Restaurant Standard Saag Aloo - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 medium potatoes, quartered
    3 tablespoons curry massalla gravy
    2 tablespoons thick yogurt
    1/2 onion, coarsely chopped
    3 teaspoons curry powder (hot or medium)
    1 teaspoon hot chili powder
    2 hot green chili peppers, finely chopped with seeds
    4 crushed garlic cloves
    2 teaspoons gingerroot, grated
    5 tablespoons vegetable oil
    10 tablespoons roughly chopped coriander leaves
    1 tablespoon whole coriander leaves
    300 g spinach leaves, coarsely chopped
    1 teaspoon garam masala
    1 ounce butter
    1 teaspoon turmeric
    1/2 teaspoon sugar
    1 1/2 teaspoons salt
    1 tablespoon water
Preparation
    Par-Boil the potatoes with a 0.5 tsp salt and turmeric for around 10-15 minutes being very careful to just undercook by around 5 minutes.
    Make a paste of the curry powder, garam massalla and chilli powder with a little water.
    Fry the onion until translucent in the veg oil then add the garlic, ginger and chilli and stir fry on medium for a further 5 minutes.
    Add the curry and chilli powder paste and stir fry for a further 30 secs.
    Add the potatoes, the Massalla Gravy, yogurt and spinach and simmer for 5 minutes or until the spinach is reduced, stirring occasionally.
    Add knob of butter and sugar - salt to taste.
    Now add the finely chopped coriander leaves and cook for a further minute.
    Serve with the whole coriander leaves sprinkled over the top.

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