Palak Tambli Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	5 min
Cook time	5 min
Total time	10 min
Serves	2 servings

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Ingredients

• 2 cups palak
• 1 cup curd
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 2-3 tsp water

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for seasoning

• 1 tsp ghee
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp jeera
• 1 red chilli
• 3-4 curry leaves
• pinch of asafoetida

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Instructions

1. clean the palak leaves in a running water. clean it properly.
2. add all the palak leaves after cleaning the leaves. in 3 cups of water start boiling the palak leaves. the leaves need to turn green.
3. strain the palak leaves.
4. now add these palak to the blender. also add grated coconut, chilli, cumin seeds. grind to fine paste adding minimum water.
5. transfer this into a bowl. add curd or buttermilk and mix it well. you can control the consistency by adding water or curd/butter milk.
6. add salt to taste and mix well.
7. add all the seasoning ingredients as mentioned in the recipe card.
8. serve it along with hot steamed rice.

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Step-by-step

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Notes

• use fresh thick yogurt. sour yogurt doesn’t taste great.
• tempering is must to enhance the flavour.
• immediately after boiling palak leaves add to ice cold water to retain bright green colour of palak.