On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:21:59 -0700 (PDT), Mr Nukem >
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am looking for an Indian Spice (or mix) that a coworker of mine from
>a few years back would use. She was Punjab and always brought in a
>dish that was potatoes with some kind of spices on them that made it
>so the potatoes were an earthy green. I know it was not Curry but I
>have no other information other than I remember how really good they
>were so I am looking for the name of the spice(s) and the recipe.

There are thousands, if not more, Indian spice mixes. It is said that
every village, if not every family, has its own garam masala recipe.
That said, the most likely candidate for a potato bhaji that has an
earthy green color would be some variation on Aloo Methi. This dish can
have a heavy dose of kasuri methi in its preparation. If by earthy you
mean brownish, then I would look at an aloo chole - which would include
chickpeas but has a rich earthy brown sauce.

Here is a sample recipe for aloo methi (caveat - I have never tried it).

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/veg...ethi-aloo.html