Reviewed: May 11, 2012

I was the only one in my family who liked this. I accidentally over blended half of the saag for the last step, so it came out looking like babyfood- but such a beautiful color! The only thing I changed was to use olive oil instead of ghee- didn't have any and was too lazy to make some from scratch. I don't know if I'd make this again. It wasn't bad. It helped me use up all the kale I had which was why I thought to make it in the first place, but it's really too high in carbs for my husband and I to eat and it didn't particularly wow either of us.

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Mrs. Jason

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

Good, but a little bland.

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SHPHILLI

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2011

The contrary opinions on whether this can be called saag and the appropriateness of the ingredients arise from different sub-cultures within the Indian sub-continent. Among Punjabis( people whose ancestors and possibly they themselves are from the Punjab region), the term "saag" means a simple curry made from bitter mustard greens and milder greens such as spinach. No milk,cream etc is EVER added- that would be blasphemous. For non-Punjabis however, "saag" means any dish made of leafy green vegetables such as this one. It is common to add cream, milk, paneer etc to green leafy vegetables. So everyone who posted their ire is correct according to their perspective! For more trivia, linguistically "saag" is related to "shaak" which means vegetable. That is why a vegetarian is called "shakahari"- one that eats vegetables.

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Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2011

I prefer paneer instead of cottage cheese but is otherwise a good recipe. Here is a little trick that I use if I dont want to make paneer or if you dont have a source to purchse it. It is not authentic by any means but tastes good none the less. when the dish is almost done I will add cubed up string mozerella cheese sticks (the kind children love so much). They do not melt well and stay firm but soft like paneer.Give it a try its quite good!

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pixcnymph

Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2011

This is a response to the review by MGPaneer on Jan25, 2011(I have not tried this recipe). Saag is NOT name of Mustard Greens in either Hindi or Punjabi. That honor belongs to Sarson. Saag is the name of a dish that is cooked in such a fashion with leafy greens. So if the primary leafy green is Mustard Greens(which is usually the case) then it is called Sarson da Saag (da=of, so this translated to Saag of Mustard Greens). This dish could be called Kale da Saag. As for the addition of milk/cream, this is a common practice in many Indian restaurants in both India and the US to give the Saag added richness. Home cooks tend to use a big chunk of butter/ghee instead of the milk to give it the richness. So the person is correct in calling this Saag although calling it Kale Saag may be more appropriate since just Saag is usually always with Sarson(Mustard Green). Also, Paneer is a type of Cottage Cheese so please go over your info before posting. Just because you Indian does not make you correct(I am Indian btw) Hope this helps.

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zubin

Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2011

I had a really hard time deciding what to rate this as. I went with 3 stars because it was a good dish it just wasn't saag. I'm a big fan of saag and I really was craving it. The end result on this dish gave me something completely different.

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azrefugee

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2011

I wanted to write just to provide some linguistic clarity. "Saag" is both the name for the dish and the Punjabi/Hindi word for mustard greens, which are the main component of the dish. If there are no mustard greens, it is not "saag". This could be a "palak" dish (palak means spinach). Also, no South Asian person (myself included) would ever add milk and/or cottage cheese to such a dish. Cubes of paneer can be added. But as this recipe stands, it is entirely inaccurate to call it a saag dish or even any version of a saag dish. This seems be more of an "Indianized" creamed spinach dish.

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MGPaneer

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2010

Excellent! Tastes just like my fav Indian restaurants! I used cottage cheese, a little yogurt I had left and almond milk instead of reg milk. Thanks so much-I've tried other saag recipes-this will be the one I always use!

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UudyJa

Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2010

REVISIONS: I'm sure the original is amazing too, but a few substitutions made this the best Spinach Saag ever! No cottage cheese=used plain yogurt instead Added fried cubes of Indian Cottage Cheese/like tofu constancy : cut into 1 inch cubs fry in a pan of 1TBS olive oil til brown then put in Saag. Try it. Love it!

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whereiroamishome

Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2010

I made a few changed because I am vegan. I used tofu in place of cheese and almond milk in the place of milk. I did need to add more salt. Im sure it would have been better with cottage cheese thats why im giving it 4 stars. I wasnt impressed with my changes but my husband loved it.

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