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 basedΒ  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 TambliΒ  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,Β Palak Sev, Spinach Chutney, Spinach Kofta Curry,Β Palak Paneer Wrap, Nawabi green cutlets

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Palak Tambli

Palak tambli is a tasty and nutritious side dish from South Canara region. 

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

Method
 

  1. Clean the spinach leaves, discard the stalk. Cut the leaves. Wash them and put in a colander for sometime.
  2. 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.
  3. Once it cools, grind them along with coconut.
  4. Remove in a bowl. Add salt to it. Whisk the curd and put it.
  5. Make seasoning. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeeds, as it splutters, add turmeric powder and asafoetida and pour it over the tambli.
  6. Spinach tambli is ready to serve.

Notes

  • Use fresh curds. Do not add water to it.
  • Adjust the green chilly as per your taste.
  1. Remove the stalk and cut the spinach leaves.
  2. 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.
  3. Grind them along with coconut.
  4. Whisk the curd and put it. Add salt and mix.
  5. Make seasoning. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as they splutter, put turmeric powder and asafoetida, pour it over the tambli.
  6. Palak tambli is ready to serve.
palak tambli

palak tambli

palak tambli

palak tambli

This post is part of Winter Special at Healthy Well Cuisines. Here are a few other recipes by other co-bloggers

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Palak Tambli

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