I am always looking to use spinach in dishes...mainly hidden ...as in dhokla, handwo, soup ( blended ) or palak paneer etc...cause leaves in any dish by itself is not eaten at our place...even methi is used with flour to make methi thepla or parathas...though aloo methi is one of personal favourites...love the bitter taste of methi leaves..( though that brings me to another whole story )....
I had been longing to make this dish (spinach raita) ever since I had eaten in at a cousin's place...but as I said was wary of the reaction to it....but I needn't have worried, this turned out so amazing..so creamy and smooth ...with sour, sweet and spicy flavours blending so well to turn into a dish which could be had as a side, as a raita, with the whole meal or actually just by itself with rotis, or parathas....
Ingredients:
1 cup spinach
1 cup curds
1 green chilli
2 garlic cloves
1/2 inch ginger
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 dry red chilli
salt to taste
1/4 roasted cumin powder
pinch of asafoetida (hing)
1/4 - 1/2 tsp of sugar - or to taste
Method :
1) Whisk the curds till smooth in a bowl and keep aside.
2) Wash the spinach leaves and chop it fine...take a pan, put about a teaspoon of oil and add ginger, green chilli chopped, fry for a bit and then add the chopped spinach, stir till it wilts about 5 mins...once done take out the spinach mixture and cool it totally before adding it to the curds...
3) In another pan for seasoning the raita - take some oil, add cumin seeds, once it splutters, add chopped garlic and the dry red chilli and pinch of asafoetida, stir for a minute and then add to the curds and spinach mixture along with salt to taste and roasted cumin powder and sugar and mix...you can adjust the seasonings according to your personal tastes.
Serve this raita cold...the above proportions serve 2-3
This dish is both tasty and nutritous...and can be had with both rotis and rice.
So this brings me to the time before the dinner was served...and I mentioned that we are having spinach in curds - wow the reaction - "I will try it but just a spoon" ...and then we sit to dinner and and an amazing turnaround..."it is good"..."it is really good" between many spoons of disappearing raita...
Now that is the kind of thing I love...so am really pleased with the way this dish turned out - do try it - you will not be disappointed either...enjoy !!!
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| Spinach Raita |
I had been longing to make this dish (spinach raita) ever since I had eaten in at a cousin's place...but as I said was wary of the reaction to it....but I needn't have worried, this turned out so amazing..so creamy and smooth ...with sour, sweet and spicy flavours blending so well to turn into a dish which could be had as a side, as a raita, with the whole meal or actually just by itself with rotis, or parathas....
Ingredients:
1 cup spinach
1 cup curds
1 green chilli
2 garlic cloves
1/2 inch ginger
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 dry red chilli
salt to taste
1/4 roasted cumin powder
pinch of asafoetida (hing)
1/4 - 1/2 tsp of sugar - or to taste
Method :
1) Whisk the curds till smooth in a bowl and keep aside.
2) Wash the spinach leaves and chop it fine...take a pan, put about a teaspoon of oil and add ginger, green chilli chopped, fry for a bit and then add the chopped spinach, stir till it wilts about 5 mins...once done take out the spinach mixture and cool it totally before adding it to the curds...
3) In another pan for seasoning the raita - take some oil, add cumin seeds, once it splutters, add chopped garlic and the dry red chilli and pinch of asafoetida, stir for a minute and then add to the curds and spinach mixture along with salt to taste and roasted cumin powder and sugar and mix...you can adjust the seasonings according to your personal tastes.
Serve this raita cold...the above proportions serve 2-3
This dish is both tasty and nutritous...and can be had with both rotis and rice.
So this brings me to the time before the dinner was served...and I mentioned that we are having spinach in curds - wow the reaction - "I will try it but just a spoon" ...and then we sit to dinner and and an amazing turnaround..."it is good"..."it is really good" between many spoons of disappearing raita...
Now that is the kind of thing I love...so am really pleased with the way this dish turned out - do try it - you will not be disappointed either...enjoy !!!
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