Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon mustard seed (black)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 300g spinach
- 440ml yoghurt, unsweetened natural
- 2 cloves garlic
- Pinch sumac (optional)
- salt and pepper
- 1 lemon
SPINACH WITH YOGHURT
Method
- Dry fry mustard and cumin seeds in a frying pan until they pop
- Remove from heat
- Wash and de-stem spinach
- Blanch quickly in boiling water, refresh, drain and squeeze out excess water
- Chop spinach finely
- Crush garlic and add along with spinach, salt, pepper and spices to the yoghurt
- Zest and juice lemon and add to yoghurt
- This goes well with some warm pitas, or perhaps alongside a succulent steak or a hot curry
Comments
Thanks to JANEFIELD HYDROPONICS for providing the spinach used in the cooking demonstration at the Otago Farmers Market
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