Palak aloo

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of spinach
• 12-15 Baby potatoes or 3 Big Potatoes diced into cubes
• 1 Onion sliced
• 1 " Ginger
• 5-6 garlic pods
• 6-7 green chillies
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp Dhaniya powder
• 1/2 tsp Jeera powder
• 1/2 tsp jeera
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp oil

Method:

1. Blanch the spinach in the boiling water for 5-6 mins until soft,run under cold water to retain the color.Cool the spinach and run it in the mixie to a nice smooth puree.
2. Grind Sliced onions,ginger,garlic,green chillies to a fine paste in the blender.
3. Deep fry or shallow fry the baby potatoes(or diced potatoes) in an oil.
4. Heat oil in a kadai,crackle jeera and add the ground onion mixture and fry until the oil separation happens,now add all the dry masalas and salt and cook for a minute,add the spinach puree and cook for 5-7 mins on a slow flame(Do not close it with a lid which helps in retaining the color).
5. Now add the fried potatoes to it and cook for 5mints in a low flamae.
6. Serve it hot with Roti/Naan.