Pakistani
Aloo Palak (Spinach and Potato)
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Aloo Palak (Spinach and Potato) is Pakistani home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable and the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Wash the spinach well and chop it roughly. Peel and dice the potatoes small so they cook in the same time.
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Heat the oil and fry the chopped onion until golden, about 6 minutes, then add the sliced garlic and grated ginger for 40 seconds.
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Add the potato with the turmeric, red chili powder, cumin and salt and fry 5 minutes so the cubes take colour.
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Add the water, cover, and cook 10 minutes until the potato is nearly soft.
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Pile the spinach on top, cover for 3 minutes to let it collapse, then stir it through and cook uncovered 8 minutes until the water has gone and the greens are dark.
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Add the slit green chilies and serve as the vegetable beside a daal or a meat salan.
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Serve it with
A Pakistani dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Aloo Palak (Spinach and Potato), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Aloo Palak (Spinach and Potato) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 290 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Aloo Palak (Spinach and Potato) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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