Makki Di Roti Te Sarson Da Saag with Gur & Butter

Sarsoon da saag te makki di roti. Best had with some white butter, jaggery.This winter special combination of meal makes everyone drool in winters. As a traditional punjabi dish, saag means green and sarson means mustard.Ingredients of Sarson Ka Saag Aur Makki Ki Roti: Along with a steaming hot makki roti and a dollop of butter or ghee this recipe is a yummy and lip smacking treat in winters. A mix of palak, bathua and sarson, pressure cooked and prepared in a host of spices, makes this a healthy winter treat. You can serve gud or jaggery as an accompaniment along with this dish. Granny Special try it out.

Ingredients of Sarson Ka Saag Aur Makki Ki Roti

• Selection of Saag
• 750 gms sarson saag
• 250 gms palak saag
• 250 gms bathua saag
• 2 cups water with a pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cup makki atta
• 4 Green chilli
• 25 gms ginger
• 2 Onions
• 6 Garlic cloves
• 100 gms ghee
• 1/2 tsp red pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• For Makki ki Roti:
• 1/2 kg makki Atta
• Water (for kneading)
• Ghee (for frying)

How to Make Sarson Ka Saag Aur Makki Ki Roti

1. Preparation of the Saag
2. Add the three saags, salt and water into pressure cooker & cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours.
3. Squeeze out saag and keep saag water aside. Mash saag in the cooker until coarsely ground, and add makki atta and stir.
4. Put back saag water and a little fresh water & boil over slow fire.
5. Add green chillies & ginger & cook till saag gets thick.
6. For tadka, add chopped onions, ginger, garlic, red pepper powder; garam masala, dhania & saute until onions are light brown.
7. Mix into saag & garnish with julienne of ginger fried in ghee.
8. Prepare Makki ki Roti:
9. Knead the makki atta until it becomes a ball, add atta to dry it & knead.
10. Heat the tava and add a little ghee so that it does not stick.
11. Make round shapes of makki roti on chakla & carefully transfer to the tava.
12. Cook with ghee till golden brown.
13. Serve with hot sarson da saag and gur with white butter.

Please Note

Mixed the hot ghee/butter and jaggery together mashed the makki ki roti in this mixture, you will never ever forget this heavenly taste of the said preparation.