Saag Aloo

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 large potatoes, cubed
• 400 g spinach or 400 g chard leaves, stalks removed, roughly chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic clove, coarsley chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• olive oil
• butter
• salt

Recipe

• 1 fry the cumin seeds in a heavy bottomed pan in a bit of oil and butter until just starting to brown.
• 2 add the onion and fry until it too starts to brown.
• 3 add the potato, garlic, turmeric, ginger and garam masala and fry until the potato starts to soften.
• 4 unless you are using a non-stick pan, you may need to add water and cover to keep the potato from sticking and to help it cook. the first time i did this 1/2 cup at a time and it took about 20-30 minutes but i now prefer to parboil the potatoes, which means you add less water and it only takes about 10 minutes to finish off from this point.
• 5 add the spinach or chard and cook until it collapses over the potato.
• 6 salt to taste.