Spinach is a very nutritious vegetable. Most people use spinach by mixing it with some vegetables. There are many dishes like Palak Paneer, Corn Palak and Aloo Palak which you must have tasted many times. Today we are talking about Palak Chole which is a wonderful dish. So let us know how you can make it.
Material:
Gram – 2 cups (soaked overnight)
Spinach – 500 grams
Garlic – 10 cloves
Onion – 2 (finely chopped)
Tomato – 3 (finely chopped)
Green chilli – 4 (finely chopped)
Ginger paste – ½ tbsp
Mustard oil – 3 tbsp
Coriander powder – 2 tbsp
Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 tsp
Cumin – 1 teaspoon
Clove-3
Large cardamom- 1
Small cardamom – 2
Black pepper – 4
Cinnamon – 2 pieces
Bay leaf – 1
Tea leaves – 1 teaspoon
Butter – 1 tablespoon
Salt – as per taste
Method:
-Take soaked gram in a pressure cooker and add 1 cup of filtered tea water, cloves, black cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, bay leaves and garlic.
Pressure cook the mixture for 5-6 whistles.
– Once the pressure is released, remove the garlic and separate all the spices from the gram.
-Boil the spinach separately and mash it.
– Heat mustard oil in a pan and add cumin and ginger paste in it. Stir for a minute.
– Now add chopped onion to it and fry until the onion changes color.
-When the onion turns brown, add tomato, coriander powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, salt and green chilli. Cook until the spices release oil.
After cooking on low flame for some time, when oil starts separating from the spices, add gram and spinach to it.
– Cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
Add water as required and turn off the flame when the gravy becomes thick.
Finally, add butter and serve hot with roti or rice.