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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I’m obsessed with all things Indian (as evidenced by 1/2 of my blog posts in the past month-ish). Just can’t get enough!
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I recently discovered the wonders of African fare–so many delicious lentils and coconut milk dishes!
Saag is absolutely my favorite Indian dish! Love. it. Thanks for the recipe!! 🙂
The mint chip is amazing!! this ice cream has turned my life upside down. I had 3 pints in the past 2 weeks and I feel awesome. No sugar coma, yay!!
I am just waiting to try that milk!!!
Not really on topic at all but I’ve been meaning to pop in and say. My sons have a slight obsession with porridge (or oatmeal as you guys call it there) now too haha. We went through pretty much all of your recipes (which they love!) and they still keep asking for “different special flavoured porridge”. So I had to get creative the other day and made some apple pie porridge. I tried to think about what goes in an apple pie and the different flavours and then what to use to make the porridge taste similar. It turned out pretty well – just needed some ice cream and would have been like the real thing lol. So you’ve inspired us to get interesting and creative as well as having us borrow your recipes all the time too 🙂
Awwwwwwwwwwww!!! That just makes my day :). I have a sneaky suspicion that a lot more people would like porridge if they got creative and flavored it not just with butter and sugar, but like a dessert pudding! Oh, and I love apple pie oatmeal… wish I’d been at your house when you made it, to snatch a bowl ;).
So this is off topic .. but I finally got around to making your boatmeal! I doubled the recipe and baked them in a heart shaped muffin tin, yielding 6 heart shaped muffins. I brought in two for work this morning to pop in the toaster oven. They smelled sewww amazing while baking last night! Yum! Thank you for the recipe!! The only things I changed – I didn’t have applesauce so I made my own (microwaved apple chunks and smooshed them) and I didn’t have chocolate chips so I used chocolate covered pomegranate seeds. Whee!
Oh my gosh, I love your idea to use chocolate pom seeds! That sounds incredible!
Katie, I actually prefer seeing the savory dishes, even if they aren’t photogenic and even if you don’t include a recipe. Seeing the healthy foods you eat on a daily basis inspire me to eat healthier, and aren’t we all always looking for inspiration to eat healthier? So please don’t worry about the photos!
Thanks Helen! I’m going to try and post more savory recipes in the future… I have so many!
I think your non-dessert pictures are beautiful! And even though Indian food is not very photogenic, your saag still looks yummy! 🙂
I am a sophomore/almost junior at Bryn Mawr–was this Indian restaurant Tiffin?
I was just there on Friday night! Such good food!
Mhmmm this looks so great!!! I love indian inspired food and well, love all your recipes, too! I WANT TO TRY those new flavors! yum!