Punjabi Sarson Ka Saag | Sarson Da Saag Recipe
Sarson saag is an easy and delicious dish. This is best paired with makke ki roti. This is prepared along with other green leafy vegetables.
Servings: 4 People
Calories: 75kcal
Ingredients
- 2 bunch sarson / mustard leaves
- 1 bunch palak / spinach
- 1 bunch bathua
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 large onion (finely chopped
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 6 - 10 garlic pods minced
- 1 inch ginger minced
- 2 tbsp coriander powder
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp gram flour
- ½ tsp garam masala
Instructions
Cleaning & Prepping Green leaves
- Rinse all greens thoroughly.
- Then keep it in a vessel of water and leave for 5 - 7minutes.
- This will help the dirt to settle down at the bottom of the vessel.
- Remove greens from water & wash all the leaves thoroughly 2 - 3 times. Then chop it finely.
- Once the leaves are completely clean, chop them finely.
- You can take the help of a food processor to fasten the process.
- But make sure these are finely chopped as we are not pureeing the leaves after cooking.
Cooking of Saag in Pressure Cooker
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker.
- Add cumin seeds and let it crackle.
- Add chopped garlic and chopped onion and saute till translucent.
- Then add all dry spices mentioned in the list above and mix well. To avoid burning of spices, add little water to it.
- Season with salt.
- Add washed chopped green leaves. Add 1 cup water and close lid of the cooker.
- Cook for 2 whistles. Then turn off gas and wait till pressure released.
- Once lid opens turn on the gas and cook on low flame.
- At this point, add roasted gram flour or cornflour. Mix well using a ladle.
- Simmer on low flame for another 5 minutes.
- In the end, if you wish, add extra tampering of chopped garlic and red chili powder with ghee.
- Serve hot with roti & extra tsp ghee on top of it.
Notes
- If you have methi, or radish leaves then add that also.
- Clean the leaves properly and wash 4 - 5 times to remove the dirt.
- If you want to puree, then chop it roughly. Otherwise chop finely.
- Add corn flour or gram flour or wheat flour to after lid opens. To avoid any lumps, mix the flour with 2 - 3 tbsp water and mix well.
- I have dry roasted gram flour before adding it to the prepared saag. Then cook on slow flame.
- This is vegan sarson ka saag recipe. If you are on Keto diet, just avoid adding lots of onion or add in limited quantity.
- If you want you can serve with 1 tsp fresh cream or extra butter for that extra richness.
Nutrition
Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.3g | Protein: 1.9g | Fat: 4.4g | Sodium: 50.7mg | Potassium: 196.1mg | Fiber: 2.2g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 25.6mg | Calcium: 91.1mg | Iron: 2.4mg