How To Make Spinach Purée Video

How To Make Spinach Purée Video

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Spinach Puree also known as Palak puree is cooked spinach, that is grounded to a creamy paste consistency. It is used in many Indian gravy dishes like Palak Paneer and soups like Palak Shorba .

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Recipe Description for How To Make Spinach Puree and Blanched Spinach

Ingredients

For Spinach Puree
3 cups roughly chopped spinach (palak)
a pinch of salt

Method

For spinach puree

1. To make {span class="bold1"}spinach puree{/span}, take a bunch of spinach and get cut of the the stems and discard them.
2. Roughly chop the leaves and wash thoroughly under running water or in a bowl full of water.
3. Drain well using a strainer.
4. Boil vesselful of water and add salt to it.
5. Add the chopped and washed spinach to boiling water and mix well.
6. Let it cook for 2-3 mins and strain it with a strainer.
7. Immediately put the blanched spinach in ice cold water, this helps in retaining the color of spinach.
8. Drain well and squeeze it with your hands to get rid to excessive water.
9. Transfer the leaves to a blender and blend until smooth.
10. {span class="bold1"}spinach puree{/span} is ready!!!

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