Hari Bhaji
Author:
EasyRecipes .
Recipe type: Curries
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
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Vegetables made with fresh herbs.
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups finely chopped spinach (palak)
- 1 tbsp chopped dill (shepu / suva bhaji)
- 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves (phudina)
- a few drops lemon juice
- a pinch of baking soda
- 1 capsicum, chopped
- 1½ cups boiled mixed vegetables
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tomato , chopped
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
- 1 tsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp oil
- salt to taste
- To be ground into a paste no.1
- 4 cloves of garlic (lehsun)
- 12 mm. (1/2") piece ginger (adrak)
- 3 green chillies
- To be ground into a paste no.2
- 1 tbsp cashewnuts (kaju)
- 1 tbsp poppy seeds (khus-khus)
- For the topping
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
Instructions
- Cook the spinach, dill mint, lemon juice and soda bi-carb with ½ teacup of water.
- When cooked, blend in a liquidiser.
- Heat the oil and fry the onion until golden. Then add the paste no.1 and fry for a few seconds. Add the kasuri methi, coriander-cumin seeds powder and garam masala and fry for a few seconds.
- Then add the vegetables, capsicum, tomato, a little water and salt and cook for a few minutes. Add the spinach mixture, paste no.2 and the butter and cook for a few minutes.
- Serve hot topped with coriander leaves.