Friday, April 13, 2012

SAI BHAJI (Sindhi Palak)


Ingredients:
Palak (spinach)........ 1 bunch
Onion ........................ 1 chopped
Tomato ..................... 1 chopped
Carrot ....................... 1 chopped finely
Potato ....................... 1 chopped finely
Green chillies ........... 2
Ginger paste ............ 1 tsp
Chana dal .................. 1/4 cup (soaked)
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Dry mango powder 1tsp (or) tamarind juice 1 tbsp.
Salt to taste
Oil
For tempering:
Garlic .................. 4-5 pieces (Crushed)
Red chilli powder ......... 1 tsp.
Garam masala .............. 1 tsp.
Method:
1. In a pan, take a little oil, saute the ginger, onion for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the chopped potato, carrot, green chilli and tomato, stir fry for 2 minutes.
3. Add the chopped palak and the soaked chana dal, salt, turmeric and enough water to cook. Simmer till done.You can do this by checking the chana dal.(you can cook in a pressure cooker also) Now add the tamarind juice or mango powder.
4. Mash the palak and add the tempering.
Linking to: CWF - Spinach @ Cooks' Joy & Sumadhura

9 comments:

sagar said...

kabhi aap bana ke khilayen to kuch baat bane kyonki jahir si baat hai ki aap ki aap ke haathon ka sawaad kisi our ke haath me ho na ho.....so i hope one day will...

Shobha said...

Sagar ji
Main aap ki baat se sehmat nahin hoon,
Har kisi ke haath ka ek alag hi swaad hota hai ....aur acha hota hai.
Cooking ka to bas mera shauk hai ..so main apni recipes sab ke saath share karna chahati hoon.
And thanks for the compliments and also visiting my blog.
Shobha.

lindoooooooooooooo said...

Hi Shobha,
great blog, tried your sai bhaji recipe...........came out good(Aj loved it)keep posting all the wonderful recipes that you have....
Parabens.
Rashmi

Shobha said...

Dear Rashmi,
I am so glad...you visited my blog...tried out my recipe...and liked it.
We miss you guys a lot.
I sure will continue posting recipes regularly.
Thanks and regards,
Shobha.

Jay said...

wow...nice pic with great recipe Shoba..
Tasty appetite

Saraswathi Iyer said...

Thanks for the lovely entry.

Vardhini said...

Loving all your spinach recipes Shoba. Thx for linking to the event.

Vardhini
CooksJoy

Leila said...

this is by far the best saibhaji recipe. I've tried in the past but it was just okay.today i cooked your recipe and it was delicious to say the least. thank you Shobha

Anonymous said...

This dish is my childhood fav! Do you not use any dill or anything khatta in your sai bhaji?

I've never made it without but now that Ive seen this, I will try it.