Palek with Tofu (as protien supplement)
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- Number of Servings: 3
Ingredients
Directions
Palek (spinach) 250 gm Tofu 125 gmOnions 2 large red ones Ginger fresh 2 inches piece Garlic 4 cloves Green Chillies 3 chopped Tomatoes chopped 100gm Garam Masala 1 & half tea spoon Turmeric powder 1 tea spoon Chillies powder 1 tea spoon Salt to taste about 1 & half tea spoon Olive oil for cooking 1-2 table spoons
Boil the palek for 3 minutes cool under running water and make puree.
Chop finely the onions, ginger and garlic and make into a paste in a grinder.
Add olive oil in a sauce pan on heat. When the oil is hot add chopped green chillies and the onion-ginger-garlic paste. Keep on cooking till the paste starts leaving out the oil. Add chopped tomatoes and keep on cooking till all the tomatoes are amalgamated. You can add a little of water to stop the sauce from sticking to the pan. Now add the turmeric powder, Garam Masala chilli powder and salt to taste. Keep on cooking till the sauce is all smooth and the oil starts to separate out.
Now add the palek puree together with the Tofu pieces in into the sauce, stir and cover with a lid to simmer for 10 minutes.
You can add more salt or chilli to taste.
You can add cream to make the Tofu Palek smoother (at the cost of calories)
Serve with boiled rice, Nan or chapatti.
Number of Servings: 3
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PSDAHRI.
Chop finely the onions, ginger and garlic and make into a paste in a grinder.
Add olive oil in a sauce pan on heat. When the oil is hot add chopped green chillies and the onion-ginger-garlic paste. Keep on cooking till the paste starts leaving out the oil. Add chopped tomatoes and keep on cooking till all the tomatoes are amalgamated. You can add a little of water to stop the sauce from sticking to the pan. Now add the turmeric powder, Garam Masala chilli powder and salt to taste. Keep on cooking till the sauce is all smooth and the oil starts to separate out.
Now add the palek puree together with the Tofu pieces in into the sauce, stir and cover with a lid to simmer for 10 minutes.
You can add more salt or chilli to taste.
You can add cream to make the Tofu Palek smoother (at the cost of calories)
Serve with boiled rice, Nan or chapatti.
Number of Servings: 3
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PSDAHRI.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 229.4
- Total Fat: 13.7 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 82.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 20.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.4 g
- Protein: 11.2 g
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