Spinach Curry

This is one of the my mom's go to vegetable curry's cook. Growing up it was either okra with potatoes or it was this spinach curry. It requires few ingredients but it is hearty and satisfying. It can be paired with kichdi (with papadum) and roti.

Ingredients:

4 bunches of spinach

4 tomatoes

2 onions

7 garlic clove

2 tbsp oil

1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds

1 tsp cumin 

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp tomato paste

1 tsp lemon juice

salt to taste

Method:

To start boil tomatoes, and then peel skin off and roughly cut into medium size pieces. Add tomatoes and garlic cloves in a food processor and make it into a puree.

On a high heat add oil, and then fenugreek seeds and cumin. After couple of minutes add finely chopped onion and turn the heat to medium/low.

Once the onions are translucent add the tomato-garlic puree, turmeric, and salt. Let the mixture cook for few minutes and then add tomato paste, lemon juice, and spinach. Cook for another 15 minutes (approximately) until the spinach is cooked properly.

Cilantro Chicken with Ginger-Garlic

I am always looking for recipes that do not take a lot of effort but taste delicious. Today I made cilantro chicken with ginger-garlic paste. It is very simplistic recipe requiring only few ingredients but definitely packs punch.

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 1.5 hr 

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken (~5.5 lbs)
1 heaping tbsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 bunch of cilantro
1/2 tsp turmeric
3.5 tbsp olive oil
1.5 tbsp lemon juice
salt to taste

Method:

In a food processor add ginger garlic paste, cilantro, turmeric, olive oil, lemon juice and salt to make a paste.

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Place chicken in a baking dish; pour mixture and coat well on both sides. I marinated my chicken the day before but it is not necessary to do so. Cover the chicken with a foil, cook in oven for 1.5 hrs (or until done). Remove the foil last 30 minutes.

Turkey Patties

It's been awhile since I have made a blog post although I do think about posting almost daily but things have been hectic that I have just not gotten around to it. It seems like a forever ago since my last post. But here is fast and easy recipe to start off the year.

Makes: ~13
Ingredients:

2 lbs of ground turkey

1 bunch of cilantro

A few springs of mint

¼ tsp turmeric

2 tsp of dhana jeera masala

1 tsp of black pepper

1 small chopped onion

1 cup panko

2 tsp ginger garlic paste

1.5 tbsp Kashmiri chili  

Method:

In a large bowl add all the above ingredients, starting with ground turkey, dry masala, ginger garlic paste, panko, mint, chopped onion, cilantro, black pepper and kashmiri chili (for color). Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

Divide the mixture in equal parts to form burger patties.

I have a large George Foreman Grill, which is what I used to cook the patties. I find it quick, easy and are done in 4-5 minutes. Easy-peasy!