Dill Leaves are also known as Suva in Hindi and Shepu in Marathi. It has a strong aroma and slight pungent taste. Nevertheless, it makes for a great dish, by itself or in combination with another vegetable or legume. You could add it to spice up a salad, flavor a dal/sambar or make a simple sabzi.
My mother usually used to make sabzi or bhaji as I call them from dill leaves. One recipe used to be with potatoes and the other one used to be with soaked moong dal. Both of these dill leaves recipes used to go very well with chapatis and rice-dal combo.
Fresh Dill Leaves
The dill leaves recipe which I have posted here is very simple and easy to make. For this recipe, I have only used chopped garlic along with cayenne pepper (red chili powder) and turmeric powder. I did not add any other seasoning. The result was a superb dill leaves sabzi flavored with aromatic garlic.
Ingredients for the Dill Recipe with Potatoes:
- 1 big bunch of fresh dill leaves
- 3 medium size potatoes
- 5-6 garlic, chopped
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper/red chili powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- salt
Method to make the Dill Leaves with Potatoes:
- Remove the dill leaves from the stem. Wash these thoroughly in water and then chop them. Also peel, wash and chop the potatoes
- In a kadhai, heat oil.
- Add the chopped garlic.
- Fry them for a minute. Then add the potatoes.
- Fry the potatoes for 3-4 minutes on a low flame.
- Now add the dill leaves along with the cayenne pepper and turmeric powder. Mix everything very well.
- Add salt and about 1/2 cup water.
- Cover and cook the dill leaves & potatoes for 8-10 minutes.
- Check in between to see if the water has not dried up. If the water dries up, you could add some more water.
- This dish is a dry dish, so ensure that no water remains when the vegetables are done.
- Serve with chapatis or the beautiful combination of dal-rice.
Enjoy 
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
awesome recipe… u have a lovely blog…do visit mine when u have time
http://heartyfeast.blogspot.com