As a kid I detested eating leaves. My father would tell stories about how Popeye consumed it and grew stronger. And my mom would go technical, why I should be eating a lot of this leafy green. It took me 26 years to consider spinach as a part of my diet. If it sounded anything familiar, I must say spinach can taste great too.
This recipe is my discovery of spinach. The recipe is simple and I make it at least once in 3 weeks or so. But yeah cleaning the stuff might be a little time consuming. There are some handy hints on cleaning palak towards the end of this post.
Ingredients
This recipe is my discovery of spinach. The recipe is simple and I make it at least once in 3 weeks or so. But yeah cleaning the stuff might be a little time consuming. There are some handy hints on cleaning palak towards the end of this post.
Ingredients
- Spinach - Washed and chopped 3-4 cups
- Potato - 1 Large diced
- Tomato - 1 Large chopped coarsely
- Onion - 1 Large - 1/4 chopped fine and 3/4 chopped long
- Garlic - 8 - 10 pods
- Green chillies - 3-4
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt and oil as required
Method
- Crush garlic and green chillies together
- Heat oil and saute the crushed garlic, green chillies and the onions
- Add potatoes, turmeric and chilli powders, mix well
- Add tomatoes, saute for 2 minutes
- Add spinach, mix well and cook covered. Make sure that no water is added
- When cooked, heat oil, splutter jeera, saute onion and add to the cooked dish and mix well
Tips
- The easiest way to wash spinach is to put it into a sink filled with cold water. Swish leaves around, drain the water off. Repeat the process thrice.
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