South Indian Red Amaranth with Onions and Garlic recipe

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Ingredients

1 large onion, quartered
15 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
5 cups chopped red amaranth leaves, with their stems
2 pods green tamarind
5 teaspoons red chile powder, or to taste
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
½ cup water
1 teaspoon butter
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 red chile peppers, halved, or more to taste
2 sprigs fresh curry leaves
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon skinned split black lentils (urad dal)

Nutrition Info

756 calories
carbohydrate: 121.1 g
cholesterol: 1.8 mg
fat: 21 g
fiber: 17.2 g
protein: 25.7 g
saturatedFat: 4.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 69.2 mg
sugar: 5.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place onion and garlic in a food processor, pulse into a coarse paste.

  2. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chopped leaves and stems and onion paste, stir to combine, about 1 minute. Stir in tamarind pods, chile powder, and turmeric. Pour in water and bring to a simmer, 3 to 5 minutes. Cook until water evaporates, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in butter.

  3. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chile peppers, curry leaves, garlic, mustard seeds, and black lentils. Cook and stir until seeds pop and mixture is fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Fold into amaranth mixture to serve.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

This is one my favorite dishes! You can eat it with rice, dosa, or idli.

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