Sunday, August 02, 2009

aloo palak (spinach and potatoes)

This is actually a reader recipe, and I don't recall if I have ever made a reader recipe before. This is everything that a BVTRE stands for (that's Best Vegetarian Times Recipe Ever): Easy to prepare, not only delicious but tastes better than the sum of its parts, and healthy. Even my kid ate it. And when I offered him a bite of potato, he said, "no, Mama- bite of that one!" while pointing to the spinach. Seriously, this is so easy to make-all you do is throw some stuff into a dish and bake it. I used onion powder instead of garlic powder, since I couldn't find the garlic powder, even though I know it must be somewhere and it's making me crazy that I can't find it. And I used a horrible cheap brand of frozen spinach that was way too stringy, but it was still good. The spices might seem like a shockingly huge amount, but go for it! Two whole tablespoons of curry powder-do it! I will keep this on standby for lots of variations-with peas, caramelized onion, carrots, cauliflower, anything!
Here's the recipe!