Feb 24, 2009

PALAK SAAG


Spinach (palak) --- 3 bundles
Onion --- 1 medium finely chopped
Green chilies --- 4 finely chopped
Oil --- 1 tea sp
Cumin seeds --- 1/2 tea sp
Ginger --- 1/2 inch piece greated
Turmeric -- 1/2 tea sp
Salt to taste
Method :---
Clean and wash for 3-4 times in water and steam cook palak to blanch remove and let it cool and chop very finely or you can puree the saag, and keep it a side
Make sure there is no water in the saag.
Now heat oil in a fry pan add cumin seeds and let them popup then add chopped ginger and onion, green chilies and fry till brown.
Then add finely chopped saag and mix well with spoon to combine well and add Salt to taste and turmeric stir well and remove from the heat.
Serve with butter on top with roti s or rice
This will be a good combo with missi roti and naan
You can mix 2-3 types of greens to make this saag like spinach and fenugreek and radish leaves, or spinach, chauli(totakura mullakeerai, Amarnth leaves) and fenugreek leaves.
This recipe is for RCI:HARYANA hosted by easycrafts at Simpleindiandood event started by Lakshmi of Veggie cuisine

16 comments:

Shama Nagarajan said...

lovely healthy recipe...my fav one..

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow awesome color. Simply yummy.

Divya Kudua said...

Palak saag looks lovely.I love the colour too!!

EC said...

Thats a very healthy one..thanks for participating

notyet100 said...

this looks like bathua saag,..

Anonymous said...

Palak,i love that one..Healthy and lovely..saag looks terrific.

Kitchen Chronicles said...

Nice colour and a healthy dish.

Deepthi Shankar said...

lovely recipe .. love palak anytime

Pavithra Kodical said...

Simple and healthy recipe.Hmmm i love the colour of this dish, Beautiful :)

Cham said...

That looks delicous ur saag!

Madhu's cooking gallery said...

Looks delicious! lovely color..healthy recipe!

Recipeswap said...

healthy and delicious looking

Indian Khana said...

Umm...never made palak like this..looks delicious

Priya Suresh said...

Healthy n delicious Saag Rekha...looks yummy..

Unknown said...

lovely colur & nice presentation..

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