Ingredients: 4 Potatoes (Aloo) – boiled and peeled,1/4 cup Milk,1 tablespoon Butter,4 cloves Garlic – finely chopped,1 Onion – finely chopped,Salt – to taste,1 cup Spinach Leaves (Palak) – finely chopped,1 teaspoon Black pepper powder,3/4 cup Whole Wheat Bread crumbs,1/2 cup Cheese,1 tablespoon Lemon juice,1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera),Extra Virgin Olive Oil – to shallow fry the patties
Time in minutes: 30 Servings: 6 Course: Appetizer Diet: Vegetarian
Instructions: To begin making the Spinach & Garlic Potato Patties Recipe heat a skillet with butter on medium-low flame, add the butter. Once the butter is melted, add in the garlic and saute for about a minute. To this add onions, salt and cook until they turn translucent, this will take about 2-3 minutes on medium flame. Next add the washed and chopped spinach leaves and cook on medium-high heat for a good 2-3 minutes, until the spinach leaves wilt down. Turn of the flame, add the black pepper powder and lemon juice. Set aside to cool. In a mixing bowl, add the boiled potatoes and mash them well, to this add the milk, bread crumbs, cheese, lemon juice, cumin powder, salt to taste and the cooked spinach mixture. Mix the spinach garlic potato patty mixture until well combined. Heat a skillet on medium heat and brush with a little oil. Grease your palms with oil as well and shape the spinach garlic potato patty mixture into medium sized discs. Place these spinach garlic potato patties on the preheated skillet and cook for about 3-4 minutes on each side or until it achieves a nice brown colour. Once done, remove the spinach garlic potato patty from the heat and place it in a serving platter and serve hot.Serve the Spinach & Garlic Potato Patties along with Tzatziki Recipe – A Greek Yogurt Dip or simple tomato ketchup as a party appetizer.