Indian Spinach and peas recipe
Indian Spinach and peas recipe is a combination of palak and matar made with indian spices.
Ingredients
- 500 gram palak/spinach
- 300 gram green peas
- 1 onion (sliced)
- 1/2 cup tomato puree
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 green chilies
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp oil of your choice we used mustard oil
- 1/2 cup water
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS
- A pan full of boiling water
- A bowl full of chilled water with ice cubes
Instructions
- Take spinach, cut its roots, chop and wash 4-5 times.
- Add to boiling water and let it remain there for 3 minutes.
- After 3 minutes, remove the spinach from boiling water and add to chilled cold water, where it will remain for 5 minutes.
- Put spinach in the grinder and grind coarsely. Keep aside.
- Add oil in a pan and smoke it first (if using mustard oil).
- Add cumin seeds, ginger garlic and let ginger garlic turn brown.
- Then add green chlies, onion and salt & cook until onion turns pink and translucent.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder. Mix.
- Add tomato puree and cook on low heat.
- When tomatoes start leaving the sides of the pan and start releasing oil, its a sign that tomatoes are properly cooked.
- Add green peas and water. Mix.
- Put a lid and let peas cook.
- Cook the peas until they turn almost 90% cooked. You can check this by pressing a pea.
- Now add pureed spinach and mix well.
- Cook for 10 minutes on low heat without covering the pan.
- Lastly add garam masala and mix.
- Palak Matar ki sabji is ready.