Ingredients For Spicy Spinach:
Spinach 1 large bunch
Chick peas 1/4 cup
Yogurt 1/2 cup
Gram flour (besan) 3 tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp or to taste
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp
Oil 1 tsp
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
Dry red chillies 2
Curry leaves a few
Coriander leaves 1 tsp
(finely chopped)
Method Of Spicy Spinach:
Soak the chick peas in hot water for around 2 hours.
Wash, drain and chop the spinach.
Pressure cook the spinach and chick peas till soft.
Mix the gram flour, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and yogurt into a fine paste along with some water if required.
Roughly mash the spinach chick peas mixture.
Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard and allow it to splutter.
Add the cumin seeds , the red chillies, and the curry leaves.
Pour in the spinach mixture and boil for a few mins.
Slowly add the yogurt mixture stirring to avoid lumps.
Cook till the raw smell goes.
Sprinkle the coriander leaves.
Can be served hot with any Indian bread or with rice and ghee.
(a little lemon juice could be added if preferred.)
