How to make Palak Shorba -
A spiced up delicious, nutritious spinach soup.
This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.
Main Ingredients : Spinach (पालक), Lemon juice (नींबु का रस)
Cuisine : Hyderabadi
Course : Soups
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Palak Shorba 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 : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Palak Shorba Recipe
Spinach 2 bunches
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
Bay leaves 2
Cinnamon 1 inch stick
Black cardamoms 2
Cloves 3-4
Black peppercorns 4-5
Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Onion chopped 1 medium
Ginger chopped 1 inch piece
Refined flour (maida) 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Garam masala powder 1/4 teaspoon
Oil 2 tablespoons
Fresh cream 2 tablespoons
Method
Step 1
Break the stems of the spinach leaves and blanch in plenty of water. Drain and refresh in cold water. Heat oil in a pan. Add bay leaves, cinnamon, black cardamoms, cloves, black peppercorns and sauté for a minute.
Step 2
Add cumin seeds and when they begin to change colour, add onion and sauté for two minutes. Put the blanched spinach leaves in a blender and blend with some water. Add ginger to the pan and sauté.
Step 3
Add some refined flour and stir. Add spinach puree and enough water to correct the consistency. Add salt and bring the mixture to a boil. Add garam masala powder and lemon juice. Mix and strain. Serve piping hot. You can also serve with a dash of cream.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 617 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 45.2 gm
Protein : 14.8 gm
Fat : 41.9 gm
Other : Fiber- 17.6gm
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