Palak Bajji/Spinach Curry/Palak Gojju: Tangy, Spicy & Garlicy

Want to enjoy a meal during sore throat, cold & cough? Prepare palak bajji & enjoy any boring meal. It has the perfect ingredients to give a high to your taste buds. Great news about this curry is, when refrigerated it stays up to a month.

Ingredients: (For around 2 cups of curry)

Spinach/Palak: 3 big bunches (Around 300 grams)

Garlic: 5 pods

Amtekayi: 3 nos (Since this is not available outside India, substitute with a medium grape sized tamarind).

Green chillies: 6 nos, more or less

Salt: According to taste

For tempering:

Oil: 1 tbsp, preferably coconut oil

Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

Garlic: 4 pods, minced or sliced

Curry leaves: 8-10nos

Method:

• Wash the spinach leaves along with the stem thoroughly in water. Chop the leaves & the tender stem coarsely. 
• Add less than 1/2 cup of water to the chopped spinach leaves. To this add garlic, amtekayi or tamarind, green chillies & salt. 
• Boil on medium-high heat for 10mins or pressure cook for 1 whistle.  Allow them to cool. 
• Once cooled, puree the mixture. 
• Heat oil in a pan. When oil is hot, throw in mustard seeds followed by garlic & curry leaves. Saute till the leaves wilt & garlic turns golden brown.
• Add the spinach puree & adjust the seasoning. Boil on a medium-low heat for 10-15mins until the flavors blend in.
• Enjoy with ganji/porridge, rice or dosa.

Notes:

• If amtekayi is used: After boiling the amtekayi, squeeze out the juice & discard the hard portion.
• Ganji/Kanji/Porridge & this curry is a classic combination.