Saag Paneer / Mustard Greens Paneer Gravy
"Saag", the green leafy vegetable, also called as "Mustard Greens" is one of the healthiest choice in regular cooking. This contains more anti-oxidants and anticancer effects. Its low in calorie and an excellent source of Calcium, folic acid, vitamins and other minerals. Using this vegetable, there is a famous Punjabi dish called "Sarson Ka Saag" which is generally eaten with Corn Roti ( Makki ki Roti). I added Paneer to this dish and made "Saag Paneer" to attract my kids. Recipe is simpler with less ingredients and the process is also much simpler. As I used less oil, its bit thicker. You can customize the dish and make it in your style.
Ingredients
Saag / Mustard Greens - 1 Fresh Bunch
Tomato - 1 Medium
Red Onion - 1/2 Medium
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Butter - 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeera - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1 Pinch
Salt - To Taste
Green Chillies - 3 or 4.
Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
Method
- Wash the Mustard Greens thoroughly for three times and drain the sand and other dust particles.
- Cut the Mustard Greens, tomato in bigger size and steam cook them in a kadai with no water.
- Grind them along with green chillies and keep the paste ready.
- On a medium flame, add oil to the cooking vessel / non-stick pan. When its heated up, add cumin seeds followed by cut red onion, ginger garlic paste. Fry them for few minutes till you completely come out of the raw smell...
- Add the turmeric powder, garam masala powder, pinch of sugar and stir them for another 2 minutes.
- Add the grounded saag paste to the vessel now and add required amount of salt to the vessel.
- Mix them well and allow them to cook on a low flame for 4-5 minutes. Finally add the paneer cubes into the saag and mix it well with the cooked saag masala. Cover the lid and allow the saag paneer to remain in the flame for another 2-3 minutes.
- Switch off the flame and add little butter or ghee on top just before serving.
Tips / Variations
- You can shallow fry the paneer cubes instead of adding the raw cubes into the saag.
- You can add make it in any consistency you want by adding little more water / oil.
- In place of paneer, you can even add potato cubes and make it attractive for the kids.