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Lasooni Palak Recipe – How to make Lasooni Palak recipe

April 18, 2016 by maria 10 Comments

Lasooni Palak recipe – made with loads of garlic and made with a secret ingredient!Β Garlic is known as lasoon Or lehsun in India and spinach is known as palak. I had spinach (palak) at home and didn’t know what to make with it. I called mom and checked with her what are the other recipes I can make with spinach apart from the regular ones so she said lasooni palak. I asked her the recipe she gave me a blind recipe. So I just came up with my own version as didn’t had a foolproof recipe. That too made a vegan version πŸ˜‰

Lasooni Palak Recipe – How to make Lasooni Palak recipe

I made butter naan, lasooni palak and chole curry for dinner today. A complete North Indian meal! I love greens and this recipe is also my favorite.Β Lasooni Palak is full of iron, fiber, nutritious and will keep you healthy in monsoon.Β 

Generally people tend to be far away from greens. I also have one at my place who is non other than my hubby. But he also liked this dish. So atleast try and make this for non-green eaters. Who knows they might like it??? Club with hot puris, naans, rotis Or rice.

Garlic has great health benefits it helps in lowering down cholesterol and builds immunity. Spinach we all know is great with iron and folic acid. So when these two meet together a healthy food is made.

Lasooni Palak

Actually was confused to add garlic first Or add it as tempering later. I love garlic slightly burnt or browned so I thought of adding them later. Also I have used almond and walnut paste. This gives a nice creamy flavor to the dish.

Let me unveil the secret ingredient it’s mustard oil. One of my food blogger friend had told me to use mustard paste Or oil in greens. So I tried this tip and it tasted amazing. Honestly I am not a big fan of mustard oil so have used only while tempering.

Learn how to make step by step Lasooni Palak Recipe:

1. Take a pan with oil place on medium heat. Once oil is hot saute cumin seed, mustard seed, bayleaf and sugar. I forgot to add earlier added bayleaf later.

Lasooni Palak

2. Once they crackle add green chilies. Saute for 30 secs more.

Lasooni Palak

3. Add spinach puree + tomato puree. Stir for some time simmer for 2 to 3 mins.

Lasooni Palak

4. Now it’s time to add ginger paste, anardana powder, turmeric, fennel seed powder, roasted cumin seed powder and garam masala powder.

Lasooni Palak

5. Allow to cook until it starts bubbling. Now add almond+walnut paste. Keep little reserved for garnishing.

Lasooni Palak

6. Give a nice stir and cook for 2 to 3 mins more. Lastly add salt for seasoning.Β Switch off the gas.

Lasooni Palak

7. Now take mustard oil and place on fire. Add chopped garlic to it. Saute until they are light brown in color please don’t burn them.

Lasooni Palak

8. Pour the tempering over the cooked spinach. Garnish with rest of almond-walnut paste. Serve lasooni palak hot with roti Or rice. I don’t have a pic for this one.

Lasooni Palak

Lasooni Palak recipe card below:

5.0 from 1 reviews
Lasooni Palak Recipe- Garlic Spinach
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
20 mins
 
Lasooni Palak a healthy, simple dish which goes well with rice or jeera rice.
Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com
Recipe type: main, meals, vegan, vegetarian
RecipeCuisine: Indian Cuisine
Serves: 6 servings
recipeIngredient (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)
  • 1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp mustard oil for tempering
  • 1 bunch of spinach (cleaned, chopped and pureed into grinder with some
  • water)
  • 1 t/s cumin seed (jeera)
  • ¼ t/s mustard seed (rai)
  • ½ t/s turmeric powder (haldi)
  • 2 green chilies finely chopped
  • ½ tbsp ginger paste
  • 1 t/s garam masala powder
  • 1 t/s roasted cumin seed powder
  • 1 t/s fennel seed powder
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 medium sized tomatoes (chopped and pureed in grinder)
  • 8 to 10 almond + 7 to 8 walnut (chopped coarsely and pureed in grinder
  • with some water)
  • 12-14 garlic cloves chopped finely
  • 1 t/s dried pomegranate powder (anardana)
  • 1 t/s sugar
  • rock salt Or salt as per taste
How to make the recipe?
  1. Take a pan with oil place on medium heat. Once oil is hot saute cumin seed, mustard seed, bayleaf and sugar. I forgot to add earlier added bayleaf later.
  2. Once they crackle add green chilies. Saute for 30 secs more.
  3. Add spinach puree + tomato puree. Stir for some time simmer for 2 to 3 mins.
  4. Now it's time to add ginger paste, anardana powder, turmeric, fennel seed powder, roasted cumin seed powder and garam masala.
  5. Allow to cook until it starts bubbling. Now add almond+walnut paste.
  6. Give a nice stir and cook for 2 to 3 mins more. Lastly add salt for seasoning. Switch off the gas.
  7. Now take mustard oil and place on fire. Add chopped garlic to it.
  8. Saute until they are light brown in color please don't burn them.
  9. Pour the tempering over the cooked spinach. Serve lasooni palak hot with roti Or rice.
Notes
1. While frying garlic please don't burn them.
2. When you make spinach puree add some salt to this will help it to retain it's green color.
3. If you like more spice add dash of chilies.
4. If you don't like too much garlic add few of them as per your preference but garlic is good for you πŸ™‚
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Filed Under: Budget, Fast, Low Fat, vegan, Vegeterian Tagged With: Bachelor Recipes, Eggless Recipe, Vegan Dishes, Vegetarian Dishes

Comments

  1. Rupali says

    March 3, 2017 at 11:55 am

    I tried it.. Awasome recipe..

    Reply
    • maria says

      March 3, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      Welcome Rupali πŸ™‚ and thanks for positive feedback.

      Reply
  2. pallavi says

    March 11, 2015 at 6:11 pm

    Spinach…..delicate and tasty and so exotic coz of garlic…:)

    Reply
    • maria says

      March 12, 2015 at 10:49 am

      Thankyou Pallavi πŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. sheela says

    November 22, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    Hi, palak and tomato to be pureed after cooking or raw?. Please let me know. I love palak and haven’t got it right till now.
    Thanx.

    Reply
    • maria says

      November 23, 2014 at 1:23 pm

      Sheela palak and tomatoes are pureed raw separately. Hope this helps you πŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. surkhab says

    August 22, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    Looks Yummy, and its new for me, will try this soon πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • maria says

      August 22, 2013 at 11:24 pm

      Thanks Surkhab surely try πŸ™‚

      Reply
  5. veena says

    August 22, 2013 at 9:35 am

    healthy and comforting palak

    Reply
    • maria says

      August 22, 2013 at 10:36 pm

      Thanks Veena πŸ™‚

      Reply

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