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Palak Ka Saag With Peanuts: You must have tried many types of spinach saag till date, try making it with roasted peanuts once. Taste increases manifold and health also gets more benefits.
Muzaffarpur. As soon as the winter season arrives, the aroma of vegetables starts spreading in every house. In this season, eating vegetables with rice and roti has its own pleasure. Especially spinach greens, which are not only excellent in taste but are also considered very beneficial for health. Spinach, which is easily available from villages to markets around the city, becomes the pride of people’s plates during cold days. If greens are prepared by adding peanuts or almonds to it, then both its taste and nutritional value increases manifold. Roasted peanuts give excellent taste.
Rich in taste and nutrition
To make saag special in every house, people adopt their own methods. At some places garlic seasoning is added and at other places the local flavor of mustard oil is added. But people are really liking the saag made by mixing almonds or roasted peanuts with spinach. This greens is not only delicious in taste, but is also full of nutrition.
How is this special saag made?
To make this saag, first of all spinach is boiled with coriander in hot water for two minutes, so that its rawness goes away. After this, boiled spinach and coriander are ground in a mixer along with a clove of garlic, green chillies and roasted peanuts. On the other hand, mustard oil is heated in the pan and seasoning of cumin and asafoetida is added to it. Then add chopped onion and fry it until it turns golden.
After this, turmeric and chilli powder is added and the prepared paste is put in the pan. Add salt as per taste and cover it and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Finally, saag is prepared by adding garam masala and one spoon lemon juice. If you want, you can also take almonds instead of roasted peanuts.
extremely beneficial for the body
This spinach saag tastes very tasty when eaten with roti, rice, corn roti or millet roti. From health point of view also, spinach is no less than a boon. Many essential minerals are found in it along with iron, vitamin A, C and K. It helps in removing anemia, increasing immunity, improving eyesight and keeping the digestive system healthy.
It also strengthens bones and muscles, controls blood pressure and helps in weight loss. Spinach, rich in antioxidants, is also beneficial for skin and hair. However, experts say that it should be consumed only in balanced quantity.
