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Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Matar Palak

A festive spicy dish prepared from green peas and spinach.
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of spinach
• 1 cup of green peas
• 1 medium sizwd tomato
• 1 medium sized onion
• 1 medium sized boiled potato
• 3-4 green chillies
• 1 tsp. cumin seeds
• A pinch of asofetida
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste

Method:

Cut spinach leaves and wash them properly.
Boil the cut spinach for 10 minutes in a very little amount of water.
Allow to cool for sometime.Grind thecooled spinach alongwith the greenchillies to a fine paste.
This paste must be semiliauid.
Chop onion and tomatoes into small pieces.
Cut the boiled potato into evenly shaped cubes.
Heat oil in a pan.Add the cumin seeds and asofetida.
Add the onions,peas and tomatoes.
Fry for 2-3 mins.Add the potato cubes and allow to cook on medium flame for 5 mins.
Once the onions and tomatoes are cooked, add the spinach-chilli paste to the above.
Add turmeric powder and salt to taste.
Simmer it for 10 mins. Tastes good with rotis/parathas.

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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

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