How to make Tilwale Palak Aloo -

Wholesome potatoes and spinach too sin sesame seeds and masalas.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.

Main Ingredients : Spinach (पालक), Sesame seeds

Cuisine : Indian

Course : Main Course Vegetarian


Tilwale Palak Aloo

Tilwale Palak Aloo Recipe Card

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Hindi: palak
Treasure house of vitamins and minerals, spinach must be included in the week's menu. The usage can be varied: chopped spinach leaves cooked with potatoes is a semi-wet vegetable with rotis, a few spinach leaves thrown in with mixed vegetables and turned into a soup is lovely on a cold winter night, chopped and blanched spinach makes a different sort of raita, spinach puree can be used in cutlets or kababs, the list goes on.

Prep Time : 11-15 minutes

Cook time : 26-30 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Spicy

Ingredients for Tilwale Palak Aloo Recipe

  • Spinach roasted 1 tablespoon

  • Sesame seeds roughly chopped 2 bunches

  • Baby potatoes 8-10

  • Oil 2 tablespoons

  • Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon

  • Asafoetida 1/4 teaspoon

  • Green chillies 4

  • Salt to taste

  • Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon

  • Coriander powder 2 teaspoons

  • Coriander powder 1 teaspoon

  • Yogurt 2 tablespoons

Method

Step 1

Quarter each potato without peeling. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and when they begin to change colour add asafoetida, green chillies and potatoes. Stir and add salt.

Step 2

Mix, cover and cook on medium heat for two minutes. Add turmeric powder and stir. Cover and cook.

Step 3

Add spinach and stir. Cover and cook till done. Add coriander powder, cumin power and yogurt. Take off the heat and add roasted sesame seeds.

Step 4

Mix and serve hot.

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