Kitchen Tantra

Power Foods:

Megnesium:

Malabar Spinach Soup:

Megnesium rich Spinach: Magnesium helps tto build bones, make proteins, release energy stored in muscles and also to regulate body temerature!!!

There are few more hidden tressure and roles for megnesium! They help to maintain memory fuction! Megnesium helps to regulate a key brain receptor that is important for learning and memory!! So maintaining proper megnesium levels in th ecerebrospinal fluid is essential for maintaining the brain's ability to learn and remember!


Ingredients:

Malabar spinach 1 bunch - chopped
Green chilies 3 slitted
Onion 1 thinly sliced
Garlic 6 chopped
Tomato 1 large chopped
Lentils(moong dal) 2 fistful
Salt
Cumin seeds 1 spoon
Olive oil 2 spoons.

Method:

Cook lentils with water, salt and a spoon full of oil. Maybe in a pressure cooker, till 3 whistle sounds.

In a wide vessel, heat oil. Add cumin and wait till it crackles.

Now add chilies, garlic and fry for a minute. Then add onions & toamtoes...saute for few more minutes.

Add spinach and cooked lentils to this. Further add salt too. Cover and cook till they are done.

Serve warm in a soup bowl. Its also good to go with plain steamed rice, as well.

Labels: Greens, Soup