Methi Aloo

This vegetable dish has a long history in our family—we call it our running “Dad joke.” My father was a good cook and a good critic. Once my mother put this on the table and he said, “Ah, today it is real methi aloo!” She was a little puzzled, so he clarified: “You have more fenugreek and less potato; sometimes you make aloo methi.” Punjabis, like me, love methi aloo, and Gujaratis, like my wife, Alyona, prefer aloo methi. Either way, the dish is great with fresh