Spinach in clove-infused yogurt sauce from The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook: 300 Classic Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 fresh red chillies, chopped (deseeded if preferred)
• 3.75 ml/¾ tsp salt, or to taste
• 10 ml/2 tsp ghee or unsalted butter
• 5 whole cloves
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed to a pulp
• Plain Boiled Rice and a lentil dish, to serve
• 10 ml/2 tsp fresh root ginger, finely grated
• 400 g/14 oz spinach, fresh or frozen (thawed if frozen)
• 2.5 cm/1 in piece cinnamon stick
• 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup Greek (US strained plain) yogurt
• 5 ml/1 tsp gram flour (besan)
• 45 ml/3 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil
• 5 cardamom pods, bruised
• 1 large onion, finely sliced