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Showing posts with label Soup. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Spinach soup or Palak soup


Ingredients

  1. Spinach - 1/2 bunch
  2. Green chillies - 2
  3. Potato - 1
  4. Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece
  5. Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tea spoon
  6. Garlic cloves - 2
  7. Onion - 1
  8. Celery - 1/2 stalk chopped
  9. Ginger - 1/4 " piece finely chopped
  10. Butter - 2 table spoons
  11. Milk - 1 cup
  12. Salt - 1/2 tablespoon or as needed
  13. Cumin seeds - 1 tablespoon
  14. Pepper - 1/2 tea spoon or as needed
  15. Lemon juice - 1 table spoon (Optional)
Method
  1. Boil the potato, peel the skin off and keep it aside.
  2. Heat butter in a sauce pan. Add cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, celery and onion.
  3. As the onions turn brown, add green chillies and fry for a minute.
  4. Add chopped spinach and fry for 5 minutes, adding a little water if needed.
  5. Take the spinach mixture in a blender, add boiled potato, add salt and blend into a puree.
  6. Transfer the puree into a sauce pan, add 1 cup of milk, keep stirring.
  7. Add a small piece of cinnamon and nutmeg powder, heat the mixture while stirring continuously for 2 minutes.
  8. Optional is a tablespoon of lemon juice in the end before serving to get the tangy taste.
  9. Serve hot with pepper as needed.