How to make Poondu Keerai Massiyal -
Spinach cooked in tamarind and tempered with fresh indian spices
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Spinach (पालक), Tamrind
Cuisine : Tamil Nadu
Course : Main Course Vegetarian
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Poondu Keerai Massiyal Recipe Card
Hindi: palak
Treasure house of vitamins and minerals, spinach must be included in the week's menu. The usage can be varied: chopped spinach leaves cooked with potatoes is a semi-wet vegetable with rotis, a few spinach leaves thrown in with mixed vegetables and turned into a soup is lovely on a cold winter night, chopped and blanched spinach makes a different sort of raita, spinach puree can be used in cutlets or kababs, the list goes on.
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 16-20 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Tangy
Ingredients for Poondu Keerai Massiyal Recipe
Spinach 2 bunches
Tamrind 1/2 lemon
Garlic 10-15 cloves
Asafoetida 1/4 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil 4 tablespoons
FOR THE TEMPERING
Mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Whole dry red chilli 2
Split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal) 2 tablespoons
Curry leaves 10-12
Method
Step 1
Clean, wash and chop spinach. Peel garlic. Slit green chillies. Soak tamarind in ½ cup warm water and remove the pulp and strain. Heat gingelly oil and temper with mustard seeds, urad dal, red chilly , curry leaves and green chillies. Add whole garlic, sauté for a couple of minutes. Add spinach and stir frequently for uniform cooking.
Step 2
Crush the spinach and garlic with a masher. Add tamarind pulp , salt and mix well. Dissolve rice flour in water and add to the mixture so that the gravy thickens. Sprinkle asafoetida, mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes. Serve hot with steamed rice.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 809 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 35.6 gm
Protein : 18.3 gm
Fat : 65.9 gm
Other : 16.7gm
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