Recipe of "Kumro Saag Posto" / Pumpkin leaves with Poppy seeds

Green leaves are always very healthy and nutritious item to add to your meal regularly.  Pumpkin leaves are eaten in many different ways like; fries,chorchori (mishmash) with other vegetables, with dal.  It has many nutritious value too.  My recipe of pumpkin leaves with poppy seeds / "kumro saag posto" is a bengali recipe mostly eaten by bengalis but thanks to internet that the recipe available to anyone in other side of the world.

Kumro Saag Posto

Ingredients:

• Tender pumpkin leaves with tender stem.
• Poppy seeds - 2 tablespoon
• Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• Cooking Oil
• Kalo jeera / Black cumin seeds
• Green chili - 2 / 3

How to prepare:

• Tear the whole leaves in 4 parts, peel the outer part of stem to take out the hard part of it from the stems and cut into 3 inches pieces.
• Wash and drain water.
• Make paste of  Poppy seeds and green chili add little water and keep aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan and add 15/20 kalo jeera or black cumin seeds on heated oil and wait for a minute
• Add pumpkin leaves, salt to taste, little turmeric powder then stir and mix all  nicely and cover it  and let it cook in medium flame for 5 minutes.
• Check and stir after that and if it is tender and cooked then add poppy seeds/ posto paste in it and mix it nicely and bring to boil.
• Once you realize that the paste blends well with the leafy vegetable and cooked can take out of flame.
• It is ready to serve with rice as side dish with other curries.

Nutrients value:

Pumpkin is rich in vitamins (A, C) and minerals (calcium, iron).  It is also rich in protein.    It helps in sugar control and lower cholesterol.  also boost immune system of our body.  It is also known that pumpkin leaves and pumpkin also is good for ladies for breastmilk.

Recipe of Saag / Greens fries

Green leaves are very healthy food.  It is very easy to make saag.  I have very simple recipe here for all.  Here I have the recipe of "Chawli" leaves which is called Amaranth leaves in english and notei shaak in bengali.  It could be eaten with roti / rice / chapati.

Chauli Saag

Ingredients:

• Amaranth Leaves / Chauli / Chawli leaves / Note shaak.
• Onion
• Green chili
• Garlic
• Cooking Oil
• Turmeric powder
• Salt to taste

How to prepare:

• Clean and wash the leaves and drain water.  Then chop it and keep it aside.

  

  Chopped greens

• Slice a medium size onion, green chili and smash 4/5 cloves of garlic.
• Heat two tablespoonful oil in a pan
• Then add sliced onion and fry until the onion is golden brown.

  

  Onion frying

• Add garlic and fry for few seconds.
• Then add chopped leaves, salt to taste, little turmeric powder, and green chili mix it and cover on low flame for  few minutes.
• Occasionally stir it and keep on low flame until it is cooked.
• Take it out from fire and it is ready to serve with bread, roti or rice.

Nutrients Value:

Amaranth or chauli leaves are rich in vitamins (vitamin A, B1, B2, C) and minerals (potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium, manganese, sodium).  It has no cholesterol.  It is good for pregnant lady and for the baby too. It helps in increasing flow of breast milk.  It also helps in bleeding from nose, gums and excessive menstruation.