- in a bowl put 200g spinach and hot water for 5 minutes (blanching)
- chop
- 2 onions (2 white or 1 white and 1 red)
- 1 tomato
- 1 chilli (long cut)
- start frying in a wok on high heat (9) with 2 spoons oil
- add 1/2 spoon jeera (cumin seeds)
- add onions and chilli and reduce to medium heat (7)
- when onions are brownish, add tomato and reduce heat to 6
- when tomato is softish, add
- 1/2 spoon ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 spoon chilli powder
- 1/4 spoon haldi (turmeric powder)
- 1/4 spoon garam masala
- 1 spoon dhaniya jeera powder (coriander and cumin seeds)
- drain and blend spinach for 10 seconds
- note, you can keep the water for cooking another dish, because it will have dissolved a lot of the nutrients from the spinach
- when fried, add spinach
- [optional] add extras depending on variation eg.
- paneer
- channa (chick peas)
- chicken
- add 1/2 spoon salt
- cook for 5-7 minutes