Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Sarson ka Saag aur Makki ki Roti


Saag and Makki ki roti is the traditional Punjabi dish. Saag is made out of a mixture of mustard greens and spinach. Makki ki roti is made of coarse corn flour. Until now i haven't been able to find the coarse corn flour anywhere in indian grocery stores. So i get it from india but if anybody knows where can i get it here, that would be great.
For now, here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

For Saag:

2 bunches of mustard greens
1 bunch of spinach
1 inch of ginger root, peeled
1/2 onion , chopped
3 green chilis
1 clove of garlic
1 tsp chili powder
salt to taste
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp butter

For Makki ki Roti:

2C corn flour
2 boiled potatoes
1 tsp ajwain
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp garam masala
7 tbsp ghee
salt to taste
Method:
Saag:


1) chop the spinach and saag roughly. Drop them in a pressure cooker with green chilis, chopped ginger and sugar. There is no need to add water as spinach and mustard greens will leave water.

2) Pressure cook until one whistle and turn off the heat. Let the steam come off on its own.

3) Take the lid off and mash the boiled saag.

4) In a pan, heat oil , add chopped onions and garlic and fry them for a while until they turn brown. Add salt and chili powder. Add the saag and cook until the water from the saag disappears. Add a tbsp of butter and turn off the heat.

5) Serve hot with makki ki roti and fresh butter on top.

Serves:2-3

For Makki ki Roti:

1) Mash the boiled potatoes and add to corn flour, ajwain, chili powder, garam masala and salt. Knead with warm water to form a dough. The dough will not be sticky as a regular dough. So it will be a little difficult to roll it out. So, the potatoes work as a binder.

2) To make the rolling easier, place a damp cloth underneath a medium dough ball and one damp cloth over it. Out out with a rolling pin. Remove the damp cloth.

3) Heat tava and apply ghee on it , remove damp cloth from underneath by pulling it out gently.
Place on the tava and apply ghee, about a tbsp for eah roti till it becomes brown on both sides.

4) Serve hot with saag.

Makes 7 Makki ki rotis

Tip: You can also use grated radish(mooli) instead of potatoes.

1 comment:

Manasvi said...

Hey,

I loved your blog. I came across it while I was searching for a home made tiffin service around my area on Sulekha.

I loved all the recipes on your blog.

I thought I should let you know. I 'think' I heard that Pioneer cash and carry @ Little India in Artesia grind up custom flours on request. You could try calling them and inquiring if they could grind coarse Makke ka atta for you.

Anyway, your blog is gr8. Keep writing.

:-)