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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Matar Palak

Ingredients for the Recipe

• 1 bunch of spinach
• 1 cup of green peas
• 1 tomato
• 1 onion
• 1 boiled potato
• 3 to 4 green chillies
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• A pinch of asofetida
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Cut spinach leaves and wash them properly.
2. Boil the cut spinach for 10 minutes in a very little amount of water.
3. Allow to cool for sometime.Grind thecooled spinach alongwith the greenchillies to a fine paste.
4. This paste must be semiliauid.
5. Chop onion and tomatoes into small pieces.
6. Cut the boiled potato into evenly shaped cubes.
7. Heat oil in a pan.Add the cumin seeds and asofetida.
8. Add the onions,peas and tomatoes.
9. Fry for 2-3 mins.Add the potato cubes and allow to cook on medium flame for 5 mins.
10. Once the onions and tomatoes are cooked, add the spinach-chilli paste to the above.
11. Add turmeric powder and salt to taste.
12. Simmer it for 10 minutes.