Aloo Palak(Potatoes in spinach gravy)

INGREDIENTS:

Fresh Spinach - 10 oz. bag (boiled & grinded)
Garlic - 4 cloves (roughly chopped)
Ginger - 1 inch piece (chopped)
Green Chillies - 2 to 3 (chopped)
Onions - 2 small (chopped)
Oil - 1.5 tbsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Potatoes - 3 small (bite size cubes)
Tomato - 1 (chopped)
Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 3 tsp
salt to taste
Garam Masala - 1 tsp

Procedure

1. Chop the spinach coarsely and wash it well in water.
2. Heat about 4-5 cups of water and blanch the spinach for a couple of minutes.
3. Remove the spinach form hot water and immediately rinse it under cold water.
4. Put the spinach in a blender or food processor and coarsely grind it..
5. Heat some oil in a vessel, add the jeera and let it splutter.
7. Once the jeera splutters and becomes light brown, add the ginger garlic paste. Cook it for for about a min so that it loses the raw smell.
8. Add the chopped potatoes, tomato and onion puree and cook it till the potatoes are 80% cooked. (cook this with the lid closed on the vessel)
9. Once the potatoes are 80% cooked, add the ground spinach, salt, turmeric, chilli powder and cook with the lid open for some more time.
10. Garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with soome rotis, salad and lemon.