Monday, February 18, 2013

Spinach kuzhambu

Though the title says kuzhambu, its not of the regular kuzhambu style. This dish is one of the popular dish among sourashtra families. My mom makes this all the time as it is very healthy, easy to prepare and cools down your body.

No of servings - 4

Ingredients

  1. Spinach(chopped) - 1 cup
  2. Onion(Small) -1 
  3. Rice cleaned water - 2 cups
  4. Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
  5. Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
  6. Asafoetida - a pinch
  7. Milk - 1/2 cup
  8. Salt - as needed
  9. Seasoning items
    1. Oil - 3 tsp
    2. Kadugu - 1/4 tsp
    3. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
    4. Red chilli - 2
Method 
  1. Clean rice with water and save the water 
  2. Boil the rice cleaned water in a pan and add chopped spinach and onion
  3. let it boil in a open pan for 10 mts (or till the spinach is well cooked)
  4. Add the pepper powder, cumin powder and salt to the boiling spinach mixture.
  5. Remove the boiling mixture from flame when the spinach is thoroughly cooked 
  6. Heat oil in a pan and add seasoning items and wait till it splutters
  7. Add the seasoning to the spinach mixture and set aside the mixture for cooling
  8. When its cooled down, add milk to the spinach mixture

Easy and health recipe and kids would love it. 








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