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Finally, a place to ask a burning question. How do I make lovely, rich, spiced, melting saag? I have tried several recipes from cookbooks I own - recipes from Madhur Jaffrey, Julie Sahni, Nelam Batra, and none measure up. I end up with something that is oddly grainy and a little bitter, which is nothing like the saag I have eaten in so many restaurants. I suspect I may not be cooking the spinach long enough, but that's not the only issue as flavor seems to be off as well.
Help? -------------------- Kathy
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tejon Saag/Greens May 1 2005, 07:48 AM
gingerly hi kathy!welcome, and hope you find your answe... May 1 2005, 08:28 AM indiachef
How many of these cook book recipes actually mat... May 1 2005, 09:04 AM tejon
mushroom, mushroom :lol: May 1 2005, 09:30 AM tejon
Ah, now there's the rub, I think. Here's... May 1 2005, 09:42 AM jason gogal I made saag with Swiss Chard and it worked out rea... May 1 2005, 09:57 AM tejon I can get mustard greens pretty easily, chard as w... May 1 2005, 10:01 AM katori Butter! Have you tried adding an insane amount... May 1 2005, 10:04 AM tejon Insane amounts of butter would make just about any... May 1 2005, 10:09 AM jason gogal
Well, spinach can get bitter. I really liked the... May 1 2005, 10:14 AM gingerly
:D just checking too! May 1 2005, 10:17 AM katori
True, very true. My children love saag only beca... May 1 2005, 11:32 AM gautam Not to appear pedantic, but the palak sag or ... May 1 2005, 11:53 PM jason gogal
Bing!!! Not pedantic at all - that i... May 2 2005, 01:21 AM arnab very interesting--so, should i have been cooking w... May 2 2005, 02:08 AM gautam Any chard with the mid ribs removed?
Personally,... May 2 2005, 05:13 AM jason gogal I cooked mine with most of the rib. If it's to... May 2 2005, 07:54 AM tejon I was just going to ask if the ribs needed to be r... May 2 2005, 08:22 AM gautam Indian chard, like the Italian cut-and-come-again ... May 2 2005, 08:48 AM shanta Over in the Kantola thread prarochana said:
So, h... Jun 18 2005, 10:21 PM loislane As far as I know, there are no equivalents for col... Jun 18 2005, 11:07 PM shanta Here's a recipe and info on Rajgira patta aka.... Jun 19 2005, 12:39 AM frangipani Thank you Shanta!
Now the test is to identif... Jun 19 2005, 02:11 AM Akronym We use swiss chard regularly - just toss it into a... Jun 19 2005, 07:37 AM seajay
you will have best luck at an East Asian/Chinese... Jun 19 2005, 08:13 AM seajay
Lots of them, here. But not particularly AS-ifie... Jun 19 2005, 08:45 AM Anjali
In my friend circle, when we want to indicate th... Jun 19 2005, 08:55 AM shanta
cj, try the same with Amaranth leaves and stems(e... Jun 19 2005, 10:41 AM bmcdeepak I get really good results with spinach, regular gr... Jun 19 2005, 09:11 PM Veena I love this simple flavourful soup made with spina... Jun 19 2005, 11:00 PM gingerly bought a bag of 'pepper leaves' that i thi... Jul 6 2005, 02:29 AM jason gogal ?! Sounds like something I've come across ... Jul 6 2005, 03:07 AM gingerly surmise?moi? ;) google,gogal,google :rolleyes:
... Jul 6 2005, 03:31 AM Anjali
Gingerly, that's my laugh for today!... Jul 6 2005, 03:34 AM gingerly thank you!thank you!
no autographs please.... Jul 6 2005, 03:41 AM jason gogal
Hee hee...twas I who surmised.
That merits a qu... Jul 6 2005, 04:05 AM gingerly okay,found a recipe-will do something along these ... Jul 6 2005, 06:32 AM jason gogal
and a picture(little pepper conveniently showed u... Jul 6 2005, 07:17 AM katori Gingerly, I'm really curious about how these l... Jul 6 2005, 06:37 PM gingerly here's a blow by blow account then-uncooked,th... Jul 7 2005, 01:50 AM gingerly another version of that soup.
the other 'pepp... Jul 7 2005, 03:14 AM jason gogal Those look like the ones, gingerly.
You never ce... Jul 7 2005, 03:21 AM Nichiro
Ya, Made Bhajjis outa 'em as Sindhi/Gujjus ... Jul 7 2005, 06:14 AM jason gogal
Ya, Made Bhajjis outa 'em as Sindhi/Gujjus d... Jul 7 2005, 08:16 AM sangeeta i have bought fresh garlic greens and ghongura lea... Jul 24 2005, 08:52 AM jason gogal Sangeeta, I have a really good green onion/green g... Jul 24 2005, 09:33 AM shanta
sangeeta, here's a green garlic thread. Jul 24 2005, 09:45 AM sangeeta
can u send me the recipe please.......we make a ... Jul 24 2005, 05:34 PM suman Karela (bittergourd) leaves are often to be found ... Jul 24 2005, 07:22 PM sangeeta
ajwain leaves taste yum....but bhajjis made of p... Jul 24 2005, 07:51 PM Nichiro
ajwain leaves taste yum....but bhajjis made of pa... Jul 24 2005, 09:41 PM hima i bought some bok choy today. i don't think it... Nov 20 2005, 10:45 AM hibiscus Hima, that sounds good. Don't forget to add a ... Nov 20 2005, 10:49 AM hima thanks for the tip! have never had oyster sauc... Nov 20 2005, 11:08 AM hibiscus Oyster sauce is sweetish and salty, and can be a t... Nov 20 2005, 11:21 AM hibiscus Found this while footling around... green glossary... Mar 27 2006, 10:01 AM gingerly amazing list of uncultivated greens from one distr... May 19 2006, 03:10 AM
Wildflower
amazing list of uncultivated greens from one dist... May 19 2006, 04:13 AM Glicky I'm a sucker for saag paneer too...but I... May 21 2006, 12:01 AM arnab okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at the... May 28 2006, 04:41 AM Nichiro
okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at th... May 28 2006, 04:53 AM seajay
okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at t... May 28 2006, 06:16 AM lata Brocolli rabe/rapini is wonderful with pasta - I... Jun 15 2006, 06:54 PM loislane
okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at th... May 28 2006, 06:16 AM Manish
okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at th... May 28 2006, 05:32 AM mallige
okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at t... May 28 2006, 06:06 AM twwc so i was at the grocery store today and found dand... Jun 15 2006, 09:44 AM jason gogal
so i was at the grocery store today and found dan... Jun 15 2006, 10:19 PM polarmate I had these a while ago. Fresh from my friend... Jun 15 2006, 11:22 AM roshna
I had these a while ago. Fresh from my friend... Jun 15 2006, 03:54 PM jason gogal
I had these a while ago. Fresh from my friend... Jun 15 2006, 10:24 PM seajay
I had these a while ago. Fresh from my friend... Jun 16 2006, 12:05 AM twwc
I had these a while ago. Fresh from my friend... Jun 15 2006, 07:10 PM polarmate :lol: Don't have a wine recipe but could get t... Jun 15 2006, 08:09 PM gingerly they're great the way p'mate described-lig... Jun 15 2006, 11:23 PM twwc does the bitterness overwhelm everything else? gin... Jun 16 2006, 12:12 AM gingerly parboiled potatoes,diced really small.i really lik... Jun 16 2006, 12:24 AM Veena Picked up some luscious, grit-free vaali (Indian s... Jun 19 2006, 10:01 AM Wildflower
Picked up some luscious, grit-free vaali (Indian ... Oct 8 2006, 08:16 AM Veena Wildflower, I don't have the recipe. Am plann... Oct 8 2006, 08:33 AM Wildflower
The spinach in those recipes, btw, is not regula... Oct 8 2006, 09:48 AM Mrinalini
It looks like Basella alba (called "batsala/... Oct 9 2006, 09:04 AM lakme
In fact this is reminding me that I have never... Oct 8 2006, 09:07 AM Wildflower
Is that what makhana is? I've always wondere... Oct 8 2006, 09:44 AM Wildflower Meant to edit the earlier post Oct 8 2006, 09:39 AM hibiscus Mmm... nice, Tav-TavI vALi... The result looks goo... Jun 19 2006, 03:23 PM Veena Hibiscus, the masala was one "heaped" ta... Jun 19 2006, 09:48 PM hibiscus The masala sounds good, Veena; in fact it might wo... Jun 20 2006, 03:45 PM loislane okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at the... Oct 7 2006, 11:40 PM arnab
okay, so i got a big bunch of broccoli rabe at th... Oct 8 2006, 11:42 AM hibiscus hamein kal ka khabar nahin aur aap chaar maheenein... Oct 8 2006, 01:07 PM Mrinalini Veena, is that closer in taste to 'basalé ... Oct 8 2006, 09:26 AM arnab right, right--takes from khabar not kal. Oct 9 2006, 01:34 AM hibiscus Arnab but you can get round all that by speaking B... Oct 9 2006, 10:32 AM Trips Made aaloo_methi yesterday. Any good recipes here ... Dec 31 2006, 12:44 AM Veena
Made aaloo_methi yesterday. Any good recipes here... Dec 31 2006, 05:49 PM loislane
Made aaloo_methi yesterday. Any good recipes here... Jan 2 2007, 10:28 AM Trips Thanks, Veena. That recipe calls for boiling the p... Dec 31 2006, 10:26 PM polarmate Strangely, seajay, the bitter flavor is what I lik... Mar 22 2007, 06:31 AM  |
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