Ingredients

• 1 lb - cut spinach
• 2-3 tbsp oil
• 4 nos. - dry red chillies
• 1/4 - tbsp jeera
• 1/4 tbsp - mustard seeds
• a pinch of asfoetida
• salt to taste
• a pinch of turmeric powder
• a little butter
• a small piece of ginger
• 2-3 cloves of garlic

How to Make Quick-Spicy Spinach Curry

• Cut ginger and garlic into small pieces and make ginger-garlic paste.
• Take a bowl and boil water in it.Add the cut spinach and leave it to cook for a few minutes,till spinach becomes tender.Otherwise in a microwave safe bowl ,spinach in water can be allowed to cook in the microwave for 2 minutes.
• Drain the water and collect the cooked spinach in a bowl.
• Step 2 and 3 can be eliminated if cut leaf spinach is bought from frozen foods section of the grocery store.
• Add 2-3 tbsp of oil to a pan on the stovetop.Set the heat to medium.
• To this oil add the ginger-garlic paste,then asfoetida,then jeera and mustard seeds.Add pieces of the 4 dry red chillies and turmeric powder to these. Leave the contents for about a minute or till the mustard seeds begin to crackle.
• Then add the spinach to the contents in the pan.Mix the contents thoroughly and cover the pan with a lid for about 2-3 minutes,till the spinach absorbs the flavors and becomes tender.
• Remove the lid,stir the contents and add salt as per taste.
• The spicy spinach curry is ready to serve.