Chana Palak ( Healthy Heart Recipe)
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Chick peas cooked in a different mild gravy made with spinach purée, onions and tomatoes.
Ingredients
  • 5 cups chopped spinach (palak)
  • ½ cup boiled kabuli chana (white chick peas)
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
  • ½ cup chopped onions
  • ½ tsp chopped garlic (lehsun)
  • 1 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
  • ¼ cup chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tsp oil
  • salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Blanch the spinach in hot water for a few seconds.
  2. Transfer it into cold water and drain.
  3. Purée the spinach to a paste and keep aside.
  4. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan, add the cumin seeds and allow them to crackle.
  5. Add the onions, garlic, ginger-green chilli paste and cook till the onions turn golden brown in colour, adding a little water to moisten if the onions burn.
  6. Add the spinach purée and tomatoes along with the ½ cup of water and cook for 3 minutes.
  7. Add the kabuli chana and salt and simmer for another 2 minutes.
  8. Serve hot with parathas.
Recipe by Mithila.net at http://www.mithila.net/veg-recipes/chana-palak-healthy-heart-recipe-5121.html