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Monday, October 06, 2008

Saam Savera

I recently had this dish called Saam Savera at a Gujarati restaurant and absolutely loved it. So much so that I wanted to recreate it at home. This is an original recipe to the extent that I tasted the curry, guessed what went into it and then a week later, trusted my memory to remember that taste and set about making it. The result is a non-oily yet delicious curry that goes well with rotis.

What you need:
Spinach - 1 bunch, washed and blanched/microwaved on high for 4 minutes
Onion - 1, chopped
Tomato -1, chopped
Garlic - 4 or 5 cloves, chopped
Green chilli - 1, minced (optional)
Ginger - a small piece
Carrot - 1, chopped fine and cooked
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Salt
Oil - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Corriander seeds - 1tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup

Heat a tsp of oil. Roast the cumin and corriander seeds until lightly browned. Add in the chilli, garlic, ginger, onion and tomato and fry for a few minutes until the raw smell is gone. Let it cool and then grind it along with the blanched spinach and milk to a smooth paste.
Transfer the gravy to a kadai. Add the cooked carrots, salt, turmeric powder and garam masala. Let it simmer on low heat for a few minutes.Njoy!!!

17 comments:

  1. Looks Delicious..healthy too..

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  2. wow.. looks delicious... thxs for sharing jayshree..

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  3. Hearing for the first time. Considering what goes into this recipe, it sounds healthy. Now I have another way to cook spinach.

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  4. Jayashre, the Shaam Savera I had at another restaurant (not Guj) consisted of spinach koftas with some paneer inside - shaam being the night/dark spinach and savera (morning) being the paneer, I think. I even saw Sanjeev Kapoor feature this dish on his show.

    Your curry's a nice unusual shade of green, I like the idea of adding carrot to it. This is also the basic gravy I use for palak paneer.

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  5. Very different dish, seems like a healthy palak.

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  6. yum, yum! lovely.

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  8. Looks great! amazing that you prepared the dish from memory. Never heard of a dish by this name, and was thinking it may be something for breakfast and tea, but sra's explanation looks logical:D

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  10. Never heard of this dish. Looks a like a paalka paneer minus the paneer. Definitely healthier that that.

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  11. looks delicious and healthy ...will try for sure...

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  12. Anonymous11:06 PM

    wow. spinach and carrots. never had that combo before.

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  13. this is completely new to me! the ingredient list looks delicious and healthy too.. I love all gujarathi meals and would love to try this one too.. thanks for sharing:)

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  15. Good combination of vegetables...looks delicious :)

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