Description
Rich green soup exploding with iron/vitamins, boiling massive spinach (Palak) into paste with cumin, garlic, a little bean flour (Besan).
Restaurants serving Palak Soup (Rich Spinach Green Soup)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Spinach
- Chickpea flour
- Onion
- Garlic
- Cumin powder
- Black pepper
- Lemon juice
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients]
- bunch spinach (~200g), 1/
- onion,
- garlic clove,
- tbsp Besan (chickpea flour),
- tsp cumin powder, black pepper, salt, 300ml water,
- tsp oil (or butter), lemon juice pinch.
- Wash spinach (Palak) well, boil briefly
- min in hot water (color stopping), instantly move to cold water, squeeze moisture lightly.
- Heat
- tsp oil in pan, fry minced garlic and onions fragrantly.
- Here, to add natural thickness/richness (protein) to soup, add
- tbsp 'Besan (chickpea flour)', frying together on low until powdery feel vanishes and savory smell rises (*Diet secret avoiding heavy cream/wheat flour).
- Put boiled spinach, fried onions, little water in mixer, making smooth beautiful emerald green paste.
- Return paste to pot, add remaining water and heat, seasoning with cumin powder, black pepper, salt.
- When soup warms, remove from heat, squeeze little lemon juice to tighten flavor. Spooning reveals gooey potage-like texture via bean flour power, garlic/cumin completely erasing spinach grassiness. Low calorie full of iron, magic detox soup making next morning's skin shine.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Cumin、Black pepper
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Komatsuna or kale (blend in mixer as leafy green sub)
Pairing
Whole wheat Roti、Quinoa salad
Trivia
[Hardcore] Soup tailored by shaving high-fat/calorie cheese/heavy cream to limit from famous 'Saag Paneer (spinach cheese curry)'. Indian cuisine tech 'thickening with Besan (chickpea flour)' is ultimate cooking method in diet foods, drastically suppressing carbs/fats while adding protein compared to Western potages using wheat roux (butter/flour).
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Drop just 1 tbsp 'unsweetened plain yogurt' on soup, adding acidity/creaminess while enjoying green/white marble patterns!
Allergen
Soy (Chickpea flour)