TENDER METHI LEAVES SUBZI

For making tender methi subzi, you need around 5-6 tender methi bunch.  With onion and tomato and masalas, it tastes good with chapatti, roti, and as a side dish for rice.  It is easy to cook as it is very tender makes the subzi within 10 minutes.

As you are aware, methi has got medicinal value.    Fenugreek or methi leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals and they get easily absorbed by the body. Some major ingredients include calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron and dietary fiber in its naturally occurring form as in other vegetables. The availability of vitamin K is as good as spinach. The protein rich fenugreek leaves can be treated as a wonder herb. 100gms of fenugreek leaves contribute to about 50 calories of energy.

 

Let us have a look at it now.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time : within 10 minutes

Serves : 2

Ingredients:

6 bunches of methi

1 tomato finely chopped

1 onion finely chopped

½ tsp chilli powder

1 tsp dhania powder

¼ tsp turmeric powder

¼ tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp garam masala

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

½ tsp sugar (optional for diet control people)

Salt

1 tsp oil

SPICE LEVEL ADJUST ACCORDING TO YOUR TASTE.

Method:

Untie the knots of the bunches and put them in water so that the mud, dirt and the skin of methi seeds in it settles down the water.

Remove and chop them finely.

Heat oil in  kadai , add the cumin seeds.

When it becomes slightly brown, add the chopped onion sauté for two minutes

Add the ginger garlic paste sauté till the raw  smell goes off

Add the chopped tomatoes, sauté till the tomatoes becomes soft.

Add the methi and sauté for another two minutes

Now add the chilli powder, dhania powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well and cook for two minutes.

Add the garam masala, sugar, mix well

Serve hot with chapatti, roti and rice.

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