Name: Saag Aloo Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 onion; 2 potatoes; 1½ cups spinach; 1 tsp fresh ginger; ½ tsp garlic clove; ¼ tsp cumin seed; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp garam masala; olive oil; butter; salt

Saag Aloo Recipe

Duke Ogle Modified: November 12, 2023

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How To Make Saag Aloo

Made with spinach and potatoes, saag aloo is a healthy Indian side dish. It has the combined flavors of cumin, masala, turmeric, and ginger.

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 30 mins

Total: 40 mins

Serves:

Ingredients

1 onion, large
2 potatoes, large, cubed
1½ cups spinach, or chard leaves, stalks removed, roughly chopped
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
½ tsp garlic clove, coarsley chopped
¼ tsp cumin seed
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
olive oil
butter
salt

Instructions

Fry the cumin seeds in a heavy bottomed pan in a bit of oil and butter until just starting to brown.
Add the onion and fry until it too starts to brown.
Add the potato, garlic, turmeric, ginger and garam masala and fry until the potato starts to soften.
Unless using a non-stick pan, add water and cover to keep the potato from sticking and to help it cook.
Add the spinach or chard and cook until it collapses over the potato.