Monday, December 15, 2008

Aloo methi

I had bought a bunch of Methi leaves from the indian grocery store and was wondering what I could make different with it & when I saw some potatoes sitting in my vegetable basket, in a minute I decided to make Aloo methi....Methi has a lot of medicinal value as a lot of you know....it is especially great for diabetic people.
Ingredients:
Methi- 1 bunch
Potatoes- 2
Onion- 1
Tomato- 1
Ginger/garlic grated- 1 tbsp
Green chilly- 1
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
Red chilly powder- 1 tbsp
Dhania jeera powder- 1 tbsp
Hing- a pinch
Salt
Cumin seeds- 1 tbsp

Method:
Pluck just the leaves of methi and leave the thicker stem behind. Wash the methi leaves about 3 times nicely and then chop them & keep it aside. Heat oil in a skillet, temper with cumin seeds and then add finely chopped onion, ginger/garlic, green chilly & saute them nicely......then add chopped tomatoes & saute until soft...now add the potatoes(skin peeled & diced to cubes)...sprinkle some water, cover & cook for 3-4 mins until potato is slightly cooked(don't overcook the potatoes). Now add the chopped methi leaves, Turmeric powder,Red chilly powder,
Dhania jeera powder, Hing- a pinch & Salt to taste.Mix nicely and sprinkle water if needed and cover & cook for another 4-5 mins until it gets cooked. Again, potato should be cooked well at this stage but not overcooked or mashed.
Serve Aloo methi with roti or rice.
Note:
To avoid the bitter taste of methi, I found a great tip from showmethecurry.com after chopping the leaves, sprinkle some salt, ,mix it well and keep it aside for 10 mins. Then before adding the methi squeeze out all the water from it and just add the leaves. This will take away all the bitterness from the methi.

7 comments:

Usha said...

Sounds delicious, great combinations !

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

aloo methi is a yummy curry. i love it. urs looks delicious with roti.

Madhoo.S.Gargya said...

Thanks Usha & Mahimaa!

Chandani said...

subji looks great...thanks for sharing the tip:)

anudivya said...

This sounds good! I have never combined methi and potatoes before. But I like it a lot.

Unknown said...

I tried this today.just came out perfect.Hit of the day.just one variation I made was instead of adding the methi to aloo,I fried it along with onions,tomatoes & bellpeppers.Even the kids enjoyed it.perfectooo.

Madhoo.S.Gargya said...

I'm glad u tried it and liked it!