tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex
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 Posted: Sat May 23, 09 8:50 am Post subject: Saag |
 
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Ingredients
- Cabbage
- Brocolli
- Mustard leaves
- Brussells
- Spinach
- Fat Hen (it grows as a weed in our garden, but is available from Indian greengrocers, it's called Bathu)
- Orach
- Pak Choi
- Kale
- Turnip tops
- Carrot tops
- Radish tops
- Radish pods
- Leeks
- Fenugreek (Methi) this adds a"curry powder" kind of taste
- Chick pea leaves
Wild garlic
- Non leaf things that can be used:
- Carrotts
- Red Lentils
- Brown Lentils
Recipe
- If you're not using leeks then use onion and a few cloves of garlic, if you're using green chillis add them whole with the chopped veg, if you're using chilli powder you can add it later. Chop all the ingredients quite roughly place in a pan with a little water and bring to a boil, if you're using lentils then add them now, bring down to a simmer and leave with the lid on stirring occasionally until the veg are quite mushy and most of the water's evaporated, if you've added lentils make sure they're cooked, add salt and chilli powder. Remove from the pan and liquidise or if you've got one of those hand blenders with the blades just do it in the pan, texture is to your own preference, you can leave it with some bits and pieces still visible or you can turn it into a puree.
- You may have noticed we've used no fat at all in this recipe, till now.
- Chop finely some ginger and garlic, in a small pan heat some butter until it's almost burning, add the ginger and garlic, cook until browned, add to the pan. This is called a "tarka" and although it's not essential this is what makes a good dhal or saag, as do the following:
- Stir in some finely chopped coriander just before serving, and a great big dollop of butter in each bowl.
Comments
It's very good for freezing, so make loads and use it with other things as well, nice added to egg, lamb or chicken curry, or even SAAG ALOO!
If you're lucky (like me) then you know several ladies that can make the traditional accompaniment to saag; "Makki di Roti", this is a roti made of cornmeal, if anyone's interested I'll ask the missus the easy method.
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