Northeast Indian

Xaak Bhaji (Stir-fried Mustard Greens)

Name: Xaak Bhaji (Stir-fried Mustard Greens)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Northeast Indian
Ingredients: 6 cups mustard greens; 1 tbsp mustard oil; 2 garlic cloves; 1 dried red chili; 1/2 tsp salt

Bandana Gogoi @bandana_ghy

Xaak Bhaji (Stir-fried Mustard Greens) is Northeast Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Heart healthy Diabetic friendly Low sodium Low carb Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 cups mustard greens
1 tbsp mustard oil
2 garlic cloves
1 dried red chili
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Wash the mustard greens well and chop them roughly, stems and all.
Heat the mustard oil in a wide pan until it just starts to smoke, then let it cool a moment to take the rawness off.
Crush the garlic and drop it in with the dried chili, stirring for a few seconds until fragrant.
Add the greens straight in with the water still clinging to the leaves and the salt, and cover.
Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the greens wilt down and turn tender, about 10 minutes.
Uncover and cook off any extra water for the last couple of minutes, then serve warm with rice.

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Serve it with

A Northeast Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Xaak Bhaji (Stir-fried Mustard Greens), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The protein alongside
- Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
  
  45 min
What it is eaten with
- Galho (One Pot Rice, Greens and Chicken Porridge)
  
  40 min

A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Xaak Bhaji (Stir-fried Mustard Greens) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Xaak Bhaji (Stir-fried Mustard Greens)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 80 kcal
Protein: 4 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 5 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 210 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Xaak Bhaji (Stir-fried Mustard Greens) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.