Palak Bhaji

 Palak Bhaji

Palak bhaji is a very easy and simple recipe. It is healthy too as it has lot many leafy veggies. 

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup Turdal

Water

2~3 slit Green chilies

1/2 cup chopped Tomato

1 cup chopped Fenugreek leaves

A pinch of Hing

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tbsp Besan

1 tsp Oil

1 1/2 cup finely chopped Spinach

3~4 tsp Tamarind-Jaggery pulp

Salt to taste

3 tsp Oil

1/4 cup raw Peanuts

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

2 tbsp chopped Garlic

Dry red chilies

1/2 tsp Red chili powder

 INSTRUCTIONS

Take turdal in a cooker pot and wash it really good 2-3 times. Add water, green chilies, tomato, fenugreek leaves, hing, turmeric powder and mix well. You can add spinach now if you want. You can skip methi if you don’t like. Transfer the pot into the cooker and close the lid. Cook on medium heat until 3-4 whistles.

Take the cooked dal out and beat it really good. Add besan and mix well. Heat up oil in a pan. Add spinach and cook for about 3-4 minutes. Add the cooked dal, tamarind-jaggery pulp, salt and mix well. Simmer on medium heat for about 7-8 minutes.

For tadka, heat up oil in a pan. Add peanuts and fry until these turn light golden. Add mustard seeds and let them pop up. Add garlic and fry until it gets nice golden color. Add dry red chilies, red chili powder and mix well. Add this tadka on the bhaji.

Tadka is not mixed into the sabji. Palak bhaji is all ready. It goes well with rice bhakari or paratha.

 

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