PALAK TAMBULI

Palak tambli/ tambuli is a highly nutritional and healthy recipe from Karnataka. Tambuli, a type of yoghurt based curry can be prepared using a few spices and spinach leaves.

A very healthy and tasty dish that goes well with hot steamed rice and it's a comfort meal for summers, light on the stomach.

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Ingredients:

For the coconut masala

• Oil – 1 tsp

• Cumin seeds (Jeera) – 1 tsp

• Whole Black Pepper Corns – 4-5

• Urad dal – 1 tsp

• Green chillies – 1-2

• Spinach Leaves (Palak) , roughly chopped - handful

• Salt to taste

• Coconut - 1 tbsp

• Curd - ¼ cup

For the tempering

• Oil/  Coconut Oil – 1 tsp

• Mustard seeds – ½ tsp

• Dry red chillies – 1 broken

•  Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Method:

·        Heat oil in a pan, add urad dal, cumin seeds and pepper corns. Fry till it turns aromatic. Now add the green chillies and roughly chopped spinach leaves. Add little salt too.

·        Sauté it for few minutes. Once wilted, turn off the heat and allow the spinach to cool.

·        Now take a mixer jar add grated coconut and cooked cooled spinach. Add some water to make a smooth coconut masala, now add curd and churn for 10 seconds.

·        Pour this in a bowl, add salt if required.

·        For the tempering, heat oil in a tadka pan over medium heat; add the dried red chillies and mustard seeds, and allow it to crackle. Next add in the curry leaves, mix and turn off the flame. 

·        Pour this tempering on the palak tambuli, and serve it hot with steamed rice