Spinach stem sothi

Spinach stem sothi

                                  Recipe summary

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Spinach stem sothi

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

1. Remove the fiber from the stem. Cut 100 grams stem into one inch pieces.

 2. In a medium sized sauce pan add 80 grams onion,  3 cloves garlic, 1 small green chili sliced,10 curry leaves chopped, ½ tsp cumin seeds,½ tsp fenugreek seeds and 2 cups water.

Ingredients

 3. Bring to a boil and cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes. The stems will become soft.

    4. Add ½ cup coconut milk and ½ tsp pepper powder. Simmer for another three minutes.

Spinach stem sothi (soup)

5. Add 1 tbsp lime juice (1/2 of a lime) before you serve.

                        

Spinach stem sothi is ready.

Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

I had used the leaves from three bundles of spinach for some other cooking. I was left with only the stems. I decided to use the stems for this recipe. This is simply a soup with some coconut milk added to it.

Spinach with leaves and stem

Spinach stem used for the sothi

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Main

100 grams spinach stem

Others

80 grams onion

3 cloves garlic

1 small green chili

10 curry leaves

½ cup coconut milk

2 cups water

1 tbsp lime juice (1/2 of a lime)

Spices

½ tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp fenugreek seeds

½ tsp pepper powder

Ingredients for Spinach stem sothi 

Preparation

Spinach stem has strong fiber around its circumference. The fibre is not tasty. So it is good to remove the fiber from the stem. Make a small slit of the skin of the stem and pull it towards you. The fiber will come off the skin. You will have to do this all around the stem for each of the stem. After removing the fiber cut the stem into one inch pieces.

Method

In a medium sized sauce pan add all the ingredients except pepper and coconut milk.

Ready to cooked stem, onion, garlic chili nd curry leaves

Bring to a boil and cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes. The stems will become soft.

Stem is cooked

 Add coconut milk and pepper. Simmer for another three minutes. The sothi is ready.

Adding coconut milk

Add lime juice before serving.

It can be served with rice or consumed as a soup.If you don't like to eat the stems you can liquidize and it will be pleasant soup,

Spinach stem sothi

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