INDIAN SAAG
Indian saag is a curry of cooked mustard or similar 'bitter' greens (kale, collards, turnip greens), and spinach or similar mild greens (chard, bok choy, beet greens). Any combination of greens works! Use more spices and peppers for hot saag, or less for mild.
Provided by VALONE
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Greens
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large skillet or wok, melt butter over medium-high heat, and cook and stir cumin seed, chile pepper, garlic, and turmeric until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in the chopped mustard greens and spinach a little at a time, adding the tougher parts first (the stems and thicker leaves). Continue to add greens, and cook and stir until all greens have been added and all are thoroughly wilted. Stir in the cumin, coriander, and salt. Cover; reduce heat and simmer until greens are tender, about 10 minutes, adding water as needed to keep the greens moist.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.7 calories, Carbohydrate 7.6 g, Cholesterol 40.7 mg, Fat 16.2 g, Fiber 4.2 g, Protein 4.7 g, SaturatedFat 9.9 g, Sodium 565 mg, Sugar 0.9 g
LOW FAT CALIFORNIA SAAG
An updated take on the classic Indian spinach-cream curry, Saag. Same bouyant creaminess, same thick mouth-feel, but with no cream, almost no saturated fats, and low in calories. Since the dairy comes from yogurt, some lactose intolerant people can eat it.
Provided by drig8162
Categories Curries
Time 1h
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Add vegetable oil to hot pan.
- If using meat, brown the meat now and remove.
- Add diced onions and salt to hot pan. Cook over medium heat until translucent, maybe 3 minutes.
- Add curry powder and 1/2 cup yogurt. Boost heat to high. Yogurt will quickly break-down, then it will combine with the oil, onions and curry powder. Cook until fragrant.
- Reduce heat to medium-high.
- Add red peppers and cook for 1 minute.
- Add spinach and cook until warm.
- Combine corn starch and 1/2 cup water. Mix thoroughly.
- Add corn starch slurry to pan. Stir constantly until thickened.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Check seasoning. It should be hotter than you'd like, since the rest of the yogurt will absorb quite a bit of heat. You may also want to add more curry powder,.
- Check thickness. Add water if too thick, or boost heat to medium and reduce if too thin.
- If you're using meat, add it, and any juices that have collected, into the pan.
- Add the rest of the yogurt and mix in well. Check seasoning again. Remove from heat.
- Serve over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 287.7, Fat 17.8, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 63.7, Sodium 722.4, Carbohydrate 14.4, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 6.7, Protein 19.4
SAAG (INDIAN SPINACH)
An Indian spinach dish similar to that served in Indian restaurants. This is great as a main course or served as part of a larger meal. Serve with basmati rice and a little raita if you like. The dish is also great with the addition of paneer cubes or boiled potatoes - though I love it plain.
Provided by GreenGal
Categories Spinach
Time 50m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, saute onion in oil on medium high along with ginger and garam masala until onions are translucent and begin to pick up some color.
- Add minced garlic to pan, and cook briefly to soften. Do not allow the garlic to burn - lower heat if necessary.
- Add tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes. Incidentally, you can add a little more or less tomato depending on what you have available, slight differences in quantity will not be noticeable.
- Stir in yogurt. Do not worry if the yogurt separates.
- Add curry powder, coriander, cumin, sugar, and salt.
- Add bag of frozen spinach and mix well to combine. There is no need to defrost first if you use a the bagged spinach. If you are using the frozen block, I would advise defrosting first. You can also use the equivalent of fresh spinach.
- Add about a cup of water to the pot and cover. Simmer on medium for approximately 30 minutes. Spinach is done when the color has changed from the initial bright green to a much less vibrant green (almost brownish). If you crank up the heat, it is possible to cook this a little faster, but you have to pay attention to the moisture level. You may have to add more water throughout the cooking process if it cooks off.
- Once the spinach is fully cooked, remove the lid and cook off any remaining liquid. The spinach should be moist, but there should not be much liquid free in the bottom of the pan.
- Remove pan from heat.
- Using an immersion blender, blender, or food processor, puree the spinach. Leave it as chunky as you like. You can also choose to puree only half of the mixture if you like bigger pieces of spinach.
- Add further salt to taste.
- I have found that I have to fine tune the spices every time I make this dish depending on how I feel that day. For me, adding further small amounts of coriander is the key.
- If you like, potatoes, paneer cubes or chick peas may be added at this point.
- ***NOTE*** It is very helpful to prepare all ingredients in advance of cooking so that they can be added quickly during the cooking process. I recommend combining the components of each step beforehand (i.e. pre-measuring the spices together) so that you can just dump everything in quickly as you go.
INDIAN SAAG PANEER (LOW FAT CHEESE WITH SPINACH)
I took this from the Betty Crocker cookbook for Indian food and modified it for a lower fat version. This is an amazing recipe! See my cheese recipe for reduced fat paneer (#246295).
Provided by deinemuse
Categories Curries
Time 1h
Yield 3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Use cooking spray and heat garlic and ginger over medium-high heat till golden brown.
- Stir in tomato sauce, coriander, cumin, pepper, masala, salt, and reduce heat to low. Partially cover and summer for 8-9 minutes stirring frequently.
- Stir in spinach. Simmer 8-10 minutes until spinach turns olive green.
- Stir in whipping cream.
- Stir in cheese. Simmer for 3-4 minutes or until cheese is hot and remove from stove.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 46.4, Fat 0.9, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 673.6, Carbohydrate 7.8, Fiber 3.7, Sugar 2.5, Protein 4.3
SPINACH SAAG
This recipe came from our friend who frequently takes Indian cooking courses at a local community college. You can add cooked chicken chunks if you like.
Provided by run for your life
Categories Curries
Time 35m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Boil spinach until most all of the water has boiled out, set aside. (Puree spinach in food processor or blender).
- Saute onions until golden. Add tomatoes, ginger and garlic. Mix well, add dry seasoning.
- Stir constantly until it thickens, then add spinach, mix well.
- Cook 2 minutes. Salt to taste.
- Turn off heat, add plain yogurt a little at a time.
- Serve with basmati rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 244.6, Fat 16.9, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 8, Sodium 135.9, Carbohydrate 19.2, Fiber 6.5, Sugar 9.3, Protein 8.6
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