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Pkhali

Name: Pkhali
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Georgia
Ingredients: 300g Spinach; 80g Walnuts; 1 clove Garlic; 2 tsp Wine Vinegar; to taste Cilantro

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Boiled spinach bound with walnut paste — a Georgian vegetable pâté.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pkhali can be made from many vegetables, not just spinach, and it's a staple of the Georgian feast table. The nutty richness of walnut and a touch of vinegar tame the vegetable's rawness, and it has long served as a valuable protein source during fasting periods.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Shaped into small mounds and served as an appetizer with bread — a regular sight on the feast table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Spinach 300g
Walnuts 80g
Garlic 1 clove
Wine Vinegar 2 tsp
Cilantro to taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Blanch the spinach, shock in cold water, and squeeze out the liquid firmly.
Blend the walnuts, garlic, and wine vinegar into a paste.
Finely chop the spinach and mix thoroughly with the walnut paste.
Season with salt.
Shape into small bite-sized mounds and arrange on a plate.
Garnish with cilantro to finish.

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