Theme: Recipes from Menu Card Dish: Palak Badam Shorba We are starting 3rd week of blogging marathon today and my theme for this week is ‘Recipes from Menu Card’. Valli gave us a few menu cards to choose from and I picked the menu from Puranmal restaurant. We are supposed to pick dishes from 3 different courses, so I have 3 yummy restaurant style dishes coming up this week.
I love reading menu cards and even though in a non-Indian restaurant here in the US, there are probably just 3~4 vegetarian dishes that I might be interested, I still make sure to look at all the pages for good measure 🙂 We hardly ever order soup at a restaurant, but if I see an interesting soup like this Palak-Badam Shorba I would probably order it to see how it tastes. So instead of spending the money at a restaurant, I made it right at home. Almond butter is an ingredient that I always have in my fridge and that is what I used to thicken the soup. Alternately soaked and ground almonds can also be used.
[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Palak Badam ShorbaSpinach - frozen (or 6~8 cups fresh chopped spinach), Onion - small, chopped, Green Chili - chopped, Garlic - , finely minced, Almond butter - (or soak 3tbsp almonds in warm water for 30 minutes and grind to a smooth paste), Lemon juice, Salt & Pepper, Heat 1tbsp butter or ghee and 2tsp oil in a saucepan, add garlic and cook till fragrant. Next add green chilies and onions; cook till onions turn translucent, about 3~4 minutes.; Next add spinach. If using frozen spinach, then add 1cup of water and bring it to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer till the soup thickens a little bit. Add more water if the soup gets too thick.; Using an immersion blender and grind till smooth. Alternately transfer the contents to a blender and grind until smooth.; Return soup to pan and cook on low heat. Add almond butter and season with salt and pepper. Mix well and cook till the soup thickens a little bit. Finally stir in the lemon juice and remove from heat. Serve hot with some chopped almonds on top as garnish.; [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
