Sarso ka saag ,a winter speciality is specifically a recipe from Punjab.Its supper delicious and is made with pure butter served along ‘Makki ki Roti’ that is Tortilla made using a Cornmeal.
Ingredients:-
- 500 gm Green Mustard / Sarso saag
- 250 gm Goosefoot / Bathua saag
- 250 gm Spinach / Palak saag
- 3 tbsp Mustard Oil / Sarso Tael
- 1/2 tsp Cumin / Zeera
- A pinch Asafoetida / Hing
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Clarified butter / Desi ghee
- 2 Onions / Pyaaz
- 1 tsp Garlic paste / Lasan
- 1 tsp Ginger paste / Adrakh
- 1-2 green chillies
- 10-12 Ginger julienne/ Adrakh lachha
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric / Haldi
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder / Lalmirch
- 1 tbsp Cornmeal / Makki atta
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
Method:-
- Smoke out Mustard Oil in a pressure cooker,then add Asafoetida and Cumin.
- Let cumin to crackle for few seconds and then add finely chopped three leaves along with Salt.
- Pressure cook until 5-6 whistles.
- Let the pressure settle down,then put on the stove again and keeping heat to medium mash the saag using a hand masher until all the water evaporates.
- On other side heat clarified butter in a kadhai.
- To this add chopped Onions.Saute till translucent.
- Then add Ginger-Garlic paste,slit green chillies and Ginger julienned.
- Sauté for 30 seconds over medium.
- Next add Turmeric and Red chilli.Saute again over low for few seconds and then switch off the stove.
- Now drop the mashed Saag over it adding a cup of Water and Cornmeal flour.
- After saag starts boiling add Garam masala mix and put off the stove.
- Serve hot.
Tips :-
- Cornmeal helps to bind the saag.
- Dash Sarson ka saag with a dash of butter,juliennes of Ginger and green chillies.