This dish did not want to look pretty. I tried! Can you take my word that it tastes 1000 times better than it looks? If not, you’ll just have to make it for yourself, to see!
Above: saag, easy veggie salad, and Polenta for One.
(Side-note: I love raw pine nuts. They are like candy!)
Here’s one of the ugliest recipes that I adore: Saag is an Indian dish, usually made with spinach. When I attended college in Philadelphia, I often ate at a cute Indian restaurant, which had incredible (and vegan!) saag.
I also once had really good saag at the Boston Vegetarian Festival.
Sadly, Texas doesn’t seem to offer anything as yummy and vegan-friendly… or at least I haven’t found it yet. Therefore, frustrated and saag-less, I decided to make my own version of the dish. Right in time for the “May Flowers” part of the poem, I’m calling this “Spring Green Saag.”
Spring-Green Saag
(Serves four, or two Katies!)
- 1 package frozen spinach, thawed (10-12 oz)
- 1 medium onion (160g)
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp salt (or more if desired)
- 1/4 tsp dry ginger (or 1 tsp fresh)
- 1-2 tsp olive oil, or more if desired (I probably use about a tbsp)
- 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup yogurt of choice, depending on desired creaminess (I use Wildwood unsweetened soy)
Add onion and oil to a hot pan. Sauté 3 minutes, or until it begins to brown. Stir in the garlic, curry, and ginger, and sauté for another minute. Then add your spinach, as well as 2 tbsp water. Cook another minute, or until most of the water has absorbed. Remove from heat and stir in yogurt, as well as 1/4 cup water or milk of choice. You can also add a little coriander and turmeric, if desired, for more flavor.
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Wow never heard of saag. Definitely sounds like something I would like 😀
I’ve already picked up that ice- cream….well coconut ice cream, that is 😉
Mmm, I LOVE Indian food! And I think your saag looks awesome.
Ooo I love Saag! I’m a huge fan of Indian cuisine, as well as Japanese, Thai, and Mexican!
I don’t get out much, but I’m partial to Mexican, and “Asian” in general. I’ll eat or try just about anything though. That saag looks good, and fortunately, i have spinach on hand, so maybe i’ll try it this week 🙂
My favorite non-American cuisines are Japanese and Thai. Oh, and Chinese buffets. 😉 but mainly I loovveeee sushi and curry!
I think the saag in the first pic looks really good! By the second, it started to get a little saad that you hadn’t eaten it yet. 😉 I hate stopping to take pics before eating too and just shared one of my usual freak-out escapades on my blog about trying to finish taking pics b4 my food got cold. I’ve never tried saag so I’m saving this–I looooove Indian food! Really, there isn’t an ethnic cuisine I don’t enjoy–they’re all fantastic. I can’t even rank them b/c I love them all so much. Food is like my children, I can’t pick faves-haha!
I’ve seen those products but not their website! I love new products!!!!!
I am with you, sometimes I think my blog makes it seem like all I eat is breakfast, because it’s usually prettier than my savory meals! Also, I’m often much too interested in eating to bother taking a picture 🙂 Ugly as it may be, I love indian food, and can’t wait to try your recipe!
I saw the sugar-free coconut ice cream and whole foods yesterday and got SO excited! I got the mint chip but haven’t tried it yet! I’m hoping maybe they’ll come out with sugar free versions of their yogurts too…
That would be so awesome… To get unsweetened yogurt right now, I have to buy a really big carton of wildwood, and I can never finish it all before it goes bad, since I don’t use much yogurt. But sometimes I really want to make a recipe (like this saag) that uses yogurt!
Your saag sounds DELICIOUS!! You are AMAZING!! 😀