Friday, November 20, 2009

Recipes: Spinach with Potatoes & Tuna (Shaag biran)

I've decided to keep a weekly posting on recipes I made during the week. Sometimes more than once a week, to keep track of yummy and necessary food recipes.

More for me than you ;-)
Enjoy and feel free to add suggestions for change.

Spinach with Potatoes & Tuna (Shaag)

Ingredients
1 small sandwich size ziploc bag of pre-boiled spinach (shaag)or 2 bags of fresh spinach leaves; chopped thin
1-2 potatoes, chopped into small cubes or long thin slices
1 medium-sized onion, sliced and chopped
1/2 tspn turmeric
1/2 chilli pepper
1 tspn salt
1 can of tuna; white or red
[You can use any fish if you don't like tuna.
Take out bones and shred into small pieces.]
4 tspns of vegetable oil
1 handful of cilantro (optional)
4 green chilli peppers, Indian kind (optional)

Preparation
* Leave spinach out for 30 -40 minutes or defrost on high for 3 minutes.
* If you have fresh spinach, chop into thin pieces
* Spices
* Chop onions
* Peel and chop potatoes

Directions
1. Low-heat pot and drizzle oil on bottom. Oil should cover 3/4 of pot.
2. Add onions and stir occasionally for 3-5 minutes
3. Add turmeric, salt, chili and peppers (optional).
4. Wait for onions to cook a little, approx. 5 minutes
5. Add potatoes, cover pot and put stove on low-medium heat.
Check every few minutes, stir. Cook for 10 minutes.
6. Add can of tuna. Mix and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Add spinach into mix. Cook for 5 minutes
8. Add cilantro, mix and turn off stove.
9. Enjoy!

Add some flavor!
Tastes well with white rice, green chili peppers, and a slice of lemon :)

3 comments:

MarjnHomer said...

I made this the other day w/o potatoes. the men in this house are not fans of potatoes (from a girl who grew up in Idaho, the state of potatoes)lol

Nargis said...

lol

Nargis said...

Oh btw how did it come out?!