Sunday, December 19, 2010

Simply spinach

This is one of the easiest recipes with spinach, all the more quick if you've frozen & cut spinach ! Just thaw the frozen spinach if you're lucky to have it, or sort, wash well & cut spinach finely. Blanch it in hot water & drain 7 squeeze out the excess water ( which is not needed for frozen one ).
For seasoning- 1 tsp oil, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, 2 tsp udal dal, 1 red chili slit. Once the mustard seeds crackles, add the spinach, salt to taste & add 1-2 tbsp of grated coconut. To have a slightly different taste, yyou may add 2 tbsp of cooked dal- arhar/, moong/ chana dal.

This goes with rice & sambar or rasam.

ps- spinach is good for women especially, those who are anemic , as if you're conscious to use spinach & gooseberry( amla) in your diet on that day, as our body needs Vitamin C to absorb the iron from spinach.
This recipe can be made with methi leaves also. but with methi, just do the seasoning, add the washed leaves which are cut fine, add salt, coconut & dal, mix for 2 minutes & remove or else it will turn bitter.

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