Recipe for Matar Palak
Ingredients
- 1 bunch of spinach
- 1 cup of green peas
- 1 tomato
- 1 onion
- 1 boiled potato
- 3 to 4 green chillies
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- A pinch of asofetida
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
Cooking Directions
Cut spinach leaves and wash them properly.
Boil the cut spinach for 10 minutes in a very little amount of water.
Allow to cool for sometime.Grind thecooled spinach alongwith the greenchillies to a fine paste.
This paste must be semiliauid.
Chop onion and tomatoes into small pieces.
Cut the boiled potato into evenly shaped cubes.
Heat oil in a pan.Add the cumin seeds and asofetida.
Add the onions,peas and tomatoes.
Fry for 2-3 mins.Add the potato cubes and allow to cook on medium flame for 5 mins.
Once the onions and tomatoes are cooked, add the spinach-chilli paste to the above.
Add turmeric powder and salt to taste.
Simmer it for 10 minutes.
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