Name: Garlic Spinach Massiyal
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 medium bunches spinach, stemmed and roughly chopped; ½ lemon-size tamarind ball (taken from a tamarind brick) or 1 tablespoon tamarind pulp; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon rice flour, mixed with ¼ cup (50 ml) water; 3 or 4 dried red chiles, stemmed and broken in half; 4 green chiles, stemmed and slit; 12 to 15 cloves garlic, sliced; 10 to 12 fresh curry leaves; ¼ cup (50 ml) sesame oil; ¼ teaspoon black mustard seeds; 1 tablespoon dhuli urad dal (split skinless black gram)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook Indian

By Sanjeev Kapoor

Published 2011

About

If you love your greens, this spinach stir-fry will win your heart.

Ingredients

4 medium bunches spinach, stemmed and roughly chopped
2 teaspoons salt
½

Asia
India
Main course
Spicy
Vegan

Method

Pour 2 cups (400 ml) water in a deep pan, add 1 teaspoon of the salt, and soak the spinach leaves to remove the bitterness. Drain well in a colander.
Put the tamarind in a