Instant Pot Sarson Ka Saag

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Instant Pot Sarson Ka Saag - North Indian Dish made with Mustard Greens,Spinach and Maize or Makki Flour, usually served with Makki ki roti and white butter.

What is Sarson Ka Saag?

Sarson ka Saag is winter dish, made in the Northern part of India.This dish is made with seasonal Green leaves - Spinach leaves, Mustard Greens & Pigweed leaves (Bathua).

It is usualy served with Makki ki roti or flatbreads made with Makki flour.

This recipe is a cheat's or a beginners Sarson ka Saag recipe.

This is the Saag you make when you are away from that warmth and comfort of home, in a place where you probably will not get most ingredients and don't have a lot of time on hands to sort through 5 kinds of different green leaves.

Authentic Sarson Ka Saag

The absolute authentic way of making Saag is to use atleast 4-5 kinds of seasonal green leaves- Sarson aka Mustard Greens being the center. Ideally,

• Sarson Leaves also called Mustard Greens
• Bathua leaves also called Pigweed leaves
• Radish leaves
• Spinach leaves
• Fenugreek Leaves aka Methi leaves

For most people living in northern parts of india this would not be difficult to procure but for the rest of us it's a nightmare to source.

Ingredients for Instant Pot Sarson Ka Saag

I have kept the recipe simple with only 2 essential green leaves.

But if you can find the others- you should use them too!Here are the ingredients.

• Mustard Greens/Sarson Leaves Can also use baby spinach
• Spinach/Palak
• Onion
• Tomato
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Ghee
• Mustard Oil
• Green Chilli(optional)
• Salt
• Maize Flour/Makki ka aata

How to Identify Mustard Leaves

Sarson leaves aka mustard greens are the leaves from the mustard plants.

Yes the leaves from those yellow flowers you see in DDLG and all other movies trying to depict Punjab.

These leaves are pungent and have quite a characteristic taste.They are usually large, spiky and lightish green in color. When you take a bite of the sarson leaves it will remind you of mustard and that's how you know for sure what leaves are sarson leaves.

How to make Sarson Ka Saag in Instant Pot

Step 1: Prep

Chop up the leaves and discard the thick stems.

Clean your various leaves in running water.I use my salad spinner for this and i really find it super easy!Do this atleast 3-4 times.

Prepare rest of the ingredients.

Step 2:Pressure Cook

Add the leaves, chopped up onion, tomato, ginger & garlic.Add ½ Cup of water and salt as per taste(start with 1 tsp).

Select PRESSURE COOK or MANUAL for 5 minutes HIGH pressure.At the end of 5 minutes, quick release, open the instant pot.

Step 3:Blend

Using a immersion blender, blend the saag into a thick puree.Add more water if needed.

Select the Saute setting, Mix ½ cup water with the maize flour.Add to the Saag and let it simmer for 15 minutes.Keep stirring the pot intermittently.

Step 4:Temper

This step should be done separately.

In a small pan - add mustard oil and let it heat.Once it starts smoking, reduce the heat.Add the Cumin ,Garlic and Ginger slivers.Let them sizzle and cook.Pour over the saag, give it a mix.

Step 5: Serve

Serve hot, along with Makki ki roti, some Jaggery and a dollop of butter on top.

Is Sarson Ka Saag Healthy?

If there was one dish in the whole wide world which was amazingly delicious and super healthy it is this!!First, you use seasonal produce, second it's spinach and other green leaves!!

It's Vegan& Dairy Free - if you skip on the butter and ghee

It's naturally gluten free because of the maize flour.

So go for it!!! just hold on to the extra butter and Jaggery if you are super concerned.

Here are some more dishes like Instant Pot Sarson Ka Saag

Instant Pot Palak Paneer
Instant Pot Spinach Dal
Instant Pot Rajma
Instant Pot Channa Masala
Instant Pot Basmati Rice
Instant Pot Channa Dal
Instant pot Langarwali Dal
Instant Pot Aloo Tamatar

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Makki ki roti Recipe

Now let's tackle the Makki ki roti.

If you want to take a super shortcut- buy the corn tortillas but if you want to go the authentic way then read the recipe below.

Fair warning - the first roti you make could prove to be difficult, but you will totally ace it from the second roti onwards!

If you are an absolute beginner in roti making and don't mind some gluten then mix the flour with a little bit of wheat flour to make the process easier.