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“Paalak Bhareet” (Serves 2)
The Superbowl’s here and we’re having company. I am all set for a fun evening with friends, pizza (from Grimaldi’s), and those over-the-top Superbowl commercials! One of the sides I have to serve with appetizers this evening is “Paalak Bhareet” or Spinach in Yoghurt.
My mom would often make this delicious and cooling side dish with spicy lentils and rice. As children, my sister and I would eat this by the bowl. It’s really the perfect way of getting greens into your kids’ diet. The vegetables typically used are eggplant (where the eggplant is roasted), spinach and pumpkin. Growing up, one of these 3 kinds would be a regular at the dinner table. I was thrilled to watch my daughter enjoy it the same way I used to. This one is a keeper!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups of cleaned and roughly chopped spinach
- 1 cup of yogurt- I use Dannon fat free
- 1/2 Thai green chilly ( you an use a green jalepeno)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
- salt to taste
Method:
Clean and wash the spinach well. Roughly chop it.
Take a small vessel and add the spinach and green chilly to it. Cover and keep on low flame for 8 to 10 minutes or till the spinach wilts.
Off the fire, mash with a fork.
Take yogurt in a small glass bowl. Add sugar and salt to taste and mix until very smooth. Add the spinach and mix.
Garnish with chiffonade of 1/2 a spinach leaf and green chilly. Keep in refrigerator until ready to eat. Enjoy!
Note: Chiffonade is a way of cutting herbs like basil into long, thin strips. Roll the leaf tightly and cut into strips.
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Nice one Asmita, how the same thing is called different names in different households we call it palak koshimbir and sometimes may be sprinkled with roasted crushed peanuts.
Oh I love love love spinach when it is covered in something else. I made spinach dip for our party yesterday. I love this recipe as it is easy enough for me, and it has the pepper for heat and the sugar for sweet. I will definitely try this soon:)
Hmm, looks delicius.
I also didn’t know what chiffonade meant before, now I know, thank you
I was all about superbowl commercials too but a bit disappointed this year. These Spinach with yogurt paalak bhareet sounds delicious. can’t wait to try it out. Wish you a wonderful week ahead.
I love any delicious spinach filled dish!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
A healthy and delicious yogurt dish. The spinach has given it such a beautiful green colour.
this has my name written all over it! LOVE
I love yogurt sauces. This looks great!
This is so beautiful and combines all my favorite flavors!
I wouldn’t fill guilty about eating this at all! What a delicious and healthy little dip and so easy! Hope you had fun at your Super bowl party!
i have had regular raita with biryani but that didn’t have spinach. this is a fantastic idea! i need to tell my mom about it…heheh
I know, usually biryani it is an onion, tomato raita but this time I changed it a bit. It tasted so good with it.
Very nicely presented, delicious and healthy..
This look lovely, I’ve had the eggplant version at friends’ house, would you make it the same way?
wow, this looks amazing.. i’ve heard about making raita with cucumbers and potatoes, but never with spinach. bookmarking this.. can’t wait to make it with a simple pulao dish. YUM!
Wow, I really like this! I haven’t seen greens in this sort of dish before – totally love the idea. Really good stuff – thanks.
I could snack on this anytime
Asmita, this dish sounds delicious…I can’t wait to try it.
A delicious dip/sauce. Healthy and delicious.
Cheers,
Rosa
Asmilta, this dip sounds and looks delicious, I like the spicy and sweet…my taste buds thank you for this.
Hope you are having a fabulous week!
To be honest with you I have never eaten this or have heard about it. It looks quite similar to the spinach dip.
What a healthy and delicious dip! I can eat extra chapati if this is served…
Not only does this look tasty, it’s one of the healthiest Super Bowl snacks I’ve seen. It looks fabulous!
This looks like a delicious dip..one that I will surely love!
That looks great Asmita and it must be so cooling to the stomache. Whats the meaning of bhareet alone? Its not yogurt right, I thought yogurt is dahi and here everybody calls dahi curd, yogurt.