Sag Aloo
Sat sri akaal, tombler!
The recipe we're cooking today is saag aloo, a simple dish that comes from the Northen part of India. 'Saag' refers to leafy green vegetable like mustard greens, spinach, collard greens, or basella, which is then cooked into a dish called -- you guessed it, saag. This is the dal as an ingredient and dal as a dish all over again. Meanwhile, 'aloo' is potato. This dish is popular not only in India, but also in Pakistan.
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Vienna starts by prepping the ingredients for the dish: potato, tomato, onion, and baby spinach.
Toast cumin seeds until it begins to sizzle, then add the onion, potatoes, ginger, garlic and green chilies. Sauté until it becomes aromatic. Stir in the masala, and cook on a medium heat until the potatoes are tender but not overly mushy. Add more water and let it cook for about 8-10minutes. While the potatoes cook, puree the tomatoes and roughly chop the greens.
Add the tomatoes and cook on high heat until the tomato mixture changed color. At this stage, let your potatoes break down and turn mushy. Mix in the baby spinach and let it wilt. For a more authentic taste, add one tablespoon of ghee and squeeze the lemon juice.
Served with wholegrain roti, Vienna loved this dish (look at her face!). She kept making the smelling-a-good-aroma animation while finishing the food.
Frejr, Vienna's son, also tried the dish, but given that he just lost one of his baby teeth, understandably he wasn't as hyped as his mother. What a sulky, little gloomy baby.
P.S. Sat sri akaal (ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ) means "hello" in Punjabi. P.S.S. Detailed recipe for saag aloo is derived from this article, this article, and this wiki page.
