SPINACH CURRY/PALAKURA PULAGURRA

PALAKURA PULLAGURA:


INGREDIENTS:


Spinach – 3 bunches(chopped to 4 cups)

Green chili – 6,

Onion – 1 – chopped into 4 equal halves,

Tomato – 2 – chopped into 4 equal halves,

Garlic – 8 – flakes,

Red chilli powder – ½ tsp,

Coriander powder – ½ tsp,

Turmeric powder – a pinch,

Salt – as per taste,

Oil – 2 tsp,

Water – 4cups,

Mustard seed – ¼ tsp,

Fenugreek seeds – 3-4,

Tamarind – small marble size,


METHOD:


Wash and chop spinach and cook it along with tomatoes, onion, green chili, salt and water, till done,

When the spinach is cooked well and tamarind and cook for 2 more mins,

Now with a pappu gutti, or wooden ladle smash the spinach gravy,

Heat oil in a kadai when it is heated add mustard and fenugreek seeds and let it crackle,

Now add crushed garlic and sauté for a minute and add the spinach gravy to the talimpu.. and cook for 2 mins …

Serve hot with white rice along with ghee, It also goes well with dosas and roties.