Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, palak tambli recipe | spinach flavored yogurt recipe is a vegetarian south indian side dish made with palak, curd, and turmeric powder in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 5 minutes
  • Total time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2 Servings
  • Category: Side Dish
  • Cuisine: south indian

Ingredients

  • 2 cups palak
  • 1 cup curd
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 2-3 tsp water

for seasoning

  • 1 tsp ghee
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp jeera
  • 1 red chilli
  • 3-4 curry leaves
  • pinch of asafoetida

Method

  1. clean the palak leaves in a running water. clean it properly.
  2. add all the palak leaves after cleaning the leaves. in 3 cups of water start boiling the palak leaves. the leaves need to turn green.
  3. strain the palak leaves.
  4. now add these palak to the blender. also add grated coconut, chilli, cumin seeds. grind to fine paste adding minimum water.
  5. transfer this into a bowl. add curd or buttermilk and mix it well. you can control the consistency by adding water or curd/butter milk.
  6. add salt to taste and mix well.
  7. add all the seasoning ingredients as mentioned in the recipe card.
  8. serve it along with hot steamed rice.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.