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Spinach & Potato Curry (Sag Aloo)

If you've got some spare spinach and fancy a filling evening meal, this one is easy to make. It's similar to the Indian Sag Aloo.

The vitamin C in the tomatoes helps your body absorb the iron in the spinach, making this a nutritious dish.

The spices raise your metabolic rate, warming you on a winter's evening and filling you up nicely.

Serve it with rice. It goes really well with lentil dahl.

Ingredients

Serves 4 as a large side dish

250g potatoes
200g fresh spinach leaves (or you can use Swiss chard, if you have some)
1 tin tomatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 small chilli
1/2 stock cube

Method

Heat a thick bottomed pan until it is hot. Add the cumin and coriander seeds and cook for 2 minutes, until toasted. Allow to cool and then grind in a pestle & mortar.
Scrub the potatoes and chop them into 1/2 inch cubes.
Wash the chilli and de-seed it. Slice it finely.
Heat the oil in a pan and then add the chilli and the spices. Cook for a minute.
Add the potatoes, tomatoes and 1/2 stock cube and mix well.Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, until the potatoes are almost cooked.
Wash the spinach thoroughly and chop roughly. Add to the pan. Stir and cover. Simmer for 5 minutes until the spinach is wilted and the potatoes fully cooked.

Delicious with rice, mango chutney or lentil dahl.

Time From Cupboard-To-Table

30 minutes

Notes & Variations

Swiss chard also works well with this recipe, if you don't have any spinach.

Experiment with your favourite curry spices, to create your own version of this sag aloo style dish.

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Ratings & Reviews

Rating	Comments
9/10	Quick and easy to make - especially when you also make a good dahl with it. Very flavourful - I did not have ghee so used a regular cheap butter and browned it with the spices. This has a sweetish flavour and is even better day 2.
9/10	easy, tasty and uses old spinach up!
9/10	I used 200g pots, 210g bag of chard and only 1/2 tin toms in this recipe for a substantial but quick meal for one. Chucked in a handful of sultanas as well. Next time will try tomato puree instead for a drier dish.
10/10	Delicious, I used swiss chard and it was fabulous.

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