POTATO SPINACH CURRY

From : Sailusfood
Prep & Cooking: 45 mts
Serves 5-6 persons
Cuisine: North Indian

Ingredients:
3 potatoes, peeled and cubed, lightly sauteed in 1/2 tbsp of ghee/oil
2 bunches spinach – blanch in hot water for 2 mts, place in cold water for few secs and make coarse paste
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 onions finely chopped
2 green chillis slit length wise
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli pwd
1 tsp coriander pwd
1 1/2 cups water (use the water in which spinach was blanched)
salt to taste
garam masala pwd (make a pwd of 2 cloves, 1 cardamom and 1” cinnamon stick)
1/2 tbsp malai (top of milk)
1/2 tsp kasuri methi
1 tbsp oil

Method :
1 Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Add the onions and green chillis and sauté the onions till they turn transparent.
2 Add ginger garlic paste and fry further for 3-4 minutes. Add red chilli pwd and coriander pwd and combine well.
3 Add the spinach paste and let it cook for 4-5 mts. Add the fried potato cubes and combine. Cook on low heat for 7-8 mts.
4 Add the palak water and salt and cook on medium heat for 12-15 mts or till the potatoes are fork tender. Add malai, garam masala pwd and kasuri methi and combine.
5 Reduce flame, cover and cook for a mt. Turn off heat and serve hot with rotis or steamed rice.

Note:
You could also add boiled potato directly (without frying in ghee) to the cooked spinach. If using boiled potatoes, reduce the water added to cook the potatoes