Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped Spinach/Palakura
- 2 cups Buttermilk
- 1 sp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 sp Turmeric Powder
- Salt to taste
For Paste :
- 2 sp Besan/Chickpea Flour
- fistful Fresh Coconut
- 2 Green Chillies
- 1 sp chopped Ginger
For Popu :
- 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 sp Cumin Seeds
- 1/2 sp Chana Dal
- 1/2 sp Urad Dal
- 2 Red Chillies
- 1 pinch Hing
- chopped Coriander Leaves
- few Curry Leaves
Instructions
Clean and wash the spinach leaves well under running water and drain. After that chop them into small pieces. Mix all above the paste ingredients and blend into a smooth paste with little water. Then add the ground paste, salt to buttermilk and mix well, keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan add popu ingredients and fry, once done add curry leaves, chopped spinach and stir well. Sprinkle a little water if needed and cook with cover for 5 mins on low-medium flame, stirring occasionally.
Add turmeric powder, little salt and fry, once spinach/palak is cooked well, add in buttermilk mix, red chilli powder and mix well.
Continue to cook for a couple of mins on medium flame, add chopped coriander leaves and mix well. When done turn off the flame and transfer into a serving bowl, now spinach buttermilk stew/palak majjiga pulusu is ready and serve hot with steamed white rice.