Bathua (Chenopodium Album) and Aaloo ka bhujia(dry sabji/ sukhi sabji)

• Servings: 3-4
• Preparation time: 8-10 minutes.
• Cooking time: 17-20 minutes.
• Total time: 30 minutes. 

In winter Bihar’s vegetable market  is flooded with ‘Bathua green’ and people enjoy to prepare many varieties from this greens as Bathua soup, raita, paratha, dal, saag, pakoda(Fritters) etc…Bathua “(Chenopodium Album) and Aaloo ka bhujia(dry sabji/ sukhi sabji)” is one of them.The taste and nutritional value of this recipe is incredible.

It is comforting dish, prepare combo in breakfast with Indian bread like “Roti”, “ Lachchha Paratha”, “Poori”; a simple Bihari recipe can be served with any meal.

Indulge yourself in delicious food from Bihar…

Ingredients:

• Bathua (Chenopodium Album): 150-200 gm
• Aaloo: 200 gm.(Medium)
• Garlic: 1-2 pod.
• Green chilli: 2-3 no.
• Oil: 4-5 table spoon
• Salt: 1 teaspoon (as per taste)
• Paanch Phoran: 1 teaspoon
• Bay leaf: 2-3 no.
• Red chilli: 2-3 no.
• Red chilli powder: 1teaspoon.
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder: 2 teaspoon
• Cooking oil: 3-4 tablespoon

Preparation:

1. Clean, wash and Chop Bathua leaf roughly. Keep aside.
2. Peel off and Chop the potatoes length wises as Julian. Keep aside.
3. Crush garlic  and green chilli with hand chopper. Keep aside.

Method:

1. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, when it is starts to smoke; add panch phoren, bay leaf and red chilli, sputter for few seconds.
2. Add chopped potatoes, sauté on medium flame; fry until half done (About 5-7 minutes).
3. Add crushed garlic and green chilli; continue to fry for 2-3 minutes or 80%done.
4. Add chopped Bathua, continue to cook on high flame for a minute, after few minutes it will change the colour and starts shrinking.
5. Lower the flame, add chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder; continue to fry for couple of minutes.
6. Add salt, stir and fry (keep it stirring otherwise it may burn), cook for another couple of minutes on lower heat until it is done, .
7.  “Bathua (Chenopodium Album) and Aaloo ka bhujia(dry sabji/ sukhi sabji)” is ready to serve.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Bathua (Chenopodium Album) and Aaloo ka bhujia(dry sabji/ sukhi sabji) by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.