Kashmiri Spinach
Creamy and spicy spinach! Serve with an indian lentil dish or a meat or chicken curry.
Ingredients
- 2 packages spinach
- 4 Tbsp ghee or olive oil
- 3 reshampatti or cayenne chilis
- 1 Tsp cumin seed
- 2 dried shallots sliced in strips
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp Kashmiri garam masala (or any other garam masala), ground
- ¼ cup yogurt
- 4 Tbsp fresh cream (optional)
Method
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1
Wash spinach thoroughly in running water and dry in salad spinner.
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2
Heat large saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and whole chilis and cook a few seconds.
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3
Add cumin seeds and cook three or four seconds.
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4
Immediately add shallots and mix well. Cook until shallots caramelize (one minute).
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5
Raise heat to high and add spinach, salt, sugar, and garam masala.
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6
Mix until spinach is completely wilted (five minutes).
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7
Beat yogurt and cream together well and add to spinach mixture. Let simmer five more minutes and serve.
