Tasty, healthy and fragrant one-pot recipe of dill leaves with potatoes. Goes very well as a side dish with chapati, phulka and dal-rice. This dill leaves recipe is made with minimal ingredients and spiced with garlic, turmeric and red chilli powder.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Side Dish
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon oil (- peanut oil or sunflower oil)
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic (or 7 to 8 small to medium sized garlic, finely chopped (lahsun), finely chopped)
  • 1 to 1.25 cups chopped potato cubes (or 2 to 3 medium sized potatoes, cut in cubes)
  • 3.5 to 4 cups dill leaves (, chopped or 250 to 275 grams (suva or shepu))
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric))
  • ½ teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder (or sweet paprika)
  • salt (as required)
  • ⅓ to ½ cup water (or add as required)

Method

Preparation

  1. Remove the dill leaves (suva) from the stems. Rinse dill leaves thoroughly in water. Drain all the water using a colander or strainer.
  2. Chop the dill leaves.
  3. Also rinse, peel and chop 2 to 3 medium-sized potatoes. Tip - chop the potatoes in smaller cubes or wedges so that they get cooked faster.
  4. Peel, rinse and finely chop the garlic.

Sautéing potatoes

  1. In a kadai or a pan heat 2 tablespoons oil. For a pungent flavor, you can even use mustard oil. Keep the flame to a low.
  2. Add the chopped garlic and mix with the oil.
  3. Fry for 3 to 4 seconds on a low heat.
  4. Add the chopped potatoes and mix well.
  5. Stirring often saute potatoes for 3 to 4 minutes on a low flame.
  6. Add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder and ½ kashmiri red chilli powder. mix these two spice powders very well with the potatoes.

Making dill leaves recipe

  1. Now add the chopped dill leaves (suva) and mix Everything very well.
  2. Add salt as required and mix well. Tip - add less salt and after the recipe is done, then you can add more salt if required.
  3. Add ⅓ to ½ cup water. Stir and mix.
  4. Cover and cook the dill leaves and potatoes on a low heat.
  5. Check in between a couple of times to see if the water has not dried up. If the water dries up, you could add some more water. Stir and cover with the lid to continue the cooking.
  6. Cook till the potatoes are fork tendered and softened. However make sure that you do not overcook the potatoes.
  7. This dill leaves recipe is a dry dish, so ensure that no water remains once the potatoes are cooked. If there is any water left, then cook without lid and let all the water get evaporated. Then switch off the flame.
  8. Serve aloo suva sabzi with chapatis or as a side dish with rice, dal or sambar or rasam. You can also pack it in lunch box with a side of roti, plain paratha or jeera paratha or whole wheat bread.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.