PALAK SOUP

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 tsp Ginger
• 4 Garlic pods
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 Onion
• 1 cup Palak chopped and tightly packed
• 1 cup Water
• Salt as needed
• ½ tsp Pepper Powder
• ¾ cup Milk
• 1 tbsp Fresh cream optional

Instructions 

1. Heat a pan with butter, once it melts add in the sliced garlic pods and crushed ginger. Sauté for a min in low flame.
2. Next add in the Bay leaf saute for few secs and then add in a cup of sliced onions. Sauté till it turns glossy.
3. Next add in a cup of chopped tightly packed palak leaves. Saute in medium flame. It will shrink.
4. Once it shrinks and completely cooked switch off the flame and allow it to cool down. Remove the bay leaf and then transfer the contents to a blender.
5. Add half cup of water and blend it into a fine puree. Now transfer the blnder palak back to the pan and start cooking.
6. Add ½ a cup of water more. Cook in a medium flame.
7. Add in the required salt and pepper powder. Cook for 2 mins.
8. Next add in ¾ cup of milk. Check for salt add more if required and cook till it comes to a boil and then switch off the flame.
9. Add 1 tbsp of fresh cream if you prefer and serve.