Spinach mash

Name: Spinach mash
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups freshly picked purslane or other spinach; 6-8 shallots or 1 med onion; 2 green chilies; 1/2 cup cooked, mashed toor or moong dal; 2 cloves garlic optional; salt to taste; Tempering Ingredients; 1 tbsp Oil/ghee; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp urad dal; 1 tsp Cumin seeds optional

5 steps

Prep:30minCook:15min

This is a simple spinach dish that comes together in 15 mins, in the time it takes rice to be ready. Can be made with any green suitable to cook, such as spinach. I've used purslane or paruppu keerai as it's known in Tamil since I grow it. It grows very easily. All parts of the plant are edible, including the very pretty yellow flowers. There are many varieties of purslane with different colored flowers, and I was told the one with the yellow flowers was the one most used in cooking. It can be sauteed with salt and garlic, or sprinkled on salads, or, as I've done here, cooked with onions, chilies, and dals to make a wholesome dish to be eaten with rice. (I am not qualified to give medical advice, but I'm told it is high in oxalates, so if you're watching oxalate intake which may cause kidney stones, go easy on it.)

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:08:58 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories151.3 kcal (8%)

Total Fat5.9 g (8%)

Carbs21.2 g (8%)

Sugars6.3 g (7%)

Protein5.5 g (11%)

Sodium283.1 mg (14%)

Fiber4.1 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

3 servings

2 cupspurslane

freshly picked, or other spinach

6shallots

or 1 med onion

2green chilies

½ cuptoor dal

cooked, mashed, or moong

2 clovesgarlic

optional

salt

to taste

1 Tbspoil

1 tspmustard seeds

1 tspurad dal

1 tspCumin seeds

optional

Instructions

Step 1

Chop onions and tomatoes roughly. Smash garlic if using. Slit green chilies.

Step 2

If you don't have cooked dal, cook some toor or moong dal. I typically pressure cook dal in 1:3 dal to water ratio, with a drizzle of oil and turmeric, for roughly 12 minutes.

Step 3

Heat a pan, add oil. Add mustard seeds. When spluttered, add the rest of the tempering ingredients.

Step 4

Add onions, a bit of salt for the onions and saute until slightly translucent. Follow with tomatoes, chilies and saute a couple of minutes.

Step 5

Add the keerai (spinach) and saute. They cook very quickly. When wilted, add salt. Add the mashed dal with a little bit of water to desired consistency (for a soup, add more water, for a curry as a side, add less) and mash it all together. Cook for a couple of minutes.

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