Recipes
Palak Soup Recipe
Prep Time | 5 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
people
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Ingredients
- 1 big bunch spinach
- 1″ cinnamon stick
- 3 Cloves
- 1 Bay Leaf
- Few curry leaves
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp Ginger finely chopped
- 1 green chilli
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tsps rice flour mixed in 2 tbsps water
- 1 1/2 tsps malai/top of milk or fresh cream
- black pepper
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Instructions
- Heat butter in a pan, add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf and curry leaves. Saute for few secs. Add the onions, chopped garlic and ginger and saute for 4 mts. Add the spinach leaves along with a green chili and saute for another 2 mts.
- Add 3 cups of water. Let it cook till the leaves turn tender, approx 5-6 mts. Do not over cook.
- When cool, strain. Discard the cloves, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Puree the spinach-onion mixture.
- Add the the left over strained stock to the pureed spinach and let it simmer on medium heat. Add salt and black pepper powder and mix. Simmer for about 8 mts. Add the rice flour mixture and go on stirring till the soup thickens slightly. Add malai or fresh cream and mix. Turn off heat.
- Serve hot along with a few croutons.