Palakura Iguru | Spinach Curry | Palak Recipe
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Palakura iguru is a healthy dish prepared with fresh spinach. This is prepared in South India by Telugu people. This is very easy to prepare. This curry is a good combination with roti, pulka, chapatti and steamed rice. Here are the step by step instructions.
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Cooking time: 15 Minutes
Main ingredient: Spinach
Course: Main
Yield: 1 Bowl / Serves 2-3
1 Bowl measurement: 250 Ml
Ingredients
Spinach (palakura, palak): pack of 2 or 250 grams or 4 Bowls
Onions (ullipaya, pyaz): 1 Big
Green chillies (pachimirapa, mirchi): 3-4
Sesame seeds (tella nuvvulu, til): 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder (pasupu, haldi): 1/2 tbsp
Red chilly powder (kaaram): 1/2 tbsp
Salt (uppu, namak): 1/4 tbsp
For taalimpu (tempering, tadkha)
Black gram (minapappu, urad dal): 1/2 tbsp
Dry red chilly (endumirapa, laal mirch): 1 made into slit
Cumin seeds (jeelakarra, jeera): 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds (avalu, rai): 1/2 tbsp
Curry leaves (karivepaku, kari pathe): Few
Oil (nune, thel): 1-2 tbsp
Boiled Milk: 1/4 bowl (optional)
Procedure
Step 1: Clean and soak spinach leaves in salt added water for 15 minutes to remove the dust and pesticides
Step 2: Cut the onion and green chillies to medium size
Step 3: Cut the spinach to medium size
Step 4: Preheat the oil and give taalimpu to spices one after another in few seconds gap. Let the flame stay in medium
Black gram
Red chilly
Cumin seeds and mustard seeds
When mustard seeds make crackling sound add curry leaves
Step 5: Add chopped onion and green chillies, saute for a minute
Step 6: Add little salt required for only onions as spinach contains natural salt
Step 7: Add turmeric powder, saute for a minute
Step 8: Add sesame seeds and saute for a minute
Step 9: Add chopped spinach, let it cook for 2-3 minutes
Step 10: Add 1/4 bowl water to it and cook for 2 minutes
Step 11: Add red chilly powder and cook till the water gets evaporated, approximately 6-7 minutes
Step 12: Add 1/4 bowl milk, let it cook for 5-6 minutes
Turn off the flame when it comes to required thickness
If we don't want to add milk, we can stop cooking at step 11.
Hot and healthy paalakura iguru is ready to serve :)
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