Aaloo and Fresh Methi

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Ammi used to make the very best!!!
Now I’m craving it. Picked up the fresh methi and have aaloo.
Need recipe…help please!

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I don't know how Aunty made it but I LOVE it and make it this way..

1 medium sized onion
1 tomato
1/2 bunch finely chopped methi leaves (washed very well)
1 potato (cut into cubes)
2 tablespoons yoghurt
gin/gar paste
zeera powder, haldi, red chilli powder, dhania powder, salt.

Saute the onion till light brown and add-in the potato's.. cook till they're half done and add-in the tomato and methi leaves. Cook over very slow flame till they're fully cooked. Add the yoghurt (beaten well) and all the masala's. Let it simmer for another 8-10 mins and add green chillies and fresh green dhania.

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Re: Aaloo and Fresh Methi

Muzna, my mom makes it without any onion or tomato, so here is another version.

Cut potatoes with skin on. Typically aloo methi that is made in UP India requires the aloo to be cut into small cubes. Wash methi and chop.

In a karhai, heat oil, add whole red chillies, dhaniya, crushed red chillies and salt. If you have mustard oil, the best flavor will come out of that. Then add the aloo methi and some khatai to neutralize the bitterness of the methi. Cover and cook on low.

That's it.

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Re: Aaloo and Fresh Methi

Niksik - my Saas uses the same recipe. Turns out delish.

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My MIL used to make it when she was visiting us...and she followed the same recipe as Niksik...her saying was that the lesser stuff that goes into 'bhujia' type salan,the better it tastes...and she was right...it used to be yummmmy...!!!

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Re: Aaloo and Fresh Methi

Muzna .. I make it Niksik style too …

Sometimes , If i want it karhai style , I just crush quarter of an onion, very little garlic (quarter teaspoon) and half teaspoon ginger and then after they are fried well , add the masala’s (salt, red chilli powder, green chillies chopped , zeera ) … and finally add the methi and lower the heat … cook it on very low heat in dum .. do not use any water …

Finally chop the potatoes in tiny cubes and add them in and keep cooking them on dum …

Thats pretty much it … turns out tasty :yummy:

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can you find fresh maithi leaves in supermarkets? What is it called since I have never seen fenugreek leaves.. does it have another name?

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I have only seen it in Indian grocery stores and never at the regular regular stores,so I doubt it that you will find it elsewhere.

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ewwwwwwww

God did not make us goats for a reason ladies.

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Jimmy :smilestar: Methi is one of the tastiest leaves around :snooty:

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now say

meeehhhhhhhhh meeeeennnnn meeeennnnnn

:omg:

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:barbie:

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Don’t listen to him CB :snooty:

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meeehhhhh meeennnhh

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:omg:

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actually Methi makes me gag too - i love leaves jsut can't stand the pungence of this particular one

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muniya :crying: kia kia bol ri ho aaph :nessy: … Methi rocks :wub:

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Wow...Muzna got fresh methi...how wierd...lol

Guys...methi is so versatile...I even use it in ommelttes, salads and other dishes etc...enhance the taste and flavor...

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I think I had an overload during my first pregnancy and that didnt go well so it still jsut makes me gag sorry – methi AND that song from the film Karam.. Tinka Tinka…

haww I am ajeeb no..

And you know what else is too heavy for me Basil!!

I like lighter leaves like mint/parsley even tyme I can handle

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:rotfl:

My elder brother says" kia hum ga-a ya bakri hain jo ghass phoos khain" to those who insist that he take some of the salad they made. :smiley: