Malabar Spinach

Name: Malabar Spinach
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 250 gm Malabar Spinach; 2 Potatoes (medium sized); 1/2 tsp Spices (punch phoran whole five); 1 tsp Spices (roasted five powder); 1 tsp Ginger Paste; 1 tsp Garlic Paste; 2 tsp Onion Paste; 1 tsp Paste (red chill); 2 -3 Green Chillies; 1 tsp Turmeric Powder; 2 tbsp Mustard Oil; Whole red chilli; 1 tbsp Tomato (chopped); 1-2 tsp Salt (or as per taste)

Geeta Biswas

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About Malabar Spinach

Malabar spinach has different names in different States and different countries. In West Bengal it is named as pui sag. There are two varieties green and red. Stem of the Basela Alba is green and red. Stem of cultiva basella Alba rubra is redish-purple, the leaves in both plants are green. The stem when crushed usually emits strong scent. It is a creeper plant. When seeds become matured it looks dark red. This is a lost recipe and I cooked In a traditional way.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Served AsDinner Lunch

Recipe TasteSalty Spicy Sweet Tangy

Servings - 2

Ingredients

▢ 250 gm Malabar Spinach
▢ 2 Potatoes medium sized
▢ 1/2 tsp Spices punch phoran whole five
▢ 1 tsp Spices roasted five powder
▢ 1 tsp Ginger Paste
▢ 1 tsp Garlic Paste
▢ 2 tsp Onion Paste
▢ 1 tsp Paste red chill
▢ 2 -3 Green Chillies
▢ 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
▢ 2 tbsp Mustard Oil
▢ Whole red chilli
▢ 1 tbsp Tomato chopped
▢ 1-2 tsp Salt or as per taste

Instructions

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This is grown in my garden.
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Rubbing the ripen seeds, you can see the colour in my fingers.
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Cut the soft stems and wash. Cut the potatoes in cubicle shape.
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Take a cauldron add oil. After heating oil add the potato pieces along with turmeric powder and salt. Close the lid after five minutes take out the fried potatoes and keep separate.
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In the same oil add whole punch phoran and whole red chilly. Then add onion paste, ginger garlic paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder, green chilly, chopped tomatoes. Stir until brown.
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Add the pui sag mix well and close the lid. After ten minutes add the fried potatoes and five spices powder again mix. Close for a few seconds. Now it's ready to serve with steam rice.

Recipe Notes

Colour is the attraction of the recipe. When we mix the steam rice with the seeds of pui sag it becomes red. We should introduce this recipe to our kids,

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Geeta Biswas

Are you missing old, traditional recipes? I, Geeta Biswas would love to share all those different tasty and traditional recipes. Most of my recipes are simple and very creative as I try to add twist and easy steps to prepare each and every recipe.

4 Comments

Vishal Thakwani

August 18, 2023 / 3:54 pm Log in to Reply

This is so tempting! Can’t wait to cook it.
Vrn Sgh

November 6, 2021 / 3:47 pm Log in to Reply

This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Sreeju Premarajan

May 4, 2018 / 6:17 am Log in to Reply

I’m thrilled to try this recipe!
MD ZARRAR ALAM

August 17, 2016 / 6:52 am Log in to Reply

Looks so delicious! Thanks for the recipe.