saag

sadzzz · Sep 2nd, 2009, 09:16 PM

i have been craving this for sooooooooo many months now..

i cant find fresh mustard leaves anywhere... i am goign crazy cus im just dying to have some

a relative reckons i can get the can saag and bhoonify it in a way that it'll taste just the same... but i dunno. Im a bit reluctant to do that.. but if i dont get any in the next 2-3 weeks, i think im just gonna have to do that

Niksik · Sep 2nd, 2009, 09:50 PM

So you get frozen saag? That's pretty awesome.

sadzzz · Sep 2nd, 2009, 10:56 PM

it comes in those tins.. i dont think its frozen.. just premade..

PSquared · Sep 3rd, 2009, 12:36 AM

You can find frozen and canned spinach at your grocer's.

The fresh ones are the best...Sadzzz...do you have a Farmer's market or something in your area?

The next best choice is frozen and last resort would be canned.

I hope you find saag soon...I know how you feel...I love saag and have cravings for it too...lol

sadzzz · Sep 3rd, 2009, 01:19 AM

hehe... i know.. im like craving it as if im pregnant.. which clearly im not.

Ive tried several fresh fruit and veggies places... and even most of the desi shops around my area. I think im gonna have to get mum to find it and make it for me..

i sooo love it with parratte and makhan...

RupayHalwa · Sep 3rd, 2009, 07:07 AM

Grow your own, it's easy. Get some mustard seeds from the supermarket, sprinkle in a little plastic tray filled with compost, water, keep in a dark cupboard for 2 days then on a sunny windowsill and water.

They grow really quickly.

U can also get the ready planted mustard leave pots in supermarkets with the salads, but they r tiny. Put them on the window sill and allow the leaves to overgrow.

Ophy · Sep 3rd, 2009, 09:29 AM

Broccoli gives more or less the same taste as mustard leaves in saag. my mother uses that. the saag is usually fine

fara · Sep 3rd, 2009, 12:47 PM

You can find fresh mustard leaves in Chinese super markets.

sadzzz · Sep 3rd, 2009, 07:44 PM

^ ive tried them too fara... thats what mum says

RpuayHalwa.. thanks! as soon as i move into my more permanent home, I shall do that

perfect idea

Rainbow09 · Sep 3rd, 2009, 08:19 PM

^ hope you manage to get some. I absolutely LOVE saag!

SeaBee · Sep 4th, 2009, 09:01 AM

Sadzz, if you can find "Ahmed" saag (canned), you HAVE to try it. I remember we used to get it from this desi store on Sydney Road, and it was to-die-for! I used to heat it up on the stove, and then fry some ginger and paprika flakes in oil, and garnish over it. Once they ran out of them, we never got to have it again. To this day, I look for "Ahmed" saag, even here in Canada.

I know it's not the same thing, but if you make spinach with broccoli, it gives a similar kinda taste. Just make it plain (and the consistency of saag), without any meat. Do the tarkha thing with that as well, and it's prett yummy.

RupayHalwa · Sep 4th, 2009, 09:56 AM

What if u put a bit of mustard paste in normal spinach, would it taste similar?

lady red · Sep 5th, 2009, 04:40 PM

broccoli wala saag kaisay banatay haiN? kissi ke paas hai recipe?

Ira · Sep 5th, 2009, 05:42 PM

^ broccoli ko saag main dal daitay hain aur normally sag ki tarah banatay hain.

sadzzz, in the little pind that i live in, i found saag in the local farmer's market. Maybe try those if youhave them in your area? No where else have I ever seen it before.

redvelvet · Sep 5th, 2009, 05:51 PM

I like palak better than saag.

Sadzzz, spinach is easy to find in the grocery store. We use the frozen packet. But "saag" contains a mixture of spinach and mustard greens. And it's the mustard greens you're looking for, I think. If they don't have mustard greens at the local supermarket, then try a fresh farm produce store......or local desi market.

chips6 · Sep 5th, 2009, 07:43 PM

I once heard that adding broccoli raab to the regular spinach gives it the taste most closest to 'saag'....
Anyone ever tried it...??...How do you cook it,I mean what are the proportions of both...??