Aloo Palak(Spinach and potato curry)

I had a packet of spinach in my pantry and i was wondering like what to do with it. Then i remember my mother adding thinly sliced potatoes in the spinach while she stir fried the freshly chopped potatoes. It always tasted wonderful. But what i had was minced frozen log of spinach . Anyways i tried my mum's recipe and i came out with wonderful result. Then it became necessary to post this as it was a recipe worth to be noted.

Serves- 4 people
Preparation time- 5 minutes
Cooking time- 15 minutes
Total time- 20 minutes
Level of difficulty- easy

Ingredients:

• Spinach minced/ Fresh spinach - 250 g
• Potato- 4 , sliced
• Onion- 1, sliced
• Green Chilly- 2
• Tomato- 1, chopped
• Garlic- 2, chopped
• Paanch phoren/ Cumin seed- 1 Tsp
• Salt as per taste
•  Pepper cons, freshly crushed or Pepper powder- 1 tsp
• Oil for cooking.

Preparation:

• If you have fresh spinach, place them in the boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. Drain the water and grind or blend the spinach in a blender.
• Heat 2 Tbsp of oil in a kadai. Place the paanch phoren or cumin seed in the oil and let it crackle. Add the green chillies, garlic and onion .Saute until onion turns transparent . 
• Add the sliced potato , season with salt. Fry and cook until potatoes are done. Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
• Once potatoes and tomatoes are done add the spinach logs or blended spinach puree.
• Season with pepper and let it cook for 10 minutes in low heat .
• Finally check for salt and adjust the salt.
• Turn off the heat and serve hot.

Serve hot with rice , chapati, bread or nan. Enjoy!

Happy cooking :-)