Aloo Methi

1. In a bowl, combine salt and fenugreek leaves, shake of excess salt, and let the leaves sit until they release water.
2. Squeeze the water out of the fenugreek leaves and set aside. Discard the excess water.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add the asafoetida and cumin seeds. Sauté on medium heat for a few seconds.
4. Add garlic, green and red chillies as soon as the cumin seeds crack and sauté on medium heat for 30 seconds.
5. Add potatoes and turmeric powder into the mix and stir gently. Cook on medium heat for about five minutes and stir at regular intervals.Now, add marinated fenugreek leaves, salt and coriander-cumin powder. Mix them together and cook on medium heat for about 2 to 3 minutes. Remember to stir.

Trivia

Potatoes first arrived in North America in 1621. Captain Nathaniel Butler, the governor if Bermuda was reported to have a role in this. He sent two chests filled with potatoes and some other vegetables to Francis Wyatt, who was the governor of Virginia.