Lal mathachi bhaji ( Amaranthus )

Leafy vegetables are very good for our health. Lal math is also called as Rajgira.

Healthy tasty Lal mathachi bhaji!!

Ingredients :

Roughly chopped tender lal math leaves & tender lal math stems  :2 cups 

Chopped onion : 1/2 cup

Chopped tomato : 1/4 th cup

 Garlic cloves :4-5 

Green chilli : 2 or as per your taste.

Ginger : 1/2 inch

Salt : 1/2 tsp ( as per taste )

Sugar : 1/2 tsp ( optional )

Fresh coconut : 1/4 cup ( frozen can be used )

Vegetable oil : 2 tsp

Cumin seeds : 1 tsp

Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp

Hing : 1/4 tsp

Coarse pea nut powder : 2 tsp

Clean the bunch of bhaji &  wash it thoroughly. Do not discard the stems. Cut the tender stems & use it along with leaves. 

Recipe :

1. Add  oil in a heavy bottom pan or kadhai.

2. Add cumin seeds when oil becomes hot. Add hing & turmeric powder.

3. Crush garlic, ginger & green chilli coarsely in mortal & pestle. Add this mixture in the oil. Saute for a minute.

4. Add  onoin & tomato & Stir the mixture properly till onion& tomato become soft.

5. Add chopped lal math & mix well.

7. Add sugar & salt. Cover the pan till lal math cooks. It takes hardly 5 to 10 minutes. 

8. Add fresh coconut  mix & let it cook without covering the pan till bhaji becomes dry.

9. Turn off the gas. Add peanut powder & mix well. Bhaji is ready to eat.

      Enjoy this tasty  bhaji with bhakri or roti.

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Author : manik

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