Monday, 8 August 2011

Spinach Curry




Ingredients:
  • 250g Spinach
  • salt according to your taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
  • 1 large size onion
  • 3 green chillies 
  • chilly powder according to your taste
  • 5g tamarind or according to your taste
  • 2 garlic pieces
  • 1 tea spoon chana dal

Seasoning Ingredients:
  • 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
  • a pinch of asafetida (hing)
  • 2 whole red chilies
  • Curry leaves
  • 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon of urad dal

Method:
  1. Chop green chillies, spinach, onions and keep them into a pressure cooker.
  2. Now add turmeric, garlic pieces, chilly powder, tamarind, chana dal to the above and cook on high heat.
  3. Continue cooking until you get 4 whistles from the cooker.
  4. Turn off the heat and wait until all the steam has escaped before opening the pressure cooker.
  5. In mean time prepare seasoning. Take a pan. Add oil and let it boil on a medium heat and add all the seasoning ingredients. Stop cooking when the mustard seeds begin spluttering.
  6. After all the steam has escaped mash the spinach slightly. Add salt and cooked seasoning.
  7. Garnish with corainder leaves.
Your Spinach curry is ready to serve.

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