How to make Palak Bahar -
Assorted vegetables cooked in spinach based gravy.
This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.
Main Ingredients : Spinach (पालक), Carrots (गाजर)
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Main Course Vegetarian
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Palak Bahar Recipe Card
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 : 26-30 minutes
Cook time : 31-40 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Palak Bahar Recipe
Spinach blanched 2 medium bunches
Carrots
Carrots thin diagonal slices 2 medium
French beans diamonds 5-6
Cauliflower 1/2 medium
Green chillies 3
Oil 1 1/2 tablespoons
Ginger chopped 1 inch piece
Garlic chopped 4 cloves
Onions chopped 1 large
Nutmeg powder 1/4 teaspoon
Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Tomatoes chopped 2 medium
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1 1/2 teaspoons
Garam masala powder 2 teaspoons
Fresh coriander leaves chopped 2 tablespoons
Method
Step 1
Puree the blanched spinach along with one green chilli. Chop the remaining green chillies.
Step 2
Heat half the oil, add ginger and garlic and stir fry. Add onion and green chillies and stir fry till onions are pinkish in colour. Add nutmeg powder and continue cooking on medium heat for a couple of minute, stirring frequently. Add pureed spinach, cook it for a minute and add salt. Set it aside.
Step 3
Blanch carrots, French beans and cauliflower.
Step 4
Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds and when it starts to change colour, add tomatoes.
Step 5
Cook on medium heat for three to four minutes, stirring continuously.
Step 6
Add blanched vegetables and stir-fry lightly. Add lemon juice and season with salt and red chilli powder. Lastly add garam masala powder and coriander leaves.
Step 7
Spread prepared spinach on a flat serving dish and place cooked vegetables in the center and serve hot.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 649 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 75.6 gm
Protein : 24.9 gm
Fat : 27.3 gm
Other : Fiber- 41.3gm
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