How to make Cream of Spinach Soup -

Spinach puree added to white sauce to make this delicious soup.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

Main Ingredients : Spinach leaves (palak) (पालक के पत्ते ), Butter (मक्खन )

Cuisine : Fusion

Course : Soups


Cream of Spinach Soup

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Hindi: palak
Treasure house of vitamins and minerals, spinach must be included in the week's menu. The usage can be varied: chopped spinach leaves cooked with potatoes is a semi-wet vegetable with rotis, a few spinach leaves thrown in with mixed vegetables and turned into a soup is lovely on a cold winter night, chopped and blanched spinach makes a different sort of raita, spinach puree can be used in cutlets or kababs, the list goes on.

Prep Time : 11-15 minutes

Cook time : 16-20 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Cream of Spinach Soup Recipe

  • Spinach leaves (palak) blanched and pureed 1 cup

  • Butter 1 teaspoon

  • Refined flour (maida) 2 tablespoons

  • Milk 2 cups

  • Salt to taste

  • Black pepper powder to taste

  • Oil 2-3 tablespoons

  • Spinach leaves (palak) 6-7

Method

Step 1

Heat butter in a non-stick pan. Add refined flour, mix and sauté for a minute.

Step 2

Add milk and cook till thick, whisking continuously.

Step 3

Add pureed spinach, salt, pepper powder, stir well and simmer for 2-3 minutes.

Step 4

Heat oil in an on-stick pan.

Step 5

Shred spinach leaves finely and add to the oil. Fry till crisp and drain on absorbent paper.

Step 6

Pour soup into a serving bowl, garnish with crispy spinach and serve piping hot.

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