Saag Corn Sabzi

Saag Corn Sabzi

 

 

One of the healtiest green sabzi I have been cooking in my kitchen is Saag Corn.It has Collard greens, Mustard Greens and Spinach.Collard greens are packed with vitamin C and soluble fibres along with potent anti cancer properties and they are very low in calorie count.Mustard greens are rich source of vitamin A and K while we all know about Spinach as high in Iron ,Calcium,Folate and u name it u have it vitamins and antioxidants.  

Ingredients:

• 1 Bunch of Collard greens
• 1 Bunch of Mustard Greens
• 2 Bunches of Spinach
• 1green chilly finely chopped
• An inch of ginger grated
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 large tomatoes chopped
• 2 cups corn kernels.

Spices:

• 2 tb spoon EVOO(extra virgin olive oil)
• 1 tb spoon clarified butter(ghee)
• 1 t spoon cumin seeds
• 1 t spoon roasted cumin powder
• 1 or 2 dry whole red chilly
• A pinch of asfoetida
• 1tb spoon red chilly powder
• 1tb spoon garam masala
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Thoroughly wash all the greens.
• Snap the hard fibrous stem part of all the greens and keep only soft stem part along with green leafy part.
• Boil water in a pot and add all the greens to it.
• let it boil for approximately 10 mins.
• Strain the greens in a colander.Keep some boiled water aside.
• In a grinder grind all the boiled greens and keep it aside. 
• In a separate heated pan add 1 tb spoon EVOO crackle cumin add asefoetida along with dry whole red chillies.
• To it add grated ginger and green chilles sautee for a min.
• Add 3/4 quantity of chopped onions and sautee.
• Add 3/4 quantity of chopped tomatoes add salt to taste and sautee till the oil separates.
• To this add puree of greens and mix it well add red chilly powder, garam masala, roasted cumin powder.
• Add the corn kernnels and cook it for 10 more mins.If the saag appears to be dry then add that kept aside boiled water in which we boiled the greens.
• Transfer it into the serving dish.

Garnishing:

• In a heated pan add 1 tb spoon of EVOO and sautee rest of the chopped oninons and tomatoes.
• Garnish on top of Saag Corn along with clarified butter. 
•  Serve it with makki roti or regular wheat roti.