Aloo Methi

Aloo methi is a healthy and very tasty stir-fry made with potato and fenugreek leaves goes well with roti, phulkas, chapathi, rice etc. Aloo Methi recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Aloo Methi.

Ingredients:-

Potato.                    - 2
Fenugreek leaves.  - 2 cup
Green chilly.          - 1
Onion.                    - 1
Garlic.                    - 8 cloves
Bay leaf.                - 1
Cinnamon.             - 1 small stick
Red chilli powder. - 1tsp
Coriander powder. - 1tsp
Turmeric powder.  - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala.       - 3/4 tsp
Dry mango powder.-1/2 tsp /Amchur powder.
Salt.                        - to taste
Oil.                         - 1tbsp + 4 tsp

Instructions:-

1). Peel the outer skin and chop potato into medium cubes.

2). Boil the chopped potatoes in a small vessel adding little water till soft and keep aside.

3). Peel and finely chop onion. Peel and chop garlic into small round pieces. Wash and chop green chilly into small pieces. Keep all the above ingredients on a plate.

4). Remove the stems and clean the fenugreek leaves. Wash the leaves in water and keep them in a colander to drain water completely.

  5). Finely chop the washed and cleaned fenugreek leaves.

 

6). Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan on medium heat.

7). Add finely chopped fenugreek leaves and 1tsp salt into the pan. 

 8). Saute well and cook on low flame till the leaves become soft without adding water. 

9). Transfer the cooked fenugreek leaves on a plate.

Method:-

1). Heat 4 tsp oil in a pan and add bay leaf, cinnamon and saute well. Splutter cumin seeds and saute well.

2). Add chopped garlic and green chilly pieces into the pan and saute well in oil.

3). Add finely chopped onion into the pan and saute well till onion becomes soft.

4). Add red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala into the pan and mix well.

5). Add boiled potato cubes and 1tsp salt into the pan and mix well.

6). Mix the boiled potato pieces with the spicy masala mixture.

  7). Add cooked fenugreek leaves into the pan.

8). Mix the cooked fenugreek leaves with the boiled potato cubes for a minute.Lastly add dry mango powder/amchur powder into the pan.

9). Mix all the ingredients and cook on low flame for 2 minutes and switch off the flame.

10). Transfer the aloo methi stir fry to a serving plate.

A very tasty and healthy Aloo Methi is ready to serve with roti, phulkas, chapathi or rice.