Swetha’s Cookbook

Palak Kheema

This is a north Indian dish and   a health packed recipe.  Both palak and kheema are good for health. Yesterday I found spinach sitting in my fridge for a long time and thought of finishing it. On weekends for sure I will cook nonveg, so I thought of preparing palak kheema this weekend.

Ingredients:

Spinach-2 big bunches
Mutton kheema-1/2 kg
Spring onions-1fist (finely chopped)
Onion (small)-1(finely chopped)
Chilli powder-1 1/2tsp+1tbsp
Garam masala-1 1/4 tsp
Daniya powder-3/4 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste-2tsp
Coriander leaves-1 fist (finely chopped)
Turmeric-1/4 tsp
Salt-to taste
Oil-2tbsp
Water-1cup
Dry coconut powder-2tsp
Lemon-1/2 piece.
Green chillies-4(slit length wise)

Pre-process:

Take a pressure cooker and add in kheema, 1tbsp chillipowder, water and cook for 3 whistles.
Clean spinach bunches by separating leaves and stem. Chop palak finely.

Palak Kheema1

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a cast iron wok and add onions and fry for 2 minutes till onions are golden brown.
2. Add ginger garlic paste, turmeric and fry till raw smell of ginger garlic paste goes away.
3. Add daniya powder, garammasala, green chillies, and green onions and mix nicely and fry for 1 minute.
4. Add in palak, salt and mix well a n cook for 1-2 minutes.
5. Add kheema and fry for 2 minutes.
6. Add 1 1/2tsp chill powder and mix and fry till curry becomes dry,i.e cook till all the water released from palak goes away.
7. Add dry coconut powder and mix.
8. Sprinkle lemon juice and mix. Switch off stove immediately after adding lemon juice.

Serving ideas:
Goes well with rice and roti.

Note:

1. If you don’t have a cast iron wok you can use nonstick pan.
2. You can decrease or increase lemon juice according to your taste.

1. jyothi Says:
   February 24th, 2009 at 1:24 am

   hello,

   you have a great blog, so many dishes to try put, you are really great sharing these superb recipes. Can we have some dry non-veg recipes



2. swetha Says:
   February 24th, 2009 at 6:39 am

   hi jyothi
   firstly thanks for your heartful comments.next upcoming recipe is a dry chicken item and for sure i will post more dry non-veg recipes like thai chicken wings and roasted chicken legs.so keep checking my blog.
   cheers
   swetha



3. jyothi Says:
   February 24th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

   thank you for your immediate reply.

   i will defenetely check your blog dalily twice, i have already prepared chicken curry toda and to turned out superbbbbbbbbbb, thanks for such a great recipe.

   Waiting for more recipes on your website.

   jyothi



4. swetha Says:
   February 24th, 2009 at 9:02 pm

   hi jyothi
   thank you for trying my recipe.look forward for more recipes.
   cheers,
   swetha