Simple and flavorful, aloo baingan is a dish made with a combination of eggplants and potatoes, cooked together with onions, tomatoes, and various spices. The name of the dish specifies its key ingredients, since aloo means potatoes, and baingan means eggplant.
Basically, it is a type of sabzi (dry curry) that is usually served with flatbreads such as roti and naan. Aloo baingan is a popular Indian lunch item that is commonly packed in lunchboxes throughout Northern India. It is said that aloo baingan is even better if made in advance, as the flavors deepen while the dish rests.
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Aloo methi is a popular vegetarian dish from North India, made with a combination of potatoes, fresh methi (fenugreek) leaves, and spices such as cumin, coriander, and turmeric. The dish is very common in numerous North Indian homes, where it is prepared as a type of dry curry.
One of the key ingredients - bitter and tangy fenugreek leaves - are known for their medicinal properties, such as lowering blood sugar. Aloo methi is best paired with rice or Indian flatbreads such as roti and paratha.
Dum aloo, also called alu dum, is a traditional dish with origins in Kashmir. The dish consists of potatoes, tomatoes, and onions that are cooked together in curry or masala sauce. It is said that cooking dum aloo is an art because it needs to be boiled and fried just right, the spices need to be authentic, and it takes a lot of time and patience to prepare it.
Dum aloo is cooked over low heat in a traditional earthenware vessel (handi) that is usually sealed until the dish is ready to be consumed. Its name is a combination of the words aloo (potatoes) and dum (steam, or warm breath).
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Aloo palak is a traditional dish originating from the northern parts of the country. Although there are many ways of preparing the dish, it’s usually made with a combination of potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, dried hot peppers, turmeric, salt, and oil.
The garlic is fried in oil until it browns, and the cumin, hot peppers, and turmeric are then added to the pot and fried with the garlic. Next, tomatoes, salt, spinach, and potatoes are added to the pot, and aloo palak is simmered over low heat until the water evaporates and the oil separates.
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