Halloumi Saag Aloo

By MOB Kitchen
Saag aloo is a curry house favourite. This version by MOB Kitchen is made extra special with the addition of salty halloumi bites. This easy-to-make homemade vegetarian curry is ready in just one hour and is full of…
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Ingredients

10 total
  • 2 onions, finely diced
  • 5 cm of knob of ginger, grated
  • 5 cloves of garlic, grated
  • 3 red chillies, 2 finely chopped, 1 sliced
  • 1 tbsp of cumin seeds
  • 2 tbsp of tomato purée
  • 0.5 tsp of turmeric
  • 1 kg of potatoes, peeled and diced into 3cm chunks
  • 900 g of frozen spinach, thawed
  • 250 g of halloumi

Method

8 steps
  1. Step 1

    Heat a large saute pan over a medium heat. Add a good glug of oil, then add the cumin seeds. Cook for 2 mins until fragrant.

  2. Step 2

    Tip in the onions and cook for 15 min over a medium heat until soft and caramelised.

  3. Step 3

    Pop the potatoes in a pan of cold salted water and bring them to a boil. Cook for 15 mins until just tender.

  4. Step 4

    Add the tomato purée, garlic, ginger and chopped chillies to the onions. Cook for 3 mins until the colour has darkened. Tip in the turmeric and cook for 2 mins more.

  5. Step 5

    Add the thawed spinach to the pan along with 100ml of water and cook for 5 mins.

  6. Step 6

    Add half of the spinach and onion mixture to a blender and blitz until smooth. Tip this back into the spinach pan and season to taste.

  7. Step 7

    Tip the potatoes and halloumi into the pan and gently stir to combine.

  8. Step 8

    Garnish the mixture with the sliced red chillies, then serve.