Methi Palak Sweet Potato Sabzi

Photo by Palak Jain

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chopped spinach
  • 2 cups chopped fenugreek (methi) leaves
  • 1 cup steamed cubed sweet potato
  • 6 tbsp water
  • Unrefined salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp cumin (jeera) seeds
  • ½ cup pureed onion
  • ½ cup pureed tomato
  • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic-green chilli paste
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp coriander-cumin (dhania-jeera) powder
  • ¾ tsp red chilli powder
  • ¾ tsp turmeric (haldi) powder
  • 1 cup soy milk
  • 1 tsp crushed kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh coriander leaves

Method
On low heat, cook spinach and fenugreek leaves with a pinch of salt in 4 tablespoons of water, until wilted. Let it cool. Puree and keep aside.

Heat a pan and dry roast cumin seeds for a minute. Add pureed onion and 2 tablespoons of water and cook on medium heat, till the onion turns a light brown. Add pureed tomatoes, ginger-garlic-chilli paste and cook for about 3 minutes. Now, add powdered masala and simmer for about 3-5 minutes. To the mixture, add pureed spinach-fenugreek leaves, kasuri methi and 1 cup soy milk and allow to simmer until you obtain a medium-thick gravy.

Add steamed cubed sweet potato and allow to simmer in the gravy for about 5 minutes. Add salt to taste. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serves 4