SPINACH CHUTNEY

Hi friends,

Yesterday I had some friends over for dinner. I decided to make some easy dishes packed with nutrients.
My most popular one uses spinach.
I make cubes of this spinach chutney and always have it in the freezer. It remains equally fresh. Though, of course freshly ground chutney is always, well, FRESH.
This chutney is very versatile. I use it in various dishes as it adds the green colour along with the nutrients when I need a gravied dish, or add it to the rice to get green rice or add it to some classic dish just to give it that twist and adds flavour and punch to the recipe, or add it to the bread dough or chapati dough, make savoury pancakes, pizza sauce and much more.

And kids love it.

Ingredients:
.Spinach leaves.........................3 cups tightly packed, finely chopped
.Coriander leaves......................1 cup tightly packed, finely chopped
.Green chili................................3 large ones, finely chopped
.Ginger.......................................half inch piece, finely chopped
.Garlic.......................................1 large clove (optional), finely chopped
.Cumin seeds.............................1 and half tsp
.Lemon juice..............................1Tbsp
.Salt...........................................to taste(approx 1 tsp)
.Water........................................1/4th cup

Method:
.Discard the spinach stems and wash the leaves thoroughly.*
.Chop finely.
.Discard the roots and use the leaves along with the tender stems. Wash thoroughly and chop finely.
.Add all the ingredients together in a blender and grind into a fine paste.
.Gives 1 and 1/2 cup of the chutney.

spinach chutney

*note:

.Always wash and then cut leafy vegetables.

.Do not cut and wash them as they lose all the water soluble vitamins.

.At this point it can be stored in the freezer in the form of cubes or in a bottle in the refrigerator.

.If storing in the freezer, make 1Tbsp cubes in an ice tray. 1 cup =14 cubes.

 This makes it easy to thaw them for further cooking and  you can use as much as required. 

.When hardened they can be removed and stored in a freezer bag.

.Use within 2 days if storing in the refrigerator, to use all the nutrients effectively.

Spinach is extremely rich in antioxidants, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, vitamin E, vitamin K, folic acid, minerals, dietary fiber and iron.