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My mother would make this recipe quite often while I was growing up.

Since improving my cooking skills is one of my agendas in this ongoing lockdown, I decided to give it a shot.

It turned out to be delicious but I missed the quintessential 'maa ka pyaar'.

Watch this video to see how to make Aloo Palak:

Ingredients

• 1 large potato
• 400 gm spinach
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tomato chopped
• 2-3 green chillies
• 5-6 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 inch ginger chopped
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 small cube of butter
• 2 tbsp oil

Method

For fried Aloo

• Add salt, red chilli powder and cornflour to the diced potato.
• Deep fry them till golden brown. Keep them aside

For palak

• Blanch the palak in hot water for 2-3 mins
• Remove the palak and add them to ice cold water.

To make Aloo Palak

• Blend the palak. Keep it aside.
• In a Kadai, add 2 tbsp oil and butter
• Add cumin seeds.
• Add garlic and onions.
• Add ginger and green chillies. Saute for 4-5 mins
• Add tomatoes and saute for 3-4 mins.
• Add the blended palak.
• Add half cup water and salt. 
• Add red chilli powder and coriander powder. Allow this to boil.
• Add fried potatoes and mix well.
• Serve hot with chapati or steamed rice.