Saag Aloo is a popular delicious North Indian Curry. It is made with spinach and potatoes cooked with ginger, garlic, onions and aromatic spices. This is a simplified one-pot version of the authentic Saag Aloo, made in Instant Pot, which takes just 30 minutes to prepare. This is a nutritious vegan & gluten-free curry.

Saag is a regular in our house. Even more so, since we got the instant pot and I started making it as a quick one-pot recipe. It is so quick and easy to make in the instant pot or stovetop pressure cooker.

What is Saag Aloo?

Saag aloo (also called Sag Aloo or Alu Saag) is a healthy curry made from potato cooked in a spinach sauce. Saag means a curry made with greens and Aloo means potatoes. This is a popular dish in Punjabi cuisine.

Is Saag Aloo healthy?

This Saag Aloo is made with lots of greens. I use spinach and mustard leaves in this recipe. Hence it is a very healthy and nutritious choice for your meal.

If you are trying to reduce carbs, you can skip potatoes or replace with tofu, paneer or chickpeas.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon Ghee or Oil
• 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
• 2 Green Chili Pepper optional, adjust to taste
• ½ tablespoon Ginger grated
• ½ tablespoon Garlic minced
• 2 cups Onion chopped
• 1 bunch Mustard leaves Sarson chopped. About 9oz
• 1 bunch Spinach Palak chopped. About 9oz
• ½ cup Water
• 2 Potato medium, peeled and cut into 1-1.5 inch pieces

Spices

• ½ teaspoon Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder)
• ½ teaspoon Red Chili powder (Mirchi powder)
• 1 teaspoon Coriander powder (Dhaniya powder)
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ½ teaspoon Garam Masala

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat ghee in the instant pot in saute mode. Add jeera, green chili and saute for 30 seconds.
2. Add the chopped onions, ginger and garlic. Saute for 3 minutes.
3. Add the spices to the instant pot and mix well. Add water and deglaze the pot. Press cancel.
4. Add the mustard greens and spinach and mix a bit in with the onions. In a steamer basket, place the cubed potatoes. Place the steamer basket over the greens in the instant pot. You might have to push down the greens to fit the steamer basket. Close the lid with vent in sealing position.
5. Change the instant pot setting to manual or pressure cook mode for 4 minutes. When the instant pot beeps, do a 5 minute NPR, which means release the pressure manually after 5 mins. Turn off the instant pot.
6. Carefully remove the steamer basket from the instant pot. Blend the ingredients in the pot to a creamy texture using an immersion blender.
7. Turn on the instant pot in saute mode. Add in the potatoes and cook for about 1 minute.
8. Saag Paneer is ready to be served.