In Varanasi region, Sakpaita is a very common dish. It is very delicious and rich in the nutrient factor. I love sagpaita daal with new rice.
you can make this recipe with any of green leafy vegetable like spinach (Palak), Bathua, Fenugreek (Methi) or gram leaves and pulse/lentils.
In our home sagpaita recipe is very simple but you can use optional ingredients which you wish.
Note: In Varanasi region, we do not use turmeric and onion in any leaf vegetable(saag) recipe. I don’t know the region but it is not a strict rule. People like Asafoetida(Hing) and Garlic for any leaf vegetable recipes.
Ingredients for sagpaita:
- Saag( Spinach, Bathua, Methi or any other what you like) 500 gm.
- Daal ( Gram, mix lentils or any other daal/lentil what you want) 1/ 2 cup depends upon what thickness you want.
- Garlic cloves 8-10
- Asafoetida (Hing) 2 pinch
- Cumin seed 1/2 tablespoon
- Red chili 1-2
- Salt to taste
- Red Tomato 1 (Optional)
- Chopped Onion 1 (Optional)
- Turmeric 1/2 tablespoon (Optional)
- Garam Masala 1/2 tablespoon (Optional)
Method
- Wash green leaf vegetables very carefully and chopped them finely.
- Take one 3+ liter pressure cooker and wash mix dal and add 4 cup water into this and Add Chopped vegetable.
- Make the paste of 4 garlic cloves and hing and add this past to cooker.
- Finally, add salt according to your taste.
- Optionally add turmeric powder to it.
- Put the lid of the cooker and put it on the stove at full flame. Wait till it blows pressure and reduces the flame at min and cook for further five min. Turn off the flame and wait till pressure of cooker is released. Meanwhile, prepare the tadka.
Making Tadaka
- Heat a deep frying pan and put ghee to that add jeera to it and add chopped garlic to it and fry till garlic gets brown.
- Optional: Now add tomato and you want garam masala to it and cook it on high flame for 2-3 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and tadaka.
Daal is ready and serve it with chapati or rice.