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Mashed Potato Balls with Horseradish MASALA ALOO BHARTA
Mashed potato balls with horseradish — masala aloo bharta — turn fluffy buttery mash into something you eat with your hands and a wedge of key lime. Freshly grated horseradish runs through the potatoes with white pepper and paprika for a nose-tingling kick....
Zesty Mashed Potatoes ALOO BHARTA
Zesty mashed potatoes aloo bharta are anything but a side-dish afterthought — hot baking potatoes mashed with ginger-scented ghee, minced green chilies, and scalded cream, then flecked with fresh coriander. A hit of black pepper and smoked salt gives them a...
Spiced Creamed Spinach MALAI SAK
Spiced creamed spinach malai sak is India's answer to steakhouse creamed spinach — blanched spinach folded through ghee perfumed with asafetida, then enriched with heavy cream, cream cheese, or crème fraîche, whichever you have. Freshly grated nutmeg and garam...
Greens and Plantain with Toasted Almonds KACHA KELA SAK
Greens and plantain with toasted almonds — kacha kela sak — pairs green, unripe plantains with wilted spinach and mixed greens in a mustard-and-cumin-scented base. The plantains turn golden and custardy inside while cornmeal or chickpea flour thickens the pan juices...
Broccoli and Spinach Purée NARIYAL SAK
Broccoli and spinach purée nariyal sak is silky greens at their most comforting — broccoli, spinach, and mixed greens simmered with ginger, green chilies, and turmeric, then blended smooth with a waxy potato for body. A final tempering of cumin seeds crackled in ghee...
Bengali Spinach BADAAM SAK
Bengali spinach badaam sak is what happens when greens get the nut treatment — a paste of soaked almonds, peanuts, or pistachios folded through spinach cooked in ghee with mustard, cumin, and fenugreek seeds. Fresh ginger and green chilies bring heat, while shredded...
Curried Greens and Eggplant BAIGAN SAK
Curried greens and eggplant baigan sak is my kind of weeknight curry — cubes of eggplant fried golden in peanut oil with a whisper of mustard oil, then simmered with spinach and a warm spice blend. Crushed fennel, coriander, and cumin seeds coat every piece, and a...
Authentic Aloo Sak: Crispy Potato & Spinach Stir-Fry
Aloo sak, a rustic village-style 'dry' saag aloo, is potatoes and greens cooked down with nothing more than ground spices, a little sugar, and a finishing splash of lemon. The potatoes are pre-cooked so they fry rather than boil, and the spinach and mixed...
Creamy Spinach with Pappadam Noodles (Tamatar Sak)
Tamatar sak — Indian spinach with crispy pappadam noodles — is the vegetable side I make when I want a little drama. A tangy tomato sauce cooked with cumin, curry leaves, and green chilies envelops piles of fresh spinach and basil, and shattered crisp-fried pappadams...
Easy Buttery Spinach Sak (Saag) Recipe
This buttery spinach sak, Punjabi style, is the twenty-five-minute side that makes dal and roti feel like a feast. Spinach is squeezed bone-dry, chopped, and folded through sizzling aromatics — slivered green chilies, crushed cloves — then finished with garam masala...
Creamy Makkai Shorba (Indian Corn Soup Recipe)
Makkai shorba, a creamy Gujarati corn soup, is sweet corn taken seriously — simmered with red bell pepper and curry leaves in coconut milk and cream, seasoned with coriander, cumin, turmeric, and garam masala. Fresh corn cut from the cob makes it, and the two-cup...
Creamy Gujarati Vegetable Chowder (Sabji Doodh Shorba)
This vegetable chowder, or sabji doodh shorba, is India's gentle answer to New England clam chowder — thick with baby new potatoes and sweet peas, fragrant with curry leaves, and finished with cream. An aromatic bundle tied in cheesecloth steeps in the pot like a...