Spinach and Potato Curry

Ingredients

Spinach: 3 Bunches

Potato's*: 3

Onion's:2

Green Chillie's: 3

Cumin Seeds: 1/2 Teaspoon

Ginger-Garlic Paste: 1 Teaspoon

Green Peas: 1 Cup

Water: 1/2 Glass

Cashewnut: 1 Teaspoon

Curd: 1/2 Teaspoon

Redchillie Powder: 1 Teaspoon

Turmeric: 1/2 Teaspoon

Oil: 2 Teaspoons

Coriander Leaves: 1 Stem of Leaves

Salt to Taste.

(Check Fudtionary for meanings if you have doubt with the words in orange colour.)

Method

    First clean the spinach and wash thoroughly,now cut it into pieces and put in a bowl and add greenchillies.

    Now place that in a pressure cooker and wait for 3 whistles and swith off the stove.

    Put a pan on the stove and put some oil and add cumin seeds,cashewnuts,cuted onions and fry till they turn golden brown.Now add ginger-garlic paste to it.

  

    Now take out the boiled spinach(drain if any water is there) and grind it to a very fine paste in a mixie.

    Add the paste to the onions and cook for 2 minutes and add little water,after 3 minutes add salt and redchillie powder to the gravy and add boiled potato pieces,boiled green peas and little curd and mix well.

    Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti/chapathi/naan/rice.

* You can also use paneer instead of potato.

Note: Whatever you cook in the pressure cooker you should add some little water in the cooker first and then place any bowl/vessel.If you are cooking directly in the pressure cooker itself,then no need to add extra water to the cooker.

Spinach Dal(Palakoora Pappu) (Palakoora Pappu)

Ingredients
Spinach: 2 Bunches
Split Red Gram: 1 Cup
Water: 2 Cups
GreenChillies: 2 or 3
Oil: 1 Teaspoon
Mustard Seeds: 1/2 Teaspoon
Fenugreek Seeds: 1/4 Teaspoon
RedChillies: 2
Turmeric: 1/2 Teaspoon
Redchillie Powder: 1/2 Teaspoon
Curry Leaves: 1 Stem of Leaves
Hing: 1/4 Teaspoon
Lemon juice / Tamarind Juice: 3-4 spoons
Salt to Taste

(Check Fudtionary for meanings if you have doubt with the words in orange colour.)

Method
Wash the spinach thoroughly,now take a vessel and put dal and add water to it and also add the cut spinach to the dal and place in a pressure cooker.*

Put the whistle and wait for 4 to 5 whistles and swith it off,let it cool and remove the whistle.

Now put a pan and add some oil and put mustard seeds,fenugreek seeds,redchillies,hing and when they stop sputtering add the dal to it and add turmeric,salt and redchillie powder.

* If you dont have pressure cooker you can cook directly on stove.

Note: Whatever you cook in the pressure cooker you should add some little water in the cooker first and then place any bowl/vessel.If you are cooking directly in the pressure cooker itself,then no need to add extra water to the cooker.