Kashmiri Saag Recipe - Kashmiri Style Spinach / Palak

Name: Kashmiri Saag Recipe - Kashmiri Style Spinach / Palak
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Kashmiri
Ingredients: 3 cups Spinach Leaves (Palak); 10 cloves Garlic; 3 null Kashmiri dry red chilli; 1 teaspoon Fennel Powder; 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera); 1 tablespoon Mustard oil; 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing); null Salt to taste

Archana's Kitchen

January 17, 2019

7105 Ratings

Kashmiri Saag Recipe - Kashmiri Style Spinach / Palak

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 20 M|Total: 30 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Side Dish

Cuisine:Kashmiri

Kashmiri Saag Recipe is a iron rich dish, where spinach is the star ingredient. It is stir fried along with garlic and simple spices to give out a lovely flavour.

Did you know: Spinach improves blood glucose,controls diabetics, lowers the risk of cancer, lowers blood pressure, improves bone health, lowers the risk of developing asthma and more. Spinach is an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A, folate, iron, copper, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium, potassium, and vitamin C. Excellent source of dietary fibre too, it also additionally provides phosphorus, vitamin B1, zinc, protein, and choline.

Serve Kashmiri Saag Recipe along with Phulkas and Mooli Raita for a simple weekday meal.

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Kashmiri Saag Recipe is a iron rich dish, where spinach is the star ingredient. It is stir fried along with garlic and simple spices to give out a lovely flavour.

Serve Kashmiri Saag Recipe along with Phulkas and Mooli Raita for a simple weekday meal.

Try our other Kashmiri Recipes:

Ingredients

3 cups Spinach Leaves (Palak)

10 cloves Garlic

3 Kashmiri dry red chilli

1 teaspoon Fennel Powder

1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)

1 tablespoon Mustard oil

1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Kashmiri Saag Recipe - Kashmiri Style Spinach / Palak

To begin, making the Kashmiri Saag Recipe wash and clean the spinach leaves well.

Finely chop them and set aside.

In a skillet, heat mustard oil until smoking point on medium high flame. Once it begins to smoke, turn off the flame.

Now add the cumin seeds, asafoetida, cardamom, red chillies, garlic and saute for a few minutes, until the garlic begins to turn into a light brown colour.

Finally add the washed and cut spinach leaves, sprinkle salt and continue to cook on medium-high heat until the spinach wilts down. Add the fennel powder and give Kashmiri Saag a good mix.

Turn off the flame, check the salt and spices and adjust to suit your taste. Once done transfer the Kashmiri Saag to a serving bowl and serve warm.

This is how the traditional Kashmiri Saag is made, however if you wish to, towards the end of making the dish, you could add 1/2 teaspoon black pepper powder, 1 teaspoon cumin powder and 1 teaspoon lemon juice and a pinch of sugar, if you like to make your saag more flavorsome.

Serve Kashmiri Saag Recipe along with Phulkas and Mooli Raita for a simple weekday meal.