Indian style curried turnips
Indian style curried turnips more commonly known as shalgam ki sabzi is a simple turnip recipe from North India. It's generally made during winter which is the season of turnips in India.
Servings 4
Calories 90kcal
Equipment
- Cooking pot
Ingredients
- ½ kg turnips peeled and chopped into small cubes
- 1 red onion finely chopped
- 1 tomato finely chopped
- ½ tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
- 1-2 green chili pepper finely chopped
- A handful of fresh cilantro roughly chopped
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder adjust to taste
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon mustard oil/ any other cooking oil of choice
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pot. Add cumin seeds and saute for a few seconds.
- Add chopped onion and saute until they start turning brown.
- Add ginger-garlic paste and green chilies. Saute for a few seconds.
- Once the raw smell of garlic goes away add all the powdered spices and salt. Saute for around 30 seconds.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes turn mushy and are nicely cooked.
- Next, add turnip. Mix everything and cover the pot. You can also add around ¼ cup of water to fasten the process of cooking turnip. Cook covered for around 15-20 minutes or until the turnips are nicely cooked and turn soft.
- Mash the turnips with the help of a masher or with the backside of the spatula.
- Add chopped cilantro and mix everything.
- Enjoy with any Indian bread.
Notes
- Mashing turnip is not mandatory, if you like, you can keep turnip cubes in curry.
- Boiled/ sauteed green peas also taste very good in the curry. You can add them in the end after mashing the turnip.
- If your turnips are not very fresh and moist then add some water to cook them. Adding water will also fasten the process.
- More recipe tips and tricks are given in the post above. Please follow them to make this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 371mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 334IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 1mg