Palak Sabzi (With Potatoes)

This palak sabzi with potatoes is a healthy, comforting dry vegetable preparation that goes well with roti or as a side dish for your dal-chawal.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
• 1 medium or 1 cup Red onion (chopped)
• 1 Green chili (finely chopped)
• 1/2 teaspoon Ginger paste or freshly grated or crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon Garlic paste or freshly grated
• 2 medium or 2 cups Potatoes (peeled and cubed)
• 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
• Salt (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
• 2 cups Spinach (Palak) (washed, chopped and tightly packed)
• 1/3 cup Tomato (chopped)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat the oil in a pan or kadai on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle a bit and they get a little darker in color.
2. 2Add chopped onion and sprinkle a little salt to speed up the cooking process. Cook until onion starts to soften and becomes light pink in color.
3. 3Then add ginger, garlic and green chili. Saute for a minute or until the raw smell of ginger garlic goes away.
4. 4Add cubed potatoes, remaining salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and coriander powder. Mix well so spices are coated evenly on the potatoes.
5. 5Cover the pan and cook until potatoes are 80% cooked. You may need to check and stir once or twice in between to make sure that potatoes are not sticking to the bottom of the pan.
6. 6Add chopped spinach and tomato. Mix, cover and cook until potatoes are 100% cooked (fork-tender). Meantime, spinach will also get cooked and tomatoes becomes soft (but not mushy).
7. 7Turn off the stove and keep the pan covered for 5 minutes before serving to let the flavors mingle.