Spinach Masala

[Carmella]

At last, I finally got around to making Russell James' Spinach Masala, posted on his blog.

Man, once again 'The Raw Chef' delivers! Raw Gourmet Indian food at its best!

Spinach Masala
By Russell James

250 g spinach
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
2 teaspoons macadamia oil (or substitute with olive oil)
1 cup diced mango
1/2 cup raisins
2 teaspoons mustard seeds
1/8 cup onion, diced (I used leek)

Sauce:
2 cloves, garlic crushed
2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 tablespoon garam masala
1 cup fresh coriander, roughly chopped
2 cups cashew or macadamia nuts
1 cup water
2 teaspoons agave
2 teaspoons shoyu

- Wash 'n' chop the spinach then in a large bowl mix the spinach, lemon juice, salt and oil. Massage with your hands until the spinach becomes soft and creamy.

- Add the mango, raisins, mustard seeds, onion and fresh coriander and mix again.

- Next we need to make some sauce so put the remaining ingredients in a VitaMix or high speed blender and process until smooth. You may need to add more water to the mixture to get it to the consistency of yoghurt.

- Mix the sauce in with the spinach and you're done! This also tastes great if you put it in the dehydrator for an hour at 115 degrees.

I served this with Ginger Rice... Yummo!

[wyjoz]

Cheers to Chef Russell; This sounds good. I loved SAD Indian foods, so will be trying this soon.
Joz

[MaRaw]

Wow! I have most of that - it's a must try tomorrow looking dish. Thanks for the visual aids!

[aisah]

Hi MaRaw!! Hi wyjoz!!! *waves* nice to see both of you..... once again

mmmmmm..... *rubbing tummy* that looks sooooooooo good!!

I love love LOVE spinach!!! Spinach masala style? Why not? I wonder if this is anything close to being a Palak Paneer (Spinach Cheese) sans the paneer of course..... I am sure it does.... k enough said - I sure hope to be doing this soon!

Thank you for sharing

[wyjoz]

aisa: here's <<< waiving>>> back at you. Nice to see you here; Joz

[Damzlfly]

mmm this looks delish! Couple questions... can I use frozen spinach and ground mustard instead of seeds?

[Carmella]

Hum... Good questions.

Not sure about the frozen spinach... I've tried it before but always cooked though. Never had it since going raw but if you don't mind the taste/texture, why not!? For the mustard, I'm no expert but I should think that you wouldn't need as much if you're using the powdered form.

[Damzlfly]

OK I made it!

I used frozen spinach...other than the fact that it was still cold, it was fine
I forgot to buy raisins
I didn't have mustard (ground or seed) OR the coriander lolol

But it was STILL good heehee

I'll try it again with all the real ingredients in the next few weeks

Gonna make samosa's tomorrow

[Carmella]

Glad it turned out well anyhow! Yay!

So we'll both be making samosas tomorrow! He he It's a small raw world! ;-)

[J.o.y.c.e]

Anyone make this lately? Wow it sure looks good. I need a quicker entree this Saturday as I only have a couple hours in the afternoon to make food so this might do the trick. Been craving some good Indian flavors lately!

I just printed this out and will probably give it a try. On friday night I'm making this raw apricot yogurt cake out of Matthew Kenney's new book which calls for 1 teaspoon of garam masala! I'd love to do a whole Indian food feast if I had the time this weekend

[Pirawna]

mmm, that looks good. And easy.

[J.o.y.c.e]

Originally Posted by Pirawna

mmm, that looks good. And easy.

it totally does! and mango! gosh I can't wait to try it on Sat!

Maybe have a group project on this one?? Spinach is in season for a lot of us right now...

[Pirawna]

Yea, I think I can whip this up on Saturday also.

[J.o.y.c.e]

OH MY GOSH! Check out this! Evergreen from Goneraw just made this (I posted a thread over there as well to try and drum up another group project..hehe)

http://thehappyrawkitchen.blogspot.c...ch-masala.html

[Pirawna]

Pretty pic of it.