Saag Aloo Recipe With Bombay Potatoes

What is saag aloo?

Saag Aloo is an Indian dish that is made from spinach and potato. The translation is quite literal with saag meaning spinach and aloo meaning potato. For this recipe, I twinned two popular recipes together to make the tastiest Saag Aloo. If you were to take the spinach out of this recipe it would become another popular Indian recipe called Bombay potatoes. Bombay potato is a dish of new potatoes seasoned with a specific set of herbs and spices. Its not necessary for saag aloo to be made with the same spices as Bombay potatoes but honestly, it tastes so good I don’t know why anybody would make it any other way!

Do you have a diet restriction?

This saag aloo recipe is:

• Vegan
• Vegetarian
• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Nut free
• Low fat
• Low FODMAP
• Paleo friendly
• Syn free
• Ultra Processed Food Free

Ultra processed food free recipes are recipes that use ingredients where no additives have been used. This will include ingredients that can be made at home to be UPF free such as stock cubes, sauces and seasonings.

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Step 1: Prepare your ingredients

To start with I cut all of my new potatoes (10-12) in half to make them cook quicker but this is down to preference, you can leave them whole if you desire. Par boil them for just a few minutes to let them soften slightly. Whilst your potatoes are par-boiling, finely dice a whole white onion and 2 cloves of garlic. Put both your onions, garlic and your potato into a large frying pan or wok.

Step 2: Bombay your potatoes

Let your onion and potato cook in the frying pan for 5-10 minutes until the onion is soft and translucent. Add in your herbs and spices. For the bombay potato seasoning I used 1/2 a teaspoon of ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon of cumin, 1 teaspoon of turmeric and 1 teaspoon of garam masala. I would also recommend adding a splash of water here to help you coat your potatoes in the spices.

Step 3: Add the Saag to your Aloo

Next we add our spinach. I’ve been using frozen spinach cubes for a long time now, they’re so handy to have in the freezer so i really recommend you grab a bag for your own freezer. I used roughly 8 spinach cubes and put them straight into the dish frozen. You can use fresh spinach too but I have no idea how to work out what 8 cubes of frozen cooked spinach would have weighed raw but let me know if you figure it out! Continue cooking until the potatoes are cooked through along with the spinach.

What to serve with saag aloo?

• Curry such as korma, tikka masala or even vindaloo for heat lovers
• Naan bread – my favourite is peshwari filled with coconut and sultanas
• Seasoned rice such as pilau
• Onion Bhajis – Check out my healthy recipe below!
• Poppadum’s and healthy mango chutney – See my recipe below

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Can I Reheat this recipe?

Yes! My preferred way to reheat saag aloo is to pop a portion into a microwaveable bowl and heat in the microwave on full power for 2-3 minutes.

Can I freeze saag aloo?

You totally can. Portion into containers ready for easy reheating when the saag aloo defrosted.

Saag Aloo Recipe With Bombay Potatoes

HealthyHeartyWholesome

Saag Aloo is an Indian dish made from spinach and potato. The translation is quite literal with saag meaning spinach and aloo meaning potato. For this recipe, I twinned two popular recipes together to make the tastiest Saag Aloo.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine British, Indian

Servings 4

Calories 130 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 10-12 new potatoes
• 8 frozen spinach cubes
• 1 white onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp garam masala
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ¼ tsp ground ginger
• pinch of salt

Instructions

 

• Par boil potatoes and finely dice 1 onion and 2 cloves garlic
• Add onion, garlic and potato to a large frying pan and fry for 5-10 minutes until onion is soft.
• Add all spices and mix in well with a splash of water.
• Add frozen spinach and cook for a further 10 minutes until the potatoes and spinach have finished cooking.

Notes

Please see the full post above for more detailed instructions and pictures.

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