Haakh is eaten by many Kashmiris as a important dish, served merely with rice or flatbreads. Nevertheless, others will eat it as a facet dish, alongside meat. The recipe, tailored from British Indian chef Romy Gill’s cookbook, On The Himalayan Trail: Recipes and Stories from Kashmir to Ladakh, is so easy but so scrumptious. The greens utilized in Kashmir are totally different to the varieties discovered elsewhere, so your greens would possibly take much less water, and fewer time to cook dinner. Gill recommends utilizing lengthy spinach leaves, fairly than quicker-cooking child spinach.
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Haakh (Kashmiri-Fashion Spinach)
Chef Romy Gill’s easy, brothy greens.
Yield: serves 3
Time:
20 minutes
Elements
- 3 tbsp. mustard oil
- 4 dried entire purple kashmiri chiles
- ½ tsp. asafoetida powder
- 1 lb. 10 oz. spinach, picked and washed
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tsp. turmeric powder
- Steamed basmati rice or flatbread, for serving
Directions
- To a big, heavy-bottomed pot set over medium warmth, add the mustard oil. As soon as scorching and shimmering, add the chiles and asafoetida, and cook dinner, stirring incessantly, till aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the spinach in batches, stirring sometimes, till the greens have wilted sufficient that all of them match within the pot. Stir within the salt, turmeric, and 1 cup of heat water, and cook dinner till the spinach has absolutely wilted and the water has come to a boil. Cowl the pot and cook dinner, till the spinach is tender and about half of the water stays, about 5 minutes. Take away from the warmth, ladle the greens and their cooking liquid right into a bowl, and serve heat, with rice or flatbread on the facet.
