MAKKI DI ROTI TE SARSON DA SAAG

 MAKKI DI ROTI TE SARSON DA SAAG 

           

                                                                

The classic Punjabi dish: Sarsoon da saag te makki di roti. This winter special combination of meal makes everyone drool in winters. As a traditional punjabi dish, saag means green and sarso means mustard. Along with a steaming hot makki roti and a dollop of ghee this recipe is a yummy and lip smacking treat in winters. A mix of palak, bathua and sarson, pressure cooked and prepared in a host of spices, makes this a healthy winter treat. You can serve gud or jaggery as an accompaniment along with this dish. 

Ingredients Of Sarson Ka Saag Aur Makki Ki Roti: 

For Saag:

2 cups sarson saag

1 cup palak saag

3/4 cup bathua saag

2 cups water with a pinch of salt

1+ 1/2 cup makki atta

2 Green chilli

1 inch ginger 

2 tomatoes 

1 Onions

4 Garlic cloves

5 tbsp ghee ( link: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08G46TL4G/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_g8ULFbTDB4NFN)

1/8 tsp hing / asafoetida

1 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp red pepper powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder 

For Makki ki Roti:

1/2 kg makki Atta

Salt as per taste

2 tbsp radish (grated)

1 tsp carrom seeds

1 tbsp fresh coriander (chopped)

Water (for kneading)

Ghee (for frying)

Recipe:

Prepare the Saag:

1. Add the three saags, salt and water into pressure cooker & cook over low heat for 1/2 hours.
2. Squeeze out saag. Mash saag in the cooker until coarsely ground (you can also grind it in a mixer grinder jar) and add makki atta and stir.
3. In a mixer grinder, grind tomatoes, onion, green chillies, garlic and ginger.
4. In a pan, add 2 tbsp ghee, to it add asafoetida and cumin seeds. Let it crackle a little. Add haldi and red pepper powder and mix.
5. To this add the ground tomato paste and let it cook till the ghee separates the pan.
6. Once this is done, put a little fresh water and add the pressure cooked saags, boil over slow fire and cook till saag gets thick.
7. Add chopped coriander and mix.
8. Turn of the stove, add 1+1/2 tbsp ghee and mix.
9. Take out in a bowl and garnish with 1+1/2 tbsp ghee.                                                                                                          

Prepare Makki ki Roti:

1. Add all the ingredients in a bowl and knead makki atta until it becomes a ball, 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 (it’s very tricky o make makki ki Roti since it keeps breaking so I used a polythene below and above the ball and rolled it out with a rolling pin) & carefully transfer to the tava.
4. Cook with ghee till golden brown.
5. Serve with hot sarson da saag and gur and lots of ghee.    

                                                    

Enjoy and keep showering your love.