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Chaulai ki Bhaaji
🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Chaulai ki Bhaaji

🇮🇳 Indian

Amaranth greens flashed in the pan with garlic, iron-rich and ready in fifteen minutes. The kind of homely bhaji that disappears fastest off the thali. Best mopped up with hot chapatis straight off the flame.

Prep 15 min Cook 34 min Serves 3 Medium

Ingredients

  • Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
  • Garam Masala1/2 tsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1, finely chopped
  • Tomato2, chopped
  • Garlic6 cloves
  • Green Chili2
  • Cumin Seeds1 tsp
  • Coriander Powder1 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
  • Vegetable Oil2 tbsp
  • Lemon1
  • Red Chili Powder1 tsp
  • Amaranth Leaves3 cups, chopped

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1

    Pat the amaranth leaves dry and chop it into similar-sized chunks — dry surfaces brown better.

  2. 2

    Heat oil in a wide kadhai and crackle cumin seeds; fry the onions till lightly golden.

  3. 3

    Tip in the ginger garlic paste and green chilies, then the spices — fry until the oil separates at the edges.

  4. 4

    Turn the amaranth leaves through the masala with the garlic, clamp on a lid and let the steam work — check after 10 minutes.

  5. 5

    Kill the heat, stir through the cilantro and the green chili, and rest five minutes before serving.

Chef's tip

Taste as you go — chili heat, salt and sourness should all lift each other, not fight.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Choulai(cholai) ki sabji Recipe | chaulai ki sabji recipe(chaulai sag with aloo), cholai chaulai sag · on YouTube