Potato, paneer, and fenugreek curry with Indian dirty rice

These are recipes in Raghavan Iyer's 660 Curries.  Potatoes and fenugreek (aloo methi) is one of my favorite combinations in Indian cuisine.  The addition of paneer turns it into a light main dish.

Indian dirty rice is one of many excellent rice recipes in 660 Curries.  The rice is cooked on a base of caramelized onions and hand-ground spices.  Rather than grinding the cinnamon in a mortar, as Iyer instructs, I suggest using a spice grinder--at least until you arrive at a coarse grind.  It's very hard to grind cinnamon in a mortar, and if you don't get it fine enough the final dish will be unpleasantly gritty.  The other spices are easy to grind in a mortar to the desired dirty (but not powdery) texture.