Swarnalata Patel
2 min readJul 23, 2021

Amaranthus Green da Saag Recipe

Input Ingredients:

Main ingredients: Freshly picked up Amaranthus leaves

Spices: Garlic, Mustard, cumin seeds, chilly

Special ingredient: Hendua (made of baby bamboo shoot– local Orissa delicacy), badi (made of black gram)

Preparation time: 4 mins

Cooking time: 4 mins

Process:

1. Chop the fresh amaranthus leaves into small pieces. I used the ingredients from my terrace kitchen garden for best flavor. Chop the garlic, chilies.

2. Heat a pan.

3. Put a tablespoon of cooking oil on heated pan.

4. Put mustard, cumin seeds, wait to splutter and then add chopped garlic, chilies. Wait for half a minute.

5. Add hendua and crushed black gram badi. Give it a good stern. Cook for a minute.

6. Once the hendua gives good smell, add the chopped amaranthus leaves

7. Cover it and cook for 3 to 4 minutes in medium heat. Occasionally, give it a good stern. Make sure, the leave is not overcooked.

8. Enjoy it hot as a side dish with rice.

Output:

Scrumptious amaranthus leaves da saag, which is full of nutrition, immunity booster and at the same time superb tasty too.

Freshly Picked Amaranthus Leaves
Badi, Chilly, Hendua, Garlic for Garnishing
Cooked Amaranthus Leaves
Cooked Amaranthus Leaves with Badi

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