Vaali Ambat / Palak Ambat Recipe
Summary
Preparation Time15 MinCooking Time15 Min
Ready In30 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexHealthy++Servings4
Ingredients
250 grams Spinach
2 medium sized onions
1/2 cup fresh/frozen coconut
8 red chillies (Fry in few drops of oil)
2 tbsp oil
1 cup tuar dal
1/4 tsp tamarind paste
Salt to taste
Directions
Wash palak/spinach, cut 1/2 of the onion into big cubes and finely chop the remaining onions, fry red chillies in 1/4 tsp of oil.
Wash dal and pressure cook. Mash well.
Take two cups of water in another vessel and cook palak and cubed onions.
Prepare the masala by grinding coconut, red chillies and tamarind with a cup of water to a smooth paste.
Now mix palak, dal and masala together. Add salt to taste. Bring it to a boil. Cover and cook on a low flame for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile fry chopped onions in oil separately till golden brown. Pour it over the gravy and mix well. Remove from flame.
Serve hot.
Wash dal and pressure cook. Mash well.
Take two cups of water in another vessel and cook palak and cubed onions.
Prepare the masala by grinding coconut, red chillies and tamarind with a cup of water to a smooth paste.
Now mix palak, dal and masala together. Add salt to taste. Bring it to a boil. Cover and cook on a low flame for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile fry chopped onions in oil separately till golden brown. Pour it over the gravy and mix well. Remove from flame.
Serve hot.
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Asha Shah says :
Dear Sarita......This is the first time I saw your recipes. I am a konkani from Bangalore and my family was and is known for its perfect & delicious Konkani dishes. Reading your recipes was a delight because it is absolutely the same as our family recipes......I live in California now and will surely follow your recipes coz i am sure they will be great...
Posted on: 28 November 2011 - 5:01pm
Sarita Bhandarkar says :
I get cleaned spinach in packets here. They are so clean and fresh. So I prepare spinach curries often.
Posted on: 4 December 2007 - 5:35pm
AnjaliD says :
I too use frozen spinach and pressure cook it with daal. I also use tomato (but then I don't use tamarind).
Fresh spinach comes with all the dirt and feels like they just plucked it from the farm. Too fresh :)
I do buy fresh spinach when I know I have time to clean and wash it. But I also keep some frozen ones for last minute meals.
Posted on: 4 December 2007 - 10:53am
Sarita Bhandarkar says :
I used fresh palak for this recipe. You can cook it in a pressure cooker. But I like it otherwise.
Posted on: 4 December 2007 - 12:13am
Snigdha says :
I use chopped frozen spinach with this recipe and pressure cook it along with dal and it comes out just fine. May be if you use fresh palak, then its a different story altogether.
Posted on: 3 December 2007 - 11:24pm
Sarita Bhandarkar says :
To avoid overcooking of spinach it will be good not to cook it with dal in pressure cooker.
Posted on: 3 December 2007 - 11:00pm
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