spinach

All posts tagged spinach

Healthy Palak(Spinach) Chapathi

Posted by veeenajan on November 18, 2009
Posted in: bread. Tagged: , , , , . 9 Comments

Ingredients

Palak(Spinach)-one bunch

Wheat Flour-2cups

Water enough to mix the dough

Salt-to taste

Oil-1tsp

 

Method

Wash the spinach properly in salt water .

Steam them in a steamer or u can cook them in very little amount of water .

If u steaming them then when cool grind the leaves in a blender without adding water to a fine paste

Take a big bottom bowl and add the wheat flour,oil and salt .Mix them well

Now add this palak paste to the flour and knead well..Add if water needed to make soft dough..

Keep this dough in an air tight container for at least half an hour.

Now divide the dough into small balls ..

Dip each balls in flour and roll out into thin chapathi

Heat the non stick pan and place the chapathi..

Flip to other side after few seconds .Then again flip it back and press the chapathi using a clean cloth .It will puff up..Again turn and do the same .

If u want u can touch oil or ghee on both sides ..

 

(If  u want to cook the spinach in water ,then take very little water and after cooking the spinach dont throw the water .u can this water while kneading the dough )

 

So the tasty and healthy spinach chapathi is ready to be served..

Click here to take the print out

palak chapathi

 

Love

🙂

Veena

 

 

 

Palak Poori/Spinach Puri

Posted by veeenajan on September 9, 2008
Posted in: Breakfast. Tagged: , , , . Leave a comment

 

 

Ingredients

 

 

Atta-2cup

 

Spinach /palak-400gm

 

Water-1/4cup

 

Ghee-1tsp

 

Salt-to taste

 

 

Method

Chop the spinach finely and pressure cook it  adding 1/4cup of water..One whistle is enough ..

When cooled strain the spinach and  grind well …

Then mix  the palak paste in  mix in salt ,ghee or oil while kneading the semi hard dough.

If needed add the drained water used for cooking spinach ..

Keep the dough covered for 10-15 minutes with a wet cloth..

Now divide the dove into small balls and roll to disc shape..Deep fry in the hot oil..

So palak poori is ready to serve … Its a good combination with  dal fry , pickle d subji

 

Love

🙂

Veena

 


Simple &Delicious Dal -Spinach Curry/ Thrissur Style Parippu- Cheera Curry

Posted by veeenajan on May 25, 2008
Posted in: vegetable dishes. Tagged: , , , . 1 Comment

Ingredients

Spinach or paalak -1cup(chopped finely)

Toor Dal-1/2cup

Grated Coconut-1/2 of 1 coconut

Shallots(small onion)_2 nos

Chilly Powder-1/4tsp

Turmeric Powder-1/4tsp

Salt -taste

Mustard Seeds-1/4tsp

Dry Red Chilly-2

Water-11/2cup

Method

Wash and drain the cheera (if u want u can use paalak instead of cheera) …

Chop  cheera finely and keep that aside..

In a blender grind coconut and onion by adding little amount of water in to a fine thick paste.

Keep that also aside..Cook dal in a cooker along with turmeric powder ,chilly powder,salt and 11/2cup of water..

Mostly 2 whistle is enough ..After 5 minutes open the cooker and add the chopped paalak or cheera and cook for 2 minutes ..

Now pour the fine coconut paste to the cooked dal and palak mixture,mix well and bring to boil (If the curry is very thick u can add small amount of boiled water into the curry according to the consistency)

When start boiling remove from the fire ..(No need to boil much)..

Now heat oil in a pan and add chopped dry chilly and mustard seeds..

When it splutter pour this seasoning to the curry …

So now ur delicious dal -spinach curry is ready to serve …

Its really get along with chapathy,poori ,rice etc…