Vegetable palak is made by adding mixed vegetables in palak gravy. Palak paneer is most popular palak based gravy, but I am loving this vegetable palak these days as it's great alternate for paneer.
I had long time wish to try Diwani Handi like we get in Kailash pharbat. It is so rich, delicious and flavourful side dish. Usually I somehow guess the ingredients in a dish served at restaurants. This was really bit complicated to guess. I searched in the same name as Diwani handi in the internet, but nothing was convincing to match the taste.
So I decided why not try making in palak paneer style. I didn’t want to do in the same style gravy (palak base gravy). So tried bit different from the usual palak gravy. This one is without tomatoes. I have used curd in place of tomato. Other than my mutter paneer, I don’t like to add curd in the gravies. But I thought curd in this gravy should go well.
And it turned out really yummy. Aj loved this a lot. We all enjoyed this gravy with the other items as you have seen in my Lunch menu 61.
Other palak recipes :
Dal palak
Palak soup
Aloo palak
Palak paneer
Veg kofta in palak gravy
Palak kichdi
Palak pakora
Palak Poori
Easy palak paratha
Palak baby corn gravy
How to make vegetable palak gravy full video
Vegetable palak recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dishPrep Time: 20 mins | Cook time:20 mins | Serves:3 | Author: Raks anand
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Vegetable palak is made by adding mixed vegetables in palak gravy which has curd in its base and not tomatoes. It's great alternate for paneer.
Ingredients
- Carrot, beans, peas (chopped) – 1 cup
- Cauliflower, cut into pieces* – 1/2 cup
- Palak (Indian spinach) – 2 cups
- Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
- Onion – 1
- Chopped garlic – 1& 1/2 tsp
- Chopped ginger – 1/2 tsp
- Green chilli – 4
- Cashew nuts - 8
- Curd (plain yogurt) – 1/4 cup
- Kasoori methi – 1/2 tsp
- Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric – 1/8 tsp
- Sugar – 1/2 tsp
- Salt - as needed
- Butter – 2 tsp
- Butter – 2 tsp
- Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
- Cardamom - 1
- Clove – 1
- Cumin seeds – 3/4 tsp
To temper
Method
- Heat a pan with butter, add ginger garlic and give it a fry. Add green chilli, cubed onion.
- Fry till onion turns transparent. Add spinach, coriander leaves and fry till spinach reduces in volume.
- Cool down this mixture and grind with cashew nuts to a smooth paste.
- Heat a pan with butter, add cinnamon, clove, cardamom followed by cumin seeds.
- Add chopped veggies, salt and 1/4 tsp sugar. Toss well. Cook covered for 2 minutes in medium flame without changing its colour. The veggies should get cooked but retain it’s crunchiness.
- Add ground paste, kasoori methi crushed between palms, garam masala, turmeric, 1/4 tsp sugar and mix.
- Fry for two minutes to cook the spinach and vegetables.
- Add well beaten curd in low flame and mix. Adjust water consistency if needed. Heat for 2 minutes in low flame and switch off the flame.
Notes
- I soak chopped cauliflower in hot water with salt and turmeric until use.
- You can add few paneer cubes too.
- I used ginger garlic pressed through my garlic press. If you want you can also use ginger garlic paste. Use just 1 tsp in that case.
Step by step pictures
- Heat a pan with butter, add ginger garlic and give it a fry. Add green chilli, cubed onion.
- Fry till onion turns transparent. Add spinach, coriander leaves and fry till spinach reduces in volume.
- Cool down this mixture and grind with cashew nuts to a smooth paste.
- Heat a pan with butter, add cinnamon, clove, cardamom followed by cumin seeds. Add chopped veggies, salt and 1/4 tsp sugar. Toss well.
- Cook covered for 2 minutes in medium flame without changing its colour. The veggies should get cooked but retain it’s crunchiness.Add ground paste, kasoori methi crushed between palms, garam masala, turmeric, 1/4 tsp sugar and mix.
- Fry for two minutes to cook the spinach and vegetables. Add well beaten curd in low flame and mix.
- Adjust water consistency if needed. Heat for 2 minutes in low flame and switch off the flame.
Serve with hot phulkas/ roti/ chapathi or with mild puavs.
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