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Baby Corn Palak
Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024
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About Baby Corn Palak
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Ingredients
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Methods
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Like baby corn palak sabzi
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Making palak puree for baby corn palak
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How to make baby corn palak
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Nutrient values
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baby corn palak recipe is a healthy variation to the famous North Indian palak baby corn sabzi. Palak and baby corn together is a heavenly combination in Indian style baby corn spinach curry made with zero oil.
You can similarly make healthy palak paneer by switching to low-fat paneer instead of the normal one.
baby corn palak sabzi is super quick and easy to prepare. We have used minimum and the most basic ingredients, if baby corn is not available you can substitute it with sweetcorn kernels. Cook palak properly or it might give a bitter taste in the end.
Spinach and baby corn blend with in this scrumptious and nutritious healthy baby corn palak sabzi. Spinach provides lots of calcium while baby corn provides fibre . To retain the bright green colour of spinach, ensure that you blanch it just for a few minutes and do not over cook it.
Tips for baby corn palak recipe. 1. Transfer the palak leaves immediately to a bowl filled with ice-cold water. This is known as refreshing. Refreshing the spinach leaves helps in retaining the bright green colour as it stops the internal cooking process. Keep the blanched spinach aside. 2. This being a zero oil healthy baby corn palak sabzi, we are directly roasting everything without the usage of fat. 3. Dry roast for 2 to 3 minutes while stirring continuously or till the raw smell goes away. It is important to stir continuously, to prevent the onions from sticking to the pan and burning.
Serve healthy baby corn palak sabzi with rotis or parathas.
Learn to make baby corn palak recipe | healthy baby corn palak sabzi | Indian style baby corn spinach curry | with detailed step by step photos below.
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Preparation Time
10 Mins
Cooking Time
10 Mins
Total Time
20 Mins
Makes
4 serving
Ingredients
For Baby Corn Palak
2 roasted onion , roughly chopped
1 tsp grated ginger (adrak)
1 slit green chilli , roughly chopped
3/4 cup blanched spinach (palak)
2 tbsp fresh low fat curds (dahi)
2 tbsp low fat milk
7 to 8 blanched baby corn , cut into 25 mm. pieces
a pinch of turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp dried mango powder (amchur)
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) , roasted
salt to taste
Method
- To make baby corn palak recipe, heat a non-stick kadhai on a medium flame and when hot, add the onions, ginger and green chillies.
- Dry roast for 2 to 3 minutes while stirring continuously.
- Add the spinach, curds, milk and ½ cup of water and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste.
- Pour the mixture back into the kadhai, add the baby corn, turmeric powder, dry mango powder, garam masala, dried fenugreek leaves, salt and ½ cup of water and bring to boil.
- Simmer baby corn palak for 4 to 5 minutes and serve hot.
- To get 3/4 cup of blanched spinach, add 31/2 cups of chopped spinach to a vesselful of hot water and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Then drain, squeeze out all the water and wash in ice-cold water.
Baby Corn Palak recipe with step by step photos
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- If you like baby corn palak recipe| healthy baby corn palak sabzi | Indian style baby corn spinach curry | given below is the list to similar recipes :
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For making the spinach puree for baby corn palak recipe| healthy baby corn palak sabzi | Indian style baby corn spinach curry | take a bunch of spinach, untie it and wash the leaves thoroughly under running water.
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Place them on a chopping board, cut the thick stems and discard wilted leaves or leaves with discolouration and holes.
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In a large vessel, bring water to a vigorous boil.
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Add 3½ cups of spinach leaves to the boiling water.
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Let it simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
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After 3-4 minutes, when the leaves have turned tender, drain and squeeze out the excess water using a strainer. Ensure to cook palak properly, otherwise, it will end up turning bitter.
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Transfer the leaves immediately to a bowl filled with ice-cold water. This is known as refreshing. Refreshing the spinach leaves helps in retaining the bright green colour as it stops the internal cooking process.
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Keep the blanched spinach aside.
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For making the spinach puree for baby corn palak recipe| healthy baby corn palak sabzi | Indian style baby corn spinach curry | take a bunch of spinach, untie it and wash the leaves thoroughly under running water.
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To make baby corn palak recipe| healthy baby corn palak sabzi | Indian style baby corn spinach curry | heat a non-stick kadhai on a medium flame and when hot, add the onions. This being a zero oil recipe, we are directly roasting everything without the usage of fat.
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Add ginger.
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Add green chillies.
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Dry roast for 2 to 3 minutes while stirring continuously or till the raw smell goes away. It is important to stir continuously, to prevent the onions from sticking to the pan and burning.
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Switch off the flame and cool slightly. Transfer them to a mixer jar.
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Add the spinach.
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Add curds. This being a healthy recipe, we are making use of low-fat curd instead of cream or full-fat curd. It will give a creamy, rich texture to palak baby corn.
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Add milk and ½ cup of water.
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Blend in a mixer to a smooth paste.
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Pour the mixture back into the kadhai.
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Add the baby corn. You can replace baby corn with a cup of boiled sweet corn kernels too.
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Add turmeric powder.
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Add dry mango powder. If you don’t have amchoor powder, fry finely chopped tomatoes after onion, green chillies and ginger to proceed with the recipe.
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Add garam masala. Check out this recipe of https://www.tarladalal.com/Garam-Masala-163r with detailed step by step images to prepare aromatic homemade garam masala.
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Add dried fenugreek leaves. With a pleasantly bitter bite, it is ideally sprinkled to balance the flavors of any gravy. Always roast kasuri methi lightly and crush it between your palms before adding to extract maximum flavour.
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Add salt.
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- Add ½ cup of water. Add more or less as per the consistency you desire.
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Mix well and boil for 4 to 5 minutes. Let it simmer on a very low flame, never let it boil on high flame, to avoid curdling.
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Serve baby corn palak | healthy baby corn palak sabzi | Indian style baby corn spinach curry | hot with tawa naan, roti or quick jeera rice.
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To make baby corn palak recipe| healthy baby corn palak sabzi | Indian style baby corn spinach curry | heat a non-stick kadhai on a medium flame and when hot, add the onions. This being a zero oil recipe, we are directly roasting everything without the usage of fat.
Leena_Dhoot
March 13, 2025, midnight
Great corn and palak combination! kids love it too. Its a nutritious and succulent salad and the blanching tip helps so much when it comes to presentation! thanks.
HANISHA A. ARORA
March 13, 2025, midnight
Handy tip which is mentioned in ingredients is found no where??
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Hanisha, We have used 3/4 cup blanched spinach in the recipe, handy tip is guiding you as to how to make that. Hope that answers your query. Do mail us if we can help in any other way.
Big Foodie
March 13, 2025, midnight
Spinach and baby corn form a great combo.
Harshil Shah
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hello...it would be better if cal, fat etc would be mentioned in it.
Tarla Dalal
March 13, 2025, midnight
Hi Harshil, we have updated the calories for Baby Corn Palak recipes.
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