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Chukander aur Saag Beets with Ginger
Whole beets used root to leaf: cubes sweated over popped mustard seed, curry leaves and green chile, then braised with their shredded greens and slivers of ginger until tender, the natural sugar taming the heat.
- YieldServes 4 as a side
- Hands-on22 min
- Total48 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 2large beets with their green tops, about 450 g total
- 2 tbspcanola oil
- 1 tspblack or yellow mustard seeds
- 7 leavesfresh curry leaves, medium to large; 6 to 8
- 2fresh green Thai, cayenne or serrano chiles, stems removed, halved lengthwise, seeds left in
- 1 tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
- 3 slicesfresh ginger, lengthwise slices about 5 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm, cut into fine matchsticks
- 240 mlwater
To serve
- 200 gbasmati or long-grain rice, cooked, to serveoptional
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