Spinach Chappathi

INGREDIENTS:

• Wheat Flour -  1 cup
• Green chilly - 2 nos
• Garlic - 2 pods
• Spinach - 3 cup
• Ghee - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Put spinach in boiling water for 2 mins, drain it.
• Add garlic, green chillies and spinach in a mixer and grind it into a fine paste.
• Add this paste, salt and ½ tsp ghee to the flour and mix well.
• Knead the dough with hands gently until it becomes soft and keep aside for 30 minutes.
• Make the dough into small balls and is rolled out into chappathi.
• Heat the tawa and cook both sides of the rolled Chappathi by smearing little ghee.

Cheera Thoran / Spinach Stir fry

Cheera / Spinach Thoran is a simple and nutritious dish which is good for health.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Red Spinach (chuvanna cheera) - 2cups
• Grated coconut - ½ Cup
• Chilly Powder - ½ tsp
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Rice - 1 tsp
• Garlic - 1 nos
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - as needed
• Salt - to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Add Mustard seeds and Red chilli and let it splutter.
• Add Rice and fry it.
• Once rice becomes crispy add Spinach / Cheera,salt,turmeric powder.
• Cover the pan and cook for 2 mins.
• Crush Coconut,Garlic and chilly powder and add to it.
• Mix well and slow down the flame and stir well till the water dries up completely.
• Remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Cheera Thoran

Cheera / Spinach Thoran is a simple and nutritious dish which is good for health.


INGREDIENTS:

• Finely chopped green spinach (cheera) - 2cups
• Grated coconut - ½ Cup
• Chilly Powder - ½ tsp
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Rice - 1 tsp
• Garlic - 1 nos
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - as needed
• Salt - to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and red chilli and let it splutter.
• Add rice and fry it.
• Once rice becomes crispy add spinach / cheera,salt,turmeric powder.
• Cover the pan and cook for 2 mins.
• Crush coconut,garlic and chilly powder and add to it.
• Mix well and slow down the flame and stir well till the water dries up completely.
• Remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Palak Thoran / Spinach Thoran

Spinach is an source of many vitamins,minerals and anti-oxidents.There are different types of Spinach.Kerala Spinach is red in colour and has less water content . Palak is green in colour.
Spinach thoran is made up of Spinach,Grated Coconut and garlic.It is very delicious and easy to make.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Spinach - 2cups
• Grated coconut - ½ Cup
• Chilly Powder - ½ tsp
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Rice - 1 tsp
• Garlic - 1 nos
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - as needed
• Salt - to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat a pan and add spinach, salt, turmeric powder and mix well.
• Cover the pan and cook for 2 mins.
• Crush coconut, garlic and chilly powder and add to it.
• Mix well and slow down the flame and stir well till the water dries up completely.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and red chilli and let it splutter.
• Add rice and fry it.
• Once rice becomes crispy add cooked spinach and mix well. 
• Remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Palak Paneer

Paneer is also known as Indian cheese.
Palak Paneer is a thick gravy curry which is prepared by cooking Paneer cubes with Spinach, Onion and Tomato.

INGREDIENTS:

• Spinach - ½ lb or 250 gm
• Paneer - 125 gm or ¼ lb
• Chopped Onion - 1 nos
• Chopped Tomato - 1 large
• Chopped Green Chilly - 3 nos
• Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Chilly Powder - 1tsp
• Corriander powder – 1 tsp
• Cumin seed – ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Garam masala powder - ½ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cut Paneer into cubes and lightly fried till brown.
• Put Spinach in boiling water for 2 min.
• mash it in a mixer.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add cumin seed and let it splutter.
• Add onions and green chilly and fry till golden brown.
• Add turmeric and ginger garlic paste , corriander powder,garam masala pwder, and red chili powder.
• Add tomato puree and salt and cook for 5- 6 minutes on medium heat.
• Add the spinach and cook till oil seperates.
• Add Paneer pieces to the gravy and and cook in low fire for 3 -4 minutes.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chappathi, Roti.