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Spinach Balls (I know, it’s not an insult!)

Spinach Balls recipe, eat well on universal credit

I’ve never understood why in the age of Shrink-flation, when the package sizes of everything are quietly reducing, that we still have to buy Spinach in industrial quantities. I bought a pack of Spinach for the Shakshuka with Spinach and Lamb Meatballs, we made the other night. But as usual we ended up with half of the pack in the fridge. So…….

Ingredients:-

250g of Spinach, wilted in salted water
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
Cornflour and Gram Flour, enough to make a stiff batter
½ Tsp of Turmeric
Salt & Pepper to season the batter

Method:-

(1) When your Spinach has wilted squeeze as much waters as you can from it.
(2) Mix the Garlic in and set aside.
(3) Mix the Batter ingredients but don’t add water.
(4) Form the Spinach into balls and roll in the dry Batter mix.
(5) Heat a fryer it 160C.
(6) Add water to the batter until you have a very stiff batter.
(7) Coat the Spinach balls in Batter and fry individually until the Batter is golden brown.

These made a surprisingly good side and we don’t have half a bag of Spinach learning philosophy in the bottom of the fridge, which has to be a bonus!  


 

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Bangladesh style Kalija Curry (Spicy Chicken Liver) recipe
 
Round the world for £4  - B is for Bangladesh
 
We're working our way through the alphabet nation by nation trying to create a dish for £4. We found Chicken Liver at 0.65p for 300g so this dish including the herb and spices cost us less that £1 per plate and it was really tasty.
 
Ingredients:-
 
300g Chicken Liver. Steeped in milk for a couple of hours
1 large Potato cubed and boiled to soften
2 Onions chopped
1 large Tomato chopped
½ tbsp ground Ginger
1 tbsp grated Garlic
1 tsp Garam Mesala
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tbsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Hot Chilli powder
½ tsp ground Black Pepper
5 to 6 dried Chillies
Salt
½ tsp Sugar
2 tsp Mustard oil (Mustard powder + Oil)
Flour & dry seasoning above to coat the Liver
 
Method:-
 
(1) Fry the Onions until lightly browned.
(2) Add ¼ tsp of Garam Masala and mix in.
(3) Add all the remaining dry ingredients, excluding the Sugar.
(4) Fry for a further 2-3 minutes.
(5) Coat the Liver in the seasoned flour.
(6) Add the Liver and softened Potatoes and fry on a high heat for 5 6 minutes.
(7) Add a cup of water, mix and cook on a low heat for a further 20 minutes until fully cooked. Stirring gently.
(8) Add the Sugar and ¼ tsp of Garam Masala. Mix well and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
 
Serve over salted boiled Turmeric rice, perhaps with a little salad.
 

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