Easy palak soup recipe | Palak soup with milk | How to make palak soup with milk
By Latha on March 9th, 2016
Easy palak soup recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Palak leaves, garlic, onion, tomato and milk are the main ingredients in this palak soup. Palak soup is one of the easiest and simple recipe using palak leaves. And it is an easy way to consume leaves. This palak soup is very tasty. Adding milk gives a creamy taste to the soup.
Soups are good for health. I have posted one more tasty tomato soup recipe on this website. I keep preparing palak and tomato soup often.
Palak is rich in nutrients like Vitamin C and iron. Palak helps in loosing weight and improves metabolism. Regular consumption of palak is good for the heart. Palak helps to maintain blood sugar level and it relieves constipation. Palak is good for skin, eyes and teeth. It prevents cancer and improves brain function. So don't forget to include palak in your diet.
I have listed this under kids friendly recipes. If you are looking for kids friendly recipes then do check our fried rice recipe, baby corn manchurian, white sauce pasta and baby corn golden fry recipes.
Apart from this soup, I also prepare many palak dishes like palak chutney, palak gravy, palak sambar, palak paratha, palak paneer, aloo-palak and palak-dal. I have also listed this palak soup under beverages section. Here goes the palak soup recipe.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 250ml)
- 1/2 bunch palak leaves
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 onion
- 1 big tomato
- 2 tsp butter
- 1/4 tsp black pepper (or as per your taste)
- 1/4 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
- 1 cup of water
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions for making Palak soup:
- Wash and cut the palak leaves. Also Chop garlic, onion and tomato. Now lets start making palak soup. To beginwith take 2 tsp of butter in a frying pan and heat it.
- Add in chopped garlic and fry for few seconds. Do not burn them.
- Add in chopped onion and fry until they are translucent. Again do not burn them. Fry under medium flame.
- Once the onions are soft or translucent, add in chopped tomato and continue frying until tomato turns mushy.
- Now add in chopped palak leaves and fry for 2 minutes or until the raw smell of the leaves is gone.
- Add in salt and pepper. Mix well and switch off the stove. Wait until the fried ingredients are cool.
- Once the fried ingredients are cool, blend it or grind it into a fine paste using blender or mixer grinder.
- Transfer the ground paste into a vessel, add in 1 cup of water and bring it to boil. You can vary the amount of water depending on the thickness required.
- Now add in 1/2 cup of milk and bring it to boil again.
- When it just starts boiling Switch off the stove. Do not boil it for more time after adding the milk. Serve hot and enjoy.
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