Friday, January 14, 2022

Sarson da saag ala Varsha Saxena - the AXF buddy


Ingredients

Take 500gms sarson

250 gms bathua

250gms palak 

Ginger - 2inches 

Garlic - 1 whole

Green chillies- according to taste 

Tomatoes- big 1and half 

Onion -2 small

Recipe-

Wash and clean the  three saags. Remove the hard portions . Then first put the sarson leaves and let it cook open on slow flame ( shouldn't burn) till it starts leaving little water. Drain only the water so that there is no bitterness of sarson .Don't boil complete, just little water needs to be drained. Then add the other two leaves (bathua and palak).Put around 3/4 chillies, 1 inch ginger ,5/6 cloves,little salt and pressure cook for just 1 whistle. Let  it open on it's own. 

Once cool grind it coarsely in the grinder .

Then chop the 2 onions finely, tomatoes finely , few green chillies, left over garlic and  ginger .Everything finely. 

Take a pan, heat some mustard oil in it and then add onions and  garlic  together. Cook till light golden brown, then add tomatoes, ginger,chillies and little salt to it .Once the tomatoes are  soft ,add the boiled and coarsely  ground saag in it and cook on low flame for about half an hour so that the water dries completely. 

While boiling if you see water in the cooker you can dry it .Don't throw the water .