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Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Today, I’m sharing a recipe for potato and spinach curry. This is one of the most loved vegetarian dishes. Whenever you go to a roadside dhaba, it’s a must-order! It’s packed with spices and has fried potatoes in it, and it’s super delicious with tandoori roti or missi roti.
The recipe I’m sharing today is dhaba-style but made in a home-style way. You’ll get the same great taste, but it’s an easier and simpler method with basic ingredients. It’s really delicious!
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – This recipe is for spinach with potatoes, and it’s going to taste amazing when you have it with chapati or rice. If you haven’t subscribed to Waifl yet, do it as soon as you can so you can watch more beautiful recipes on Waifl. First, we need to prepare the spinach for the potato-spinach dish. You have to wash and chop it.
Let’s see how to do that. I’ve got a large bunch of spinach here. You need to wash it really well, chop it up, and then pad dry it. I’ve already done that part, so now just chop it up. You can see how it looks.
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Don’t throw away the stems; it’s okay if there are a few small ones left. I’ve chopped up a large bunch of spinach here. It might look like a lot, but once it cooks, it really shrinks down because it has a lot of water in it.
So make sure to get good spinach; that’s how you’ll have a nice spinach dish. Otherwise, you’ll just see potatoes and spices, and the spinach will totally disappear.
You should buy a good amount of spinach whenever you bring it home because sometimes it can be dirty with soil. So, you need to wash it really well and pat it dry; that’s super important.
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – After patting it dry, you can chop it up, but don’t wash it again after that—this part is crucial. Now that we’ve prepped the spinach, let’s move on to the next step, which is roasting the spices along with preparing the potatoes. In a pan, add 3 tablespoons of mustard oil, and then you need to…
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Heat it up well until the smoke comes out. Make sure to heat it enough so that the mustard oil smell reduces. Once you see the smoke, lower the flame a bit and wait. Then, you can add the potatoes.
I have three medium-sized potatoes cut up here. Carefully add the potatoes to the oil because they were soaked in water, so the oil might splatter a bit. Be cautious while adding them. Cook the potatoes on medium to medium-high heat until they are about 85 to 90% done.
But the potatoes should be cooked well and should take on a nice color on the outside, and they should be almost fully cooked. So, keep stirring them occasionally to make sure they cook evenly.
If you’re making this recipe with mustard oil, it gives a great flavor, but you can also use regular oil or ghee.
You can see how well I’ve cooked the potatoes and how they’ve taken on color.
They’re about 90% done—look, when I poke a toothpick in, it goes in easily. Now, just strain the potatoes and take them out of the oil, then set them aside.
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Heat some oil in a pan. Once it’s hot, add a dry red chili, 1/4 teaspoon of asafoetida, half a teaspoon of cumin seeds, and two medium-sized chopped onions. Cook the onions well, stirring frequently, until they turn a light golden brown.
Once the onions reach that stage, add a tablespoon of chopped garlic, a teaspoon of chopped ginger, and two chopped green chilies. Sauté the garlic and ginger for about one to two minutes until they’re fragrant.
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Alright, let’s get this going. So, we’re heating up the pan, and now we’re gonna add some dry spices. We’ll start with 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder, 2 teaspoons of Kashmiri red chili powder, 1 tablespoon of coriander powder, 1/4 teaspoon of cumin powder, half a teaspoon of amchur powder, and a little warm water to prevent the spices from burning.
This way, we can roast them well. Keep stirring and cook the spices for about one to two minutes. You’ll see that the spices are nicely roasted. At this point, chop up two medium-sized tomatoes and toss them in, along with some salt to taste.
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Add some salt and a pinch of sugar to balance the flavors. Mix everything well and cook the tomatoes until they’re nice and soft. You can see that I’ve roasted the spices for about 78 minutes, and the tomatoes are really mushy, with the oil separating out.
Now, just add the spinach we chopped earlier on top like this—no need to stir. Put a lid on it, keep the heat on medium-low, and let the spinach cook for about three to four minutes.
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Cook it with a lid on for a minute. After three to four minutes, take a look. You’ll notice the spinach is starting to cook down. At this point, give it a stir. Spinach has a lot of water, so it’ll release some.
We need to evaporate that water on high heat and sauté the spinach well with the spices. Keep stirring it nicely with the spices. You can see I’ve cooked off the water from the spinach, and it’s done now.
We need to adjust the consistency a bit on stage. I’m adding some warm water to get the spinach mixture a little smoother, as you can see. I’ve added water and let it cook for about two or three minutes.
Once it’s cooked well, add the fried potatoes we set aside earlier. Also, squeeze in some lemon juice and give it a good stir. You don’t need to cook the potatoes and spinach too much.
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – You don’t need to worry too much; just cook it for about two to four minutes, and the potatoes will soak up some of the spices and spinach flavor. Once you’ve mixed everything well, give it a taste.
If it needs salt, you can add a bit, along with a pinch of garam masala and some freshly chopped coriander. Stir it all together, and you can see how great our dish looks.
Our potato spinach is ready! This recipe is super delicious, and if you haven’t tried it before, you definitely should!
Dhaba-Style Aloo Palak Recipe Easy Spinach & Potato Sabzi – Cook it up at home and enjoy—it’s going to be a blast! This recipe is delicious, especially with parathas or tandoori roti. If you can make it at home, it’s even better than chapati, so definitely give that combo a try.
