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Spinach Raita-Palak ka raita

September 16, 2011 by PadhuSankar 23 Comments

Raita is a very simple, tasty Indian salad made with yoghurt and seasoned with herbs and spices. It is prepared by mixing vegetables or fruits with beaten curd and requires no expertise. Its cooling properties make it a perfect accompaniment with spicy dishes. Today let us learn how to prepare palak ka raita using our easy palak raita/spinach pachadi recipe.

Spinach raita-palak ka raita

Spinach Raita-Palak ka raita


Spinach Raita-Palak ka raita

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 10 mins 
 Serves: 2
 Recipe Category: Side Dish
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Spinach tightly packed – 2 cups
   Plain yoghurt/curd -1 cup
   Salt to taste

   For Seasoning

   Oil – 2 tsp
   Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
   Green chilli – 1 finely chopped
   Onion – 1 finely chopped

   For Garnishing

   Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Method


Remove the thick stem of spinach and discard it. Use the leaves alone. Wash the leaves and chop it finely.

Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add finely chopped onions and green chilli.

Sauté for a few minutes, then add spinach leaves and cook till it wilts which takes only a few minutes. Leave it to cool.

Whisk curd and add to the above. Add salt needed and mix it well.

Garnish with roasted cumin powder and serve chilled with any pulao or biryani.

For roasted cumin powder – Dry roast cumin seeds in a pan on medium heat. Once you get a nice aroma of  roasted cumin seeds, switch off the heat. Let it cool completely. Then powder it finely.

More Spinach/Palak recipes

Aloo Palak

Dal Palak

Palak Paneer

Spinach Paratha (palak paratha)

Meet you all again with more interesting recipes, until then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen.com

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Comments

  1. Chandrani

    September 16, 2011 at 6:39 am

    Flavourful healthy raita.

    Reply
  2. Kalyani's Platter

    September 16, 2011 at 6:39 am

    looks delicious ……

    Reply
  3. Tina

    September 16, 2011 at 6:48 am

    Healthy and easy raita…

    Reply
  4. S.Menaga

    September 16, 2011 at 7:39 am

    Easy n superb raita..

    Reply
  5. Priti

    September 16, 2011 at 10:23 am

    Yum that's one healthy raita…

    Reply
  6. Sayantani

    September 16, 2011 at 11:15 am

    never had this but want to make next time am makinf raita.

    Reply
  7. Suja

    September 16, 2011 at 11:45 am

    Spinach raitha is new to me,looks awesome..perfect with rice

    Reply
  8. Priya

    September 16, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    Healthy and delicious raita..

    Reply
  9. Prathima Rao

    September 16, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Healthy & refreshing!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  10. Alpana

    September 16, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    V healthy Raita…….

    Reply
  11. Laxmi

    September 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    healthy raita, haven't tried with spinach..

    Reply
  12. GEETHA ACHAL

    September 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Healthy raita…Good for any variety Rice…

    Reply
  13. Uma

    September 16, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    Healthy version raitha looks so inviting!

    Cheers,
    Uma

    Reply
  14. ente pachakasala

    September 16, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    yummy n healthy

    Reply
  15. soujanya

    September 16, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    flavourful raita….liked it…

    Reply
  16. Sobha Shyam

    September 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    lovely and healthy raita, love it..

    Reply
  17. divya

    September 16, 2011 at 10:26 pm

    Woww… so tempting and delicious.. looks awesome dear.. thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  18. Aruna Manikandan

    September 17, 2011 at 8:00 am

    Healthy delicious raita dear 🙂

    Reply
  19. Ramya

    September 17, 2011 at 9:40 am

    That is one yummy looking raita:-) Healthy for sure!

    Reply
  20. Kaveri

    September 17, 2011 at 10:41 am

    Nice recipe..never thought of making raita with palak

    Reply
  21. Premalatha Aravindhan

    September 17, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    Delicious and healthy raita,luks yum…

    Reply
  22. Muskaan at A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine

    September 17, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    This is one healthy raita..

    Cheers
    Muskaan

    Reply
  23. schmetterlingwords

    September 17, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    I usually make stir fry or keerai masiyal. Raita is something new out of spinach.. Good idea 🙂

    Reply

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