Life 'n' Such

I don’t know if this is the recipe for sarson ka saag, but nonetheless, its an excellent recipe to make mustard greens.

Aunty Sara made this the last time, we had dinner with them. I loved it! This time when I visited her for tea, I asked her for the recipe, and its a very different recipe. Various steps are involved, like, boiling, squeezing, blending, and cooking. But hey, in the end its all worth the effort. (Actually it sounds like a lot, but, I guess, with fewer ingredients, and using a blender, the recipe is always easy)

Ingredients:

mustard greens (1 pack)
1 onion, couple cloves of garlic, few green hot peppers,
salt,
oil for cooking,
red dried chilli peppers,
mustard seeds

Method:

First boil the mustard greens, till they are tender (about 20 mins). When cool, squeeze out the excess water. Put it in the blender, and put the onion, garlics, and hot peppers with a little bit of the boiled water. Blend. Then in oil, heat the oil, and drop the mustard seeds in it. When they pop, add the red dried peppers and quickly add the pureed mustard greens.

That’s it, cook till you see oil floating on the top.

The recipe does not seem as bad.

O O broccoli! We all know how healthy broccoli is. But still so many of us are hesitant to eat it on a daily basis… maybe the texture, the appearance, the taste…

Last night Aunty Mumtaaz’s had dinner as Zunee; her newest granddaughter and her parents, were visiting) We are going to miss Zunee, she is leaving today, she has such beautiful curly hair.

Aunty Mumtaaz had so much variety, and she had made this broccoli cooked in Kashmiri style.

It was so good, no kidding. And the recipe, oh so easy. I had to write it down, before I forgot it.

So here you go.

Ingredients:

broccoli heads, seperated into florets (or a pack of frozen broccoli)
dry onion (looks like coconut flakes)
oil for cooking,
salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, and garlic

Method:

In oil, put the onion, and quickly drop the broccoli in it. Aunty Mumtaaz said not to mix the broccoli with the spatula too many times. Shuffle the pan instead. And let it cook till it gets tender. Add the spices. Cook a bit. Done.

It tasted so good with plain white steamed rice and yogurt. Hmmmm.. yummy!