Recipe - Mixed Greens Pureed (Saag)

12 ounce Spinach, fresh or frozen
8 ounce Mustard greens, fresh or
frozen
10 ounce Broccoli, fresh or frozen
10 ounce Kale leaves, fresh or frozen
One half cup Water (or as needed to
prevent burning)
2 tablespoon Chopped ginger
1 1/3 tablespoon Chopped garlic
1 tablespoon Chopped small green chilies
Three fourths teaspoon Tumeric powder
Three fourths cup Chopped onions
4 tablespoon Oil (or other sauteeing
liquid)
1 cup Finely cut or sliced up onions
1 tablespoon Minced garlic
6 Dried red chilies (or to
taste)
One half tablespoon Cumin seeds

Taken from Shahnaz Mehta's _Good Cooking from India_.

Wash the greens thoroughly and chop them coarsely. If using frozen greens,
defrost and chop.

In a large pot with a heavy bottom, warm the water and put in all the
greens, ginger, garlic, green chilies, tumeric powder, and choped onions.
Bring to a boil, covered, over moderate heat. Then stir well, reduce heat
to low and simmer, covered, another 50 minutes. Check regularly and add
more water as necessary to prevent burning. The amount of water needed will
depend on your combination of greens and whether they are fresh or frozen.

Remove the pot from the heat and blend the greens (in batches if necessary)
in a blender or food processor along with enough liquid from the pot to
make a puree.

Return all the pureed greens to the pot and simmer until the excess
moisture evaporates and the puree becomes thick.

Meanwhile, in a skillet, heat the oil or sauteing liquid. Saute the cut or sliced up
onions until a reddish brown. Add them to the greens. In the same skillet
then saute the minced garlic until it becomes a golden brown. Add the red
chilies and cumin seeds and saute another 1 to 2 minutes. Do not let the
cumin seeds burn. Pour the contents of the skillet into the pot with the
greens. Stir and serve hot.

Sorry I don't have the nutritional information. The only source of fat
would be if you gave in and used a little bit of oil to saute the spices at
the end. Posted to Digest eatlf.v097.n079 by bgaerlan@ucla.edu (Barbara
Gaerlan) on Mar 22, 1997