Saag (Green Leafy vegetables)

Pui saag diye Masoor dal (Malabar Spinach with red lentil)

Servings: 2-3 Preparation time: 3 minutes. Frying time: 9 minutes. Cooking time: 5 minutes. Total time: 17 minutes. ‘Pui saag diye Masoor dal (Malabar Spinach with red lentil’ is a flavourful dal with a pinch of Bengali culture; nothing fancy, just a bowl of steamed rice and posto Bata (Khus-Khus chutney) along with this recipe […]

Pui saag diye Masoor dal (Malabar Spinach with red lentil) Read More »

Sarson ka Saag (Mustard Green dry)

Servings: 2 Preparation time: 6-7 minutes. Frying time: 3-4 minutes. Cooking time:10-12 minutes. Total time: 23 minutes.  The Covid-19 has already vast impact in our life; it is important to eat healthy and avoid junk food. Keeping this in my mind I stated preparing mustard green in my kitchen more frequently than earlier; it is

Sarson ka Saag (Mustard Green dry) Read More »

Pui Saag/ Poi Saag (Malabar Spinach) with kushi kerao (dry green peas)

Pui Saag/ Poi Saag (Malabar Spinach) with kushi kerao (dry green peas)

Servings: 5-6 Soaking time: 5-6 hours. Preparation time: 8-10 minutes. Cooking time: 9-10 minutes. Total time: 20 minutes.  I was very happy and fascinated to see the ‘pui saag in Hindi or Tsuru-Murasaki’ in Japanese at peacock store near our house in Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan; a leafy vegetable often eaten in salad, tempura, light steamed

Pui Saag/ Poi Saag (Malabar Spinach) with kushi kerao (dry green peas) Read More »

Bitter Gourd Leaf (Karela leaf) Potato (Aaloo) Bhujia (dry)

Servings: 2 Preparation time: 3-4 minutes. Frying time: 12 minutes. Total time: 16 minutes. Coming to new country, meeting new people and setting new house; decorating balcony with potted plant is part of setting house. Especially for my husband who loves to work with potted plant. He started work for greenery in our Tokyo home

Bitter Gourd Leaf (Karela leaf) Potato (Aaloo) Bhujia (dry) Read More »

Spinach Corn Sandwich

Servings: 3-4 Preparation time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 8-10 minutes. Total time: 20 minutes. A smile appeared on my face when my husband agreed to go to Hanamasa (shop) to fetch spinach for the sandwich, because I prefer to eat sandwich in breakfast on weekend. Mostly I prepared the fillings in advance so that if

Spinach Corn Sandwich Read More »