cubes.
- Toast it in a 2 teaspoon oil till golden brown.
- Drain in tissue paper and Set aside.
- You can alternatively deep fry the potatoes too.
- Heat oil in a pan, add jeera allow it to splutter.
- Then add ginger garlic paste, fry for 2mins then add onion.Saute till golden brown.
- Add tomato puree,spice powders and saute till raw smell completely leaves.
- Then add palak puree and required salt.
- Bring to a boil and cook till it slightly changes color.
- Add toasted potato, give a quick stir allow it to blend well with the gravy.
- Add 1/4 cup water / milk if its too thick, cook till it becomes to gravy consistency.
- Finally add cream / milk give a quick stir and switch off.
- Serve Aloo Palak hot with any mild pulao or hot phulkas.
Notes
- You can also add hing while tempering.
- I didnt deep fry the potatoes as I wanted to make it healthy.
- As we are boiling the greens before hand dont need to cook the puree much and be careful in retaining the green color.
- If you prefer more on the sweeter side then add more tomato sauce.
Nutrition Facts
Aloo Palak
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 447
Calories from Fat 306
% Daily Value*
Fat 34g52%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 9g
Monounsaturated Fat 20g
Cholesterol 8mg3%
Sodium 122mg5%
Potassium 891mg25%
Carbohydrates 34g11%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 2172IU43%
Vitamin C 40mg48%
Calcium 86mg9%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Aloo Palak Recipe Step by Step
- Rinse greens well to remove dirt if any.Transfer spinach to a wide container, add very little water and a pinch of salt.Boil for 2-3mins in medium flame.Cool down and transfer it to a mixer along with green chillies.
- Grind it to a fine paste, set aside. Pressure cook potatoes(with skin) for 5 whistles or until soft, Peel off the skin and chop into bite sized cubes. Toast it in a 2 teaspoon oil till golden brown.
- Drain in tissue paper and Set aside.You can alternatively deep fry the potatoes too.Heat oil in a pan, add jeera allow it to splutter.Then ginger garlic paste, fry for 2mins then add onion.Saute till golden brown.
- Add tomato puree,spice powders and saute till raw smell completely leaves.Then add palak puree and required salt.
- Bring to a boil and cook till it slightly changes color.Add toasted potato, give a quick stir allow it to blend well with the gravy.Add 1/4 cup water / milk if its too thick, cook till it becomes to gravy consistency. Finally add cream / milk give a quick stir and switch off.
Serve hot with any mild pulao or hot phulkas.
Expert Tips
- You can also add hing while tempering.
- I didnt deep fry the potatoes as I wanted to make it healthy.
- As we are boiling the greens before hand dont need to cook the puree much and be careful in retaining the green color.
- If you prefer more on the sweeter side then add more tomato sauce. The orginal recipe called for kosher salt, I skipped it and used normal salt.
Veena Theagarajan
looks great! I did this last week and it is in draft
Sangeetha
my fav too…love its vibrant green color…aloo palak looks so inviting!
Hari Chandana P
Wowww… Looks absolutely perfect.. inviting platter 🙂
Gauri
Very inviting and could have the entire bowl!
ramya
It looks really tasty and healthy! Going to try it soon!
Anitha Jagan
looks yummy….
Anitha Gokulakrishnan
Looks yummy.am becoming an addict to your recipe writeups and blogs
Priya Suresh
Wat a super catchy and health aloo palak.
Mili
Hi Sharmi,
I love your blog very much. I have a question about the background you use in your photographs. What do you exactly use for the plain colored background? Is it a colored mat or something? Can you help me with this?
Thanks,
Geeta
Sharmilee! :)
Yes they are coloured papers, here I've used brown cover which we use for covering kids books 🙂
Wer SAHM
delicious potato palak… lov the clicks…
Gayathri Ramanan
lovely recipe..beautiful clicks
Saranya Balaji
My fav one…i love the color its amazing..Healthy combo 🙂
Love II cook
i want some now!!
Vardhini
Healthy side dish Sharmi. Congrats on the blog anniversary.
Jeyashrisuresh
Tempting combo, love to have with plain hot rice
sucheta dalvi
sharmi, if we substitute aalo for paneer, and toast the paneer cubes and add in the final step, I believe it should be palak paneer. Please suggest.
SHARMILEE J
Yes I think it is…
Kaajal Bhawnani
The recipe like all ur recipes is outstanding.
I got married a year and a half ago and dint know cooking except bacic moong dal and chapati
I was almost pregnant in few months of marriage and had to cook healthy and used ur blog for that.
I learned cooking plus made healthy food
With pregnancy and changes and then a new born I never had time to comment on the beautiful reviews but I'll do it every day now.
bhojanavidhatri
What type of palak wanna cook? ( Tamil)
SHARMILEE J
Palak is pasala keerai in tamil
Ganeshwari
Tried it today… Came out very well!!! My kid loved it! Thanks for the healthy recipe 😊