Crackling Spinach with Garlic

Today was a mood for simple food, going back to the usual daal-chaawal (Lentils with rice) cooked in the typical home style. Nothing fancy. 

So to accompany the simple food, I fixed a simpler dish, crackling garlic spinach. & trust me it was awesome, sorry no pictures coz we ate it as soon as it was made. Here's the recipe:

Since it was just three of us & it was my side dish we made just a lill bit of it, so increase the quantities if you like more of leaf.

1. Spinach leaves: a small bunch: diced
2. Garlic : 7 cloves finely chopped (reduce to 4 cloves if you dont like too much garlic)
3. Green Chillies: 4, finely chopped
4. Salt: 1/4 teaspoon (adjust as per taste)
5. Red chilli powder: 1/4 teaspoon
6. Oil to fry: 1 cup

Wash the spinach nicely under running water & drain all the water ensuring that the spinach is fairly dry(moist is fine)

Add salt & red chilli powder into the spinach so that it is evenly spread, & keep it aside for 15 minutes. Some water would seep out of spinach, but that's OK. 

Heat oil in a pan, once hot fry the chopped garlic first, & keep aside. Then fry spinach in small amounts.In the end fry the green chilies. 

Mix the fried spinach, chilies & garlic, sprinkle a little bit more salt if required. Serve hot.

VARIATIONS:

You can toss into the spinach some butter cooked prawns, or boiled chicken chunks or some cottage cheese, especially the flavored ones to make a great starter. 

Hope you enjoy it, I liked it very much with my dose of daal-chawal.