Palak / Spinach Curry

I have published some recipes using Spinach / Palak in this blog like Palak Paneer, Dal Palak, etc. In all these recipes Spinach / Palak is infused with another ingredient to make it even better.

Today I am going to share a recipe in which Spinach is the main ingredient and solely cooked with Onion Tomato gravy and very few Indian spices to form what is called Palak Curry and this is quick and easy to prepare.

INGREDIENTS :

(1) 2 bunches of Spinach / Palak, cleaned and chopped

(2) 2 large or 3 medium sized Onions, finely chopped

(3) 2 medium sized Tomatoes, finely chopped

(4) 4 Green chillies

(5) 10-12 cloves of Garlic, minced

(6) 3 tablespoons of Cooking oil

(7) 3/4 teaspoon of Mustard seeds

(8) 1 teaspoon of Cumin / Jeera powder

(9) 1 teaspoon of Coriander / Dhaniya powder

(10) 1 teaspoon of Garam Masala powder

(11) One fourth teaspoon of Turmeric powder

(12) Half teaspoon of Kashmiri lal mirch / Red Chilli powder

(13) Salt to taste

All ingredients set together for the preparation of Palak Curry

Cuisine : Indian 

Serves : 4 persons 

Time required : 20 minutes for preparation (Chopping spinach, onions, garlic, tomatoes and green chillies) and 20 minutes for cooking = 40 minutes. 

METHOD :

(1) Rinse the Spinach / Palak thoroughly in running water till all the dirt goes away and cut off the stem part. Then, chop them into medium sized pieces as shown in the image.

(2) Chop the Onions, Tomatoes and slit the green chillies. Mince the garlic cloves.

(3) Heat 3 tablespoons of cooking oil in a kadhai / wok on a low flame. Then add 3/4 teaspoon of Mustard seeds to the warm oil and allow them to splutter. Once the spluttering stops, add Onions and green chillies and sauté till the Onion turns golden brown in colour.

(4) While sautéing Onions, add minced garlic and sauté along with the Onions.

Take cooking oil in a Kadhai / Wok

Add Mustard seeds and allow them to splutter

The mustard seeds finished spluttering

Add chopped Onions

Add green chillies

Mix well and saute

Add minced garlic and keep sauteing till the Onions turn golden brown

Onions have turned golden brown

(5) Add Tomatoes and sauté till they turn soft and mushy.

Sauteing Onion Tomatoes will take 5 minutes in all.

Add chopped Tomatoes

Stir fry till the tomatoes turn soft and mushy

Onion Tomato Garlic mixture is ready

(6) Add all the dry Indian spices like Cumin / Jeera powder, Coriander / Dhaniya powder, Garam Masala powder, Turmeric powder and Kashmiri red chilli powder in measures as given in the ingredients list.

Mix well and stir fry for 2 minutes till the spices get cooked.

Add basic dry Indian spices

Mix well and cook for two minutes

(7) Add chopped spinach to the Onion Tomato garlic mixture and mix well.

Add Spinach / Palak to the Onion Tomato Garlic mixture

Mix well

(8) Add salt as per taste required and mix well. Cook covering the lid of the wok. The Spinach will release water and in that water itself it will get cooked. If needed you may add a little water to cook the spinach.

Add salt and little water if required, cook with lid covered till spinach is cooked

(9) Once the spinach is cooked, turn off the gas stove.

The Spinach / Palak Curry is ready.

Spinach / Palak curry is ready

(10) Transfer the Palak curry into a serving bowl.

(11) Serve hot with rice or rotis.