Here is a nutritious recipe with palak, using coconut and pre-biotic curd, that is Palak tambuli. Palak recipes as tambuli is a healthy, cooling curd based recipe. It is simple, quick recipe and can takes 10 to 15 mins to prepare.
Basically tambuli is a riata type recipe. First of all, in Kannada ‘tambuli ‘ means ‘tampada huli’. This tambli is a part of every day meal in Karnataka, especially in Malnad, Udupi and Mangalore regions. This palak tambuli is not only tasty, but also healthy with essential nutrients & also with the goodness of spinach, coconut, yogurt and ayurvedic herbs.
How to prepare Palak/Spinach Tambuli
Firstly sauté the roughly chopped spinach in ghee. Also add little hing/asafoetida while frying. This is because, green leaves releases gas while sautéing. So to avoid this gas, add hing while sautéing any green leaves. Then grind this cooked spinach with grated coconut, cumin and black pepper. Also mix this blended paste with buttermilk or curd. Most importantly, buttermilk is always healthiest one rather than curd. finally give a coconut oil tempering. certainly you can use any oil for tempering, but coconut oil gives the nice flavor and excellent taste to the recipe.
More over spinach is one of the most nutritious food on the earth. Because this leafy vegetable is rich in water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, minerals, and a wide variety of phytonutrients. So include spinach/Palak into your meal plan and enjoy a variety of nutritional benefits. Recent studies shows that sautéing spinach is best able to retain its total carotenoid rather than steaming, boiling or frying.
Furthermore in this spinach tambuli, I have not boiled, steamed the spinach. Instead just sauté the spinach. Hence this is one of the healthiest recipe with palak to include in our diet.
Health benefits of Spinach/Palak
- It improves eye sight
- Treats macular degeneration
- Called a super food, rich source of minerals, vitamins, pigments, and phytonutrients
- Maintains the blood pressure
- Treats hemophilia
- Boosts metabolism
- Acts as anti-ulcerative
- Helps in reducing inflammation
- Helps to decrease oxidative stress
- It boosts bone health
Finally, do try our other recipes also
- Moringa juice for weight loss
- Lunch/Dinner recipes
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- Garlic tambuli
- Why to consume malabar spinach tambuli
Here is the healthy Palak tambuli with Step by Step instructions & Video:
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Ingredients
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1 cup palak/spinach roughly chopped
- 1/2 tsp hing
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- 1 tsp cumin
- 6 to 8 black pepper
- 1/2 cup buttermilk or curd
- 1/2 tsp salt
For tempering:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp hing/asafoetida
- 3 to 4 curry leaves
Instructions
Making of Palak/spinach Tambuli :
- Firstly heat a pan on moderate flame and add ghee. Once the ghee is melted up add chopped palak/spinach.
- Saute well for 2 to 3 mins. Then add little hing. This is because, while frying green leaf, it releases gas. So to avoid gas, here i have added hing.
- Again Saute it for a minute until palak shrinks in size. Then turn off the heat and allow to cool this completely.
- Next transfer this cooked palak to a blender and add grated coconut, cumin and black pepper.
- Add little water and blend to a fine paste.
- Then transfer this blended mixture to a bowl. Similarly add buttermilk or curd.
- Likewise add salt. Give it a good mix and keep it aside. Meanwhile we prepare tempering for tambuli.
- Heat a tempering pan and add coconut oil. Once the oil is hot enough, add mustard, cumin, hing and curry leaves.
- Saute well until it splutters. Turn off the heat and add prepared tempering to palak tambuli. Mix it well.
- Now the healthy, nutritious palak/spinach tambuli is ready.
- Serve this tambuli with hot rice with a spoonful of ghee.
Instructions
Making of Palak/spinach Tambuli :
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Firstly heat a pan on moderate flame and add ghee. Once the ghee is melted up add chopped palak/spinach.
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Saute well for 2 to 3 mins. Then add little hing. This is because, while frying green leaf, it releases gas. So to avoid gas, here i have added hing.
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Again Saute it for a minute until palak shrinks in size. Then turn off the heat and allow to cool this completely.
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Next transfer this cooked palak to a blender and add grated coconut, cumin and black pepper.
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Add little water and blend to a fine paste.
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Then transfer this blended mixture to a bowl. Similarly add buttermilk or curd.
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Likewise add salt. Give it a good mix and keep it aside. Meanwhile we prepare tempering for tambuli.
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Heat a tempering pan and add coconut oil. Once the oil is hot enough, add mustard, cumin, hing and curry leaves.
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Saute well until it splutters. Turn off the heat and add prepared tempering to palak tambuli. Mix it well.
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Now the healthy, nutritious palak/spinach tambuli is ready.
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Serve this tambuli with hot rice with a spoonful of ghee.
Disclaimer: The main purpose of these Ayurvedic recipes is just to provide the information about the home remedies, traditional & ancient recipes. Before trying anything please identify your body type (Dosha) like Vata, Pitta, Kapha & then try which will suit for you. More importantly, if you have a medical condition or pregnant or nursing, please consult a professional Ayurvedic doctor before taking anything. This website is just for information & educational purpose. We are just preparing the ancient Ayurvedic preparation.
