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    Home » chutney

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: June 29, 2009 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Palakoora Pachadi ~ Spinach Chutney

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    Ingredients for Spinach ChutneyIndredients :Two big bunches of Spinach/Palakura
    One Onion ( cut into big pieces )
    A little tamarind
    1 teaspoon of Coriander seeds
    1 teaspoon of urad dal
    6 or 7 red chillies
    ¼ teaspoon of mustard seeds
    ¼ teaspoon of cumin seeds
    A pinch of turmeric
    3 or 4 fenugreek seeds
    salt to taste
    6 teaspoon of oil

    Method :

    Remove the stems from spinach and wash it. Cut spinach leaves into pieces and keep aside. Heat 5 teaspoons of oil in a pan. Add coriander seeds, urad dal, red chilli, fenugreek and fry until golden red. Remove them to a plate. In the same pan add spinach, tamarind, turmeric and fry them on low flame for 5 minutes. Stir and cook till spinach is completely cooked. When they turn light green, take it out. Grind the fried ingredients to a fine paste. Then add spinach and grind into a fine paste. Lastly add onion pieces to the spinach mixture. Blenderise it again. Take it out and add salt. Heat one spoon of oil in a pan for seasoning. And add mustard, curry leaves one red chilli and cumin seeds. Let them sputter. Add this popu to the chutney and serve with hot rice or roti.

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    1. ARUNA says

      June 29, 2009 at 2:57 pm

      its a very healthy dish chandana....i think once a week we should eat spinach, its so good for health!

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    2. Laavanya says

      June 29, 2009 at 4:06 pm

      I've only made this with gongura before but what a great idea to use spinach - esp. because we don't find gongura that often. Bookmarking to try.

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    3. ganga says

      June 29, 2009 at 4:54 pm

      Healthy Pachadi and good blog

      Reply
    4. Nithya says

      June 29, 2009 at 5:29 pm

      Chaala baagundhi... nice dish, visiting you for the first time. Lovely blog. keep it going. 🙂

      Reply
    5. Preety says

      June 30, 2009 at 2:10 am

      i have some spinach will give this a try

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    6. sangi says

      June 30, 2009 at 7:44 am

      This is really new to me..healthy..tnx

      Reply
    7. VineelaSiva says

      June 30, 2009 at 4:41 am

      Nice and Healthy chutney Chandana.

      Reply
    8. Varunavi says

      June 30, 2009 at 6:35 am

      Wow chutney with palakura,first venanu.Try chestanu 🙂

      Reply
    9. Priya says

      June 30, 2009 at 7:33 am

      Wow chutney with spinach, looks very great Chandana!

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    10. Chitra says

      June 30, 2009 at 10:22 am

      sounds yumm..have bookmarked it!!

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