Chaulai is very beneficial,
and a saag made out of it
is more beneficial.
Today, we'll make chaulai ka saag.
It's a special lal chaulai ka saag
which everyone will love.
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With the onset of winter, chaulai comes to the market.
There are 2 types of chaulai
red and green.
You can take any of them,
both of them are tasty and beneficial.
Clean them first,
remove thick stems
and keep the leaves like this.
And then after cutting
wash them nicely 3-4 times.
Keep it in a bowl
and then
dry it well.
So, we have washed and
dried this chaulai.
It’s 500 grams in weight.
Take some leaves
and make a bunch.
And first
cut them
into half
and just like this
put them together.
Now finely chop them.
Chop them finely,
as much finely as you can.
They are cut.
Take a cooker to cook them,
as it cooks quickly in a cooker.
You can also cook them in a pan,
but it takes time to cook.
Put the saag,
don't have to add oil or ghee for now.
Take 5 green chilies,
are not too big but are spicy.
And 1.5 inch of
ginger,
we'll grate the ginger
and finely chop green chilies.
Or you can also grind them coarsely in a grinder.
Grated ginger
and finely chopped green chilies.
To bind them add 1/4 cup of wheat flour.
4 tablespoons,
it's wheat flour,
I took it in a bowl.
We'll make a solution.
Add some water to it
and mix till no lumps are left.
After there are no lumps, add some more water
and make a watery solution.
Pour this solution in cooker,
mixed flour in 1 cup of water
add 2 cups of water more.
Add 1.5 teaspoons of salt,
or as per your taste.
You can add salt later as well, so, add less for now.
Mix it well.
Not much spices are added to cook saag.
Only ginger, green chilli and salt.
I feel water is a bit less in it, so, adding more.
Added 1 cup flour mixed water
and 3 cups more.
Now mix it well.
Close the cooker and turn the flame on.
Cook it till one whistle.
Take 2 tomatoes
and cut them.
We have cut these tomatoes by removing the seeds.
Removed this middle seed portion.
Whistle has come.
As cooker whistles,
turn the flame low
and cook saag at low flame.
No need to let it whistle much,
just cook it for 5 minutes at low flame.
It has been 5 minutes
turn off the flame.
And let the cooker cool down.
Traditionally, after saag is cooked,
asafoetida and cumin tadka is added to it.
And saag gets ready to be served.
But today,
as per your taste we'll make it differently.
We'll add roasted potatoes to it.
Take a pan
and add 2 tablespoons of ghee.
After ghee has melted,
add 3 boiled potatoes,
cut them into 4 pieces of a potato.
Now roast them in ghee,
as ghee roasted potatoes are very tasty.
You can make saag in ghee
or in mustard oil.
Fry the potatoes till they turn brown from all sides.
Potatoes are roasted,
and we roasted them at high flame
as they were boiled.
It took 2 minutes to roast them,
they roast quickly.
And with the remaining ghee
we'll make tadka.
In such long time the cooker has also cooled down.
Look at the consistency of saag,
it's perfect.
This saag cooked quickly.
To make tadka,
there is already ghee in the pan,
heat it.
Add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds to hot oil,
and 2 pinch of asafoetida.
Turn the flame low
so the spices do not burn.
Asafoetida tastes good in saag,
so it is added more.
Flame should be low, mix them
and roast them a little.
You can put only asafoetida and cumin seeds tadka
saag tastes good with that too.
But we are adding tomatoes to it,
it enhances the taste of saag more.
Fry them a little don't mash much.
Add 2 green chilli,
make a small cut and put them in.
These chilli will roast with this tadka
and will be very tasty.
So, if you love spicy food
you can eat these chilli.
Tomatoes have cooked,
don't cook them much.
Turn off the flame,
and put this tadka in saag.
Now serve saag,
put ghee roasted aloo on it
Laal chaulai with roasted aloo is ready.
I believe,
your whole family will love it.
This chaulai is available throughout the winter.
Mother nature has made this for you
to eat it throughout the winter.
So you also make and have them,
and share your experiences with me.
Let me know what should I make next for you.
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