Winter Special Thali Episode – 5

Published On November 27, 2023
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Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Difficulty Level
Intermediate

Ingredients

FOR PREPARING SARSO KA SAAG :
Mustard Oil / Sarso Ka Tel - 2 tbsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Dry Red Chilli / Sukhi Lal Mirch - 1
Green Chilli / Hari Mirchi - 2 to 3 chopped
Ginger / Adrakh - 1 Inch chopped
Garlic / Lahsun - 3 to 4 Cloves crushed
Onion / Pyaz - 1 Finely chopped
Tomato Puree - Of 1 tomato
Red Chilli Powder / Lal Mirchi Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder / Dhania Powder - 1 tsp
All Spice Mix Powder / Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - As per taste
FOR PREPARING TADKA :
Clarified Butter / Ghee - 1 tbsp
Dry Red Chilli / Sukhi Lal Mirch - 1
Red Chilli Powder / Lal Mirch Powder - 1/4 tsp
FOR COOKING LEAFY VEGETABLES :
Mustard Leaves / Sarso Leaves - 1 Cup chopped
Spinach / Palak - 1/2 Cup chopped
Bathua Leaves - 1/2 Cup chopped
Water - As required
Ginger / Adrakh - 1 Inch chopped
Green Chilli / Hari Mirchi - 1 to 2 chopped
Salt - As per taste
Maize Flour / Makke Ka Aata - 2 tsp
FOR PREPARING MAKKE KI ROTI :
Maize Flour / Makke Ka Aata - 1 Cup
Salt - As per taste
Water - As required
Clarified Butter / Ghee - As required
FOR PREPARING MASALA MIRCHI :
Green Chilli / Hari Mirchi - 1
Clarified Butter / Ghee - 1/2 tbsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeera - 1/4 tsp
Salt - As per taste
Dry Mango Powder / Amchur - 1/2 tsp
tsp = teaspoon
tbsp = tablespoon

Instructions

FOR COOKING LEAFY VEGETABLES :
Take washed bathua leaves, spinach, sarso leaves, green chilli, ginger, salt, and 1 cup of water in a pressure cooker. Now cover the pressure cooker with its lid.
Cook it on high flame till 3 to 4 whistles. Once done, turn off the flame. Let it cool down. Then open it. Heat it and add maize flour. Mash it using a spoon. Once mashed well, turn off the flame. Keep it aside.
FOR PREPARING SARSO KA SAAG :
Heat mustard oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, dry red chilli, green chilli, ginger, garlic, and onion. Mix well and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame till it becomes a nice golden brown. Stir it occasionally.
Then add tomato puree and mix well. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, all spice mix powder, and little salt. Mix well and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame till the oil separates. Stir it occasionally.
Saute it for more 4 to 5 minutes. Stir it occasionally. Now add the mashed green leafy vegetables. Mix well. Cook it on low flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
Heat ghee in a tadka pan. Add dry red chilli and red chilli powder. Pour it into the prepared sarso ka saag.
Once done, turn off the flame and take it out to a serving plate.
FOR PREPARING MAKKE KI ROTI :
Take maize flour in a big bowl. Add salt and mix well. Add water gradually and prepare a medium-consistency dough. Then knead the dough well for 2-3 minutes.
Take a medium ball sized dough and make a round shaped big circular peda from the dough. Dust it with flour and roll a peda to make a roti. Adjust its cracked border using thumb and fingers.
Meanwhile, heat a tawa. Now place the prepared roti on the tawa.
Roast it on low flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Once roasted from one side, then flip it.
Now roast from another side for 2 to 3 minutes. Then roast the roti on the direct flame. Keep turning in a round and roast from both the sides.
Once done. Take it out on a serving plate. Apply ghee to it.
FOR PREPARING MASALA MIRCHI :
Take green chilli and roast it directly on medium to low flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Rotate it continuously till it is roasted well from all sides.
Once roasted well, take it out on a plate and make a vertical slit on it. Cut it and remove its seeds.
Heat ghee in a tadka pan. Add cumin seeds and green chilli pieces. Mix well and turn off the flame.
Add salt and dry mango powder. Mix well. Once done, take it out to a serving plate.
'Winter Special Thali Episode – 5' is ready to be served with jaggery and raita.