Posted By : IamFresh
7 Feb, 2022 4:50 PM
Cooking Time : 30 Minute
Ingredients
To make spinach puree:
In a large pan or vessel, boil enough water. Then, add soda and spinach. Allow the spinach to blanch in the water for 2-3 minutes.
Take the blanched spinach out and immediately put them in ice-cold water for a couple of minutes
Put the blanched spinach into a blender
Blend the spinach to a smooth puree
To make chole palak curry:
Firstly, heat oil in a pan or kadhai
Once the oil heats up, add cumin seeds, cinnamon, black peppercorns, and bay leaves, fry for a few seconds until aromatic.
Then, add ginger paste, garlic paste, and green chili paste and fry until the raw smell goes off
Now, add red chili powder, coriander powder, and turmeric powder, stir until mixed well
Then add salt and tomatoes and mix. Cook on high until tomatoes get soft.
Once the tomato masala base is ready, add boiled chickpeas and mix well.
Then add, water, garam masala powder, cumin powder, and ginger juliennes, mix and bring it to a boil.
Cover and cook for 5 minutes until spices are mixed and done well
Then, add pureed spinach, mix and cook for another 5 minutes. Adjust the consistency of the gravy as per your need.
For chana palak curry tadka:
Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and fry for a few seconds until aromatic
Then, add garlic and fry until just golden
Add red chilies and fry for another few seconds taking care not to burn garlic and chilies. Then, add a pinch of hing and immediately take it off the heat
Pour the tadka over cholae palak curry and serve.