Sarsoon ka Saag or Jolly Green Vegetables
Sarsoon ka Saag or Jolly Green Vegetables I am not trying to become a vegetarian but I have cut back substantially on eating red meat and fish (because the oceans are being over fished and red meat - well, that should be pretty self-explanatory).
I try to plan for one or more meatless dinners a week and today's meal was right out of the pages of Julie Sahni's book on Vegetarian Indian Cooking. Well, maybe not quite RIGHT out - let's say, inspired by the original recipe but with several Nancy-type variations.
Sarsoon Ka Saag is mustard greens cooked with a little cornmeal, Punjabi-style. I always keep several kinds of greens in the fridge so I substituted 1/2 cup of collard, turnip, mustard greens and chard. When the greens were completely thawed, I squeezed all the excess water out of them and put them in a colander to drain.
While the greens were draining, I sautéed one large onion and several cloves of garlic in vegetable oil. Then I added 1 tbsp Menthi power , two green...
The last Posts from Chez Namaste Nancy
- Happy St. David's Day. Patron Saint of Wales. “Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus”
- Daumier. Painter, lithographer, social critic
- Happy Birthday Renoir
- Shavua Tov & Chag Purim sameach! Have a good week and happy Purim!
- Horace Pippin. America's own Henri Rousseau
- Pamela Colman-Smith. Artist, activist, Illustrator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck
- The almost curry experiment
- Mary of Burgundy, 5 January 1477 - 27 March 1482
- The Year of the Ox
- Paula Modersohn-Becker. Pioneering Woman Artist, February, 8, 1876
- Super Owl Sunday
- Norman Rockwell. He portrayed our idealism and our flaws
- Happy Birthday Gertrude
- Calendar page for February - the month for staying warm
- Patrick Heron, January 30, 1920 - March 20, 1999
- Alice Neel. Born in January 1900
- Robert Motherwell. Born January 24, 1915
- Édouard Manet.January 23, 1832
- Louise Moillon. 17th century trailblazing woman artist & one of the best known at the time
- Paul Cézanne, Father of modern art. Born January 19, 1839
Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18
Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...
UP48 House. The shelter / Ubiko
Valencia, Provincia de Valencia, España Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Germán Cabo Area: 5070 ft2 Read more ...
This Company Says Its Modular Design ‘Is The Future of Tripods'
New tripod company Gearing says that it has developed a modular design that offers a mix of outstanding materials, tremendous stability, and unprecedented modularity that, when... Read more ...
Mixed Media Painting, Contemporary Art, “Jabberwocky
Much like the imaginary character this object is fantastical and colorful. 22"x15" Mixed Media on Paper/Available $330 Read more ...
Prelude
I live on the fourth floor of a tall apartment building in San Francisco. From my bedroom, I meet the gaze of crows perched along phone wires, gossiping with one another from... Read more ...
Does Shooting Video on Medium Format Make Any Sense?
Medium format has become far more accessible to more people than it has ever been in the past, and that includes the ability to shoot video on the giant sensors. In this... Read more ...
Format Launches Workfow: Adds Gallery Support and Business Tools
Format , a website-building platform that competes with the likes of Squarespace, has announced Workflow : a new suite of tools designed to help professional photographers run... Read more ...