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Showing posts with label spinach curry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spinach curry. Show all posts

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Daal Palak / Spinach Red gram Curry



INGREDIENTS:
  • Red gram / toor daal - ¼ cup
  • Spinach (chopped) - 2 cup
  • Onion (chopped) - 1 no
  • Tomato (chopped)-1 no
  • Green Chilly (slit)-2 nos
  • Garlic (crushed)- 2  pods
  • Chilly powder- ¼ tsp
  • Corriander Powder- ½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Asafoetida powder - ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seed - ¼ tsp
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Red Chilly-2 nos
  • Salt – to taste
  • Oil - 1 tbsp

PREPARATION METHOD
  • Cook the toor daal / red gram in water and keep it aside.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Put mustard seeds, cumin seed and red chillies and allow to splutter.
  • Add onions, green chillies, crushed garlic and sauté till onion turns transparent.
  • Add tomatoes and sauté well.
  • Add red chilly powder, corriander powder, asafoetida powder and sauté for a minute.
  • Add spinach and cooked daal / red gram and mix well.
  • Add turmeric powder and salt into it .
  • Cover the pan and and let it cook.(no need to add water because the water in the cooked daal and from the spinach is enough to cook)
  • Turn off the stove when the curry becomes thick.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice / Chappathi.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Capsicum Spinach Masala


INGREDIENTS:
  • Bell pepper / Capsicum(chopped) - 1 no
  • Spinach(chopped) - 3 cup
  • Onion(chopped) - 1 no
  • Garlic(chopped) - 1 tsp
  • Tomato (chopped)-1 no
  • Green Chilly(slit)-2 nos
  • Chilly powder- ¼ tsp
  • Corriander Powder- ½ tsp
  • Garam masala Powder- ¼ tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Pepper Powder - ¼ tsp
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  • Red Chilly-2 nos
  • Salt – to taste
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves- few

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Heat oil in the pan.
  • Put mustard seeds and red Chillies and allow to Splutter.
  • Add curry leaves.
  • Add onions, garlic, green chillies and sauté onions till it turns transparent.
  • Add tomatoes and sauté well.
  • Add red chilly powder, corriander powder, garam masala powder, pepper powder and sauté for a minute.
  • Add spinach and bell pepper into it and mix well.
  • Add turmeric powder and salt into it .
  • Let it cook for 5 - 6 minutes.
  • Turn off the stove when the vegetables are cooked well and water dries up.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice / Chappathi / Appam