Grandma's Kitchen | Page 47

INDIA Ingredients • 750 gm sarson saag Preparation • 250 gm palak saag For the saag: • 250 gm bathua saag 1. Add the three saags, salt and water into pressure cooker & cook over • 2 cups water salt pinch • 1 1/2 cup makki atta • 4 green chilly • 25 gm ginger • 2 onions • 6 cloves of garlic • 100 gm ghee • 1/2 tsp red pepper powder • 1/2 tsp garam masala • 1/2 tsp coriander powder • Makki ki roti For makki ki roti: • 1/2 kg makki atta 1. nead the makki atta until it becomes a ball, • Water for kneading • Ghee for frying low heat for 1 1/2 hours. 2. Squeeze out saag and keep saag water aside. Mash saagin the cooker until coarsely ground, and add makki attaand stir. SCHOOL : ST. MARK’S SENIOR SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, JANAKPURI 3. Put back saag water and a little fresh water & boil over slow fire. 4. Add green chillies & ginger & cook till saag gets thick. 5. For tadka, add chopped onions, ginger, garlic, red pepper powder; garam masala, dhania & saute until onions are light brown. 6. Mix into saag & garnish with julienne of ginger fried in ghee. add atta to dry it & knead. 2. Heat the tava and add a little ghee so that it does not stick. 3. Make round shapes of makki roti on chakla & carefully transfer to the tava. Cook with ghee till golden brown. 4. Serve with hot sarson da saag and gur and white butter. 37 KRISHNA KHATRI Main Course