I often like to have variety soup’s
which makes me feel fresh and energetic. One of my favorite which I like most
is palak soup. This is really very easy to prepare with few common ingredients
which is always there in my pantry. The best moment for me to have soup is when
it rains heavily throughout the day with dark cloudy environment. Being a
native of coastal Karnataka where there will be four months heavy rainfall, I
always like munching hot fritters with hot fiery soup’s.
Here is a recipe of spinach/palak
soup I hope you will all like. Also do check other soup recipes such as
restaurant style Tomato Soup, Cabbage Soup.
Preparation Time : 15 min
Cooking Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
English Name For Ingredients
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Hindi Names For Ingredients
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Quantity
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Spinach Chopped
|
कटा हुआ पालक पत्ता
|
2 Cups
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Garlic Cloves
|
लहसुन
|
5-6
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Onion
|
प्याज
|
1 Large
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Bay Leaf
|
तेज पत्ता
|
1
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Cumin Powder
|
जीरा पाउडर
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½ tsp
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Gram Flour
|
बेसन
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1 tbsp
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Butter or olive oil
|
मक्खन या जैतून का तेल
|
1.5 tbsp
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Crushed Black Pepper
|
कालीमिर्च का पाउडर
|
As required
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Water
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पानी
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2 Cups Water or as required
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Salt
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नमक
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To taste
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Preparation :
1.Rinse spinach leaves
and roughly chop them. Keep aside.
2.Heat a kadai and add
butter or oil for seasoning. Add finely chopped garlic, bay leaf and finely
chopped onions.
3. Saute them till
onion turns soft and golden. Add roughly chopped spinach leaves mix well and
allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. The spinach leaves
become pale and transparent. Now add gram flour, salt and water and boil till
spinach leaves are partially cooked.
5. Add cumin powder and
crushed black pepper, allow it to boil for few more seconds and turn off the
flame.
6. Let this mixture get
completely cooled. In a blender add this mixture and blend till you get smooth
puree.
7.Transfer the puree
to the same kadai and boil them in a medium flame. Add water if the puree is
too thick and adjust till you get soup consistency. Add salt and pepper powder
if required as per your taste.
8. Serve hot soup
sprinkled with crushed black pepper or topped with paneer, grated cheese or
with cream.
Note :
1.Gram flour is the
reason to get a perfect soup consistency.
2. You can add corn flour or all purpose flour
instead of gram flour.
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