Lifestyle Desk: Eating hot kadhi in winter season is a different pleasure. If curry is mixed with millet roti, maize roti or rice, the taste of the food doubles. Usually, Kadhi with gram flour pakora is made at home, but if you want to try something new and nutritious then Spinach Kadhi can be a great option.
Prepared with the sour-spicy taste of green spinach leaves and curd and gram flour, this kadhi tastes very tasty. In this, curd and gram flour are used along with spinach. Spinach is a good source of iron and folate, while curd provides protein and calcium. So let's know the easy recipe to make delicious spinach curry at home.
Material
for curry
Spinach – 250 grams
Sour curd – 1 cup
Gram flour – 4 tbsp
Water – 3 to 4 cups
Turmeric powder – half teaspoon
Red chilli powder – half teaspoon
Ginger – 1 tsp (grated)
Green chilli – 2 finely chopped
Salt – as per taste
for tempering
Oil or ghee – 2 tbsp
Cumin – half teaspoon
Mustard – half teaspoon
Asafoetida – 1 pinch
Dry red chilli – 2
Curry leaves – 8 to 10
Red chilli powder – half teaspoon
Method
1- First of all, wash and clean the spinach leaves thoroughly. Now chop them finely. Heat some oil in a pan and add ginger and green chillies.
2- After this add chopped spinach and cook for 3-4 minutes, so that the spinach becomes slightly soft. Keep it aside.
3-Add curd and gram flour in a big vessel and beat it well. Take care that there are no lumps in the solution. Now add turmeric, red chilli powder, salt and 3 to 4 cups of water and mix well.
4-Now heat some oil in a deep vessel. Add prepared curd-gram flour solution in it. Cook the curry on medium flame while stirring continuously until it boils.
5- After boiling, reduce the flame and let it cook for about 15-20 minutes. Keep stirring it occasionally, so that the curry does not stick to the bottom.
6-When the curry is cooked well and becomes a little thick, add prepared spinach to it. Now cook it on low flame for 5-7 minutes, so that the taste of spinach gets mixed well in the curry.
7-Heat ghee or oil in a small pan. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, asafoetida, dry red chilli and curry leaves. Finally add red chilli powder and immediately turn off the gas. Pour the prepared tadka over the hot kadhi.
Serve with these things
Your delicious and nutritious spinach kadhi is ready. It can be served with hot rice, millet roti, corn roti or wheat roti. Adding some green coriander on top will further enhance its taste.
Benefits of eating spinach curry
Good source of iron – Spinach contains iron, which helps in producing hemoglobin in the body.
Rich in nutrients- Folate, vitamins and antioxidants are found in spinach.
Protein and Calcium-The body gets protein and calcium from curd and gram flour.
Good option for children-Spinach can be included in the diet of children in the form of delicious curry.