Palak Tambli is a popular dish from South Canara cuisine. It is regularly prepared in daily menu. It tastes good with hot steamed rice.
Winter is my most loved season, pleasant climate, waking up to a nail biting cold day and have plenty of fresh vegetables and green vegetables. Spinach, fenugreek, cilantro, mint are all farm fresh and smell so good.
Tambli is a dish from South Canara cuisine. It is yoghurt based dip like with a green leaf, coconut and few other ingredients. Tambli can be made using different green leaf and vegetables as Spinach, Fenugreek, Ginger, Cucumber to name a few.
Palak Tambli is tasty and makes a good accompaniment with hot steamed rice. With fresh spinach available, do try this.
Let’s get to the recipe of Palak Tambli.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup chopped spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoon fresh coconut
- 3 green chilli
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 cup whisked curd
- 1 teaspoon oil
For the seasoning
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
- 1/8 teaspoon asafoetida
- 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
A few spinach recipes that I have : Corn Palak, Spinach Salad, Palak Sev, Spinach Chutney, Spinach Kofta Curry, Palak Paneer Wrap, Nawabi green cutlets
Palak Tambli
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoon fresh coconut
- 3 green chilli
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 cup whisked curd
- 1 teaspoon oil
For the seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
- 1/8 teaspoon asafoetida
- 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
Instructions
- Clean the spinach leaves, discard the stalk. Cut the leaves. Wash them and put in a colander for sometime.
- Take a little oil, saute the green chilli, put them aside in a plate, roast cumin for few seconds. Put it aside along with green chilli. Now,saute the spinach leaves for two minutes.
- Once it cools, grind them along with coconut.
- Remove in a bowl. Add salt to it. Whisk the curd and put it.
- Make seasoning. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeeds, as it splutters, add turmeric powder and asafoetida and pour it over the tambli.
- Spinach tambli is ready to serve.
Notes
- Use fresh curds. Do not add water to it.
- Adjust the green chilly as per your taste.
- Remove the stalk and cut the spinach leaves.
- Take a little oil and saute the green chilli, put them aside in a plate, roast cumin for a few seconds. Put it aside along with green chilly. Now, saute the spinach leaves for the two minutes.
- Grind them along with coconut.
- Whisk the curd and put it. Add salt and mix.
- Make seasoning. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as they splutter, put turmeric powder and asafoetida, pour it over the tambli.
- Palak tambli is ready to serve.
palak tambli
palak tambli
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That’s a good share , that’s colour is lovely .
Yummmm! The Palak Tambli looks and sounds so delicious! 🙂 I’d love to try this out some time.
Ooo, yumm! My favorite Konkani dish to enjoy with rice! Awesome share dear <3
Thankyou
Aahhh amazing. Palak Tambil looks and sounds mouthwatering… Very new for me but me sure its super delicious.
Thankyou Ruchi, do try it.
An interesting recipe for me, have not tried it but its definitely sounds so delicious. Would just go perfectly with some soft rotis or rice.
Thanks Mayuri, it is usually served only with rice.
Wow! Palak tambli is something very new for me. Looks very tempting.
Thankyou Shalu
Palak tambil is something new for me. But the ingredients you have used here i am sure it would have been taste great and also so much easy to prepare. I will surely try this recipe… bookmarking it. Thanks for sharing this Jayashree!! Love it😊
Thankyou Geetanjali, do give a try, I am sure you will like it.
This is such a lovely recipe, I love the green colour of thsi simple recipe. I will surely make it whan i get bcak