tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post8926587819332747332..comments2010-05-24T08:44:26.304-04:00Bong Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235sandeepa.blog@gmail.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-89163018569019648962010-05-24T08:44:26.218-04:002010-05-24T08:44:26.218-04:00Hey Sandeepa.. I bought some rapini last week. Just made your sarson ka saag as well as one of the ghontos (with potato) over the weekend. Both were great. Thanks for both recipes. :) Cheers and have a great day!SS blogs herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14277887171436832914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-82490074212863347962009-11-23T16:26:30.702-05:002009-11-23T16:26:30.702-05:00Hi, ur post rings familiar to me Sandeepa. My 6 yr old daughter also has these bouts of &quot;unfriending&quot; her best buddy every time they meet. And I often wonder about all the friends that have come in/faded away from my life.Supriyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13149057310190652155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-86617278137834972462009-11-23T11:01:52.575-05:002009-11-23T11:01:52.575-05:00Rajitha<br /><br />Do you get the real sarson ka saag ? How is the house hunt coming along ?<br /><br />Mandira<br />Thanks, I know you are busy :)<br /><br />Aparna<br /><br />Do you get these greens in Goa ?<br /><br />Musical<br /><br />I understand how much close the mustard greens and the flowers must be to you<br /><br />Sj<br /><br />Thanks dear :)<br /><br />UshnishDa<br /><br />Lamb with the mustard greens ? That should be something. I have never had Makii di Roti <br /><br />Sudeshna<br /><br />Yeah it was so common right ?<br /><br />Sunita<br /><br />Mine was not as good as the Punju one either :)<br /><br />Jaya<br /><br />Seta kintu thik, aaj ke aari kalke bhaabBong Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-14653152662853890022009-11-23T06:34:07.085-05:002009-11-23T06:34:07.085-05:00Sandeepa,<br /> koto sahaj hoye kids ra aari/bhabh kore neye :)....<br />excellent post ..asadharon hoyeche lekha ...koto ta gobhir kotha eto sahoj hoye lekho kikore tumi ...<br />so you are friending Broccoli rabe :) ,hain ...greens are always good ...<br />hugs and smilesJayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15474786799687276472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-18135321751428147062009-11-23T06:06:53.545-05:002009-11-23T06:06:53.545-05:00Unfriend? Don&#39;t think I&#39;ve &#39;unfriended&#39; anyone till now.Yes, like yourself, have lost contact with many,and still refer to them like you do. Befriend? I&#39;m probably more cautious nowadays. just have a handful of close ones.Rengoni was like S a till a couple of years ago- unfriending and befriending every othetr day. Now, at all of eight years, she has a close circle of friends, but I still hear the occasional &#39;S or G has been nasty today&#39;- I ignore, as the very next morning, they&#39;ll be walking hand in hand :-)<br /><br />As for the sarson da saag, we absolutely adore it. A friend prepared it for us on our visit to India; the taste still lingers. I make it too, but it&#39;s not quite as good as hers.sunitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176577177334401747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-75073074244598292882009-11-23T01:57:15.256-05:002009-11-23T01:57:15.256-05:00Dear Sandeepa,<br />When I was reading through the second paragraph of your post the same little poem came back to my mind. &quot;Aari aari aari...&quot;, and there it was :). Those four words opened lots of doors left locked for years and almost forgotten. This was the poem which I think every girl (Bengali) knows by heart :).Sudeshnahttp://bengalicuisine.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-16038535181814848002009-11-22T02:20:33.416-05:002009-11-22T02:20:33.416-05:00Dear Sandeepa<br />Thank you so much for making me relive the childhood days..just wonderful writing as usual..Unfriending ...nice word indeed..<br />Try Lamb in sharosoN-Ka sag.. But may be the Sag will un-friend the Makki ki roti and go afer lamb..<br />Bhalo theko<br />UshnishdaUshnish Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727310069092219284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-44702036045565980002009-11-22T00:06:08.262-05:002009-11-22T00:06:08.262-05:00Sandeepa - I haven&#39;t been blog hopping much and looks like I missed a lot of yummy new recipes that you have posted! Definitely try korbo. <br />Also as usual I thoroughly enjoyed your write up :-)SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13064852967846506552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-15681630256104956822009-11-21T21:44:06.065-05:002009-11-21T21:44:06.065-05:00Bitter green are delish, aren&#39;t they? And for the likes of me sarson is indeed a magic word, the saag, the oil and the seeds included! Not to mention the beautiful flowers!musicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07166797277993509485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-66127691522313654542009-11-21T00:53:27.003-05:002009-11-21T00:53:27.003-05:00I also just discovered that &quot;unfriend&quot; seem to have made it into the dictionary this year!<br /><br />I do like saag and yes, better with paneer, but have never been able to find the grens at the market. Maybe should try growing them or find a substitute!Aparnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989967318453941084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-83502984224000600492009-11-20T18:38:05.413-05:002009-11-20T18:38:05.413-05:00Looks like I missed quite a few recipes here Sandeepa. This looks great and love the pic too.Mandirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00626963378027285069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-30843438999070357862009-11-20T17:01:26.777-05:002009-11-20T17:01:26.777-05:00Hey Sandeepa....How are you doing? I used to feel bad earlier about the number of people i have lost touch with or stopped having things in common..but i guess that is the part of growing up and moving in diferent directions.Actually i have never had sarson ka saag in india too...but do make it at home prolly once in 6 months!Rajithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687505337772793643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-61051480759225648262009-11-20T10:55:32.561-05:002009-11-20T10:55:32.561-05:00Sharmila<br /><br />That actually is a lovely idea. I have never planted mustard before. Now that winter is here all my plants have breathed their last. Earlier I used to bring some inside but now with A who likes to dig out dirt from my pots, I have refrained.<br /><br />Cham<br /><br />Same here and especially now it happens because everyone has kind of a group of friends and keeping in touch with people outside &quot;the group&quot; takes lot of effort<br /><br />Jyo<br /><br />I would really like to try the original &quot;sarson da saag&quot; and that too the Punju way<br /><br />Sayantani<br /><br />Now that you say, that poem would be said more for &quot;khyapano&quot; by my Mamas than by friends :)<br />I didn&#39;t like it too much when M di made it but this Punju way was damn good<br /><br />Indo<br /><br />Try it, it is a little on the bitter side though<br /><br />Nupur<br /><br />What will they come up with next. did you see the contenders for &quot;unfriend&quot; ??<br /><br />HC<br /><br />Exactly, that is what happens with us too<br /><br />Soma<br /><br />I had this urge to make new friends before the kids. Now no enthu at all :)Bong Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-17357162993251052512009-11-20T10:45:44.006-05:002009-11-20T10:45:44.006-05:00Kuntala<br /><br />Ummm, so is that a complement ;-)<br /><br />A&amp;N<br /><br />Same here<br /><br />Rekha <br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />BWM<br /><br />I have never had that combo. I don&#39;t think broccoli rabe is same as mustard greens, it is just that they look and maybe taste same. I don&#39;t even know what the original sarson saag tastes likeBong Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-5927159799990950262009-11-20T10:29:32.360-05:002009-11-20T10:29:32.360-05:00What a beautiful post. Thinking about it I have unfriended more people than befriend in the past few years and are now left with a fistful of steady friends. aari ar bhaabh er poddo ta onek bochor pore shunlam ;-) floodgates of memories have opened and I am thinking that may be I have unfriended all those childhood friends along the way unknowingly. how sad.<br /><br />I make the sarson da saag the punju way now, kintu dida barite shorshe shukhno lonka foron diye shorshe shaak bheje dito.. tho it is a far call from the north indian version.Somahttp://www.ecurry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-56076377447228462852009-11-20T09:11:11.148-05:002009-11-20T09:11:11.148-05:00I laughed out loud about your daughter and friend getting unfriend each other every day. I remember the days when i was young ( well a wouple of decades ago) and also when my daughter was very young.<br />I think like you it has not happend to me also for a long time, just that one met ppl, then move away you don&#39; keep in touch etc..............<br />Sometimes I do think it is a pity as I have had few good friends and then they move back to India or somewhere else and youmiss them a lot but you can&#39;t do anything about it as they are living so far.Happy cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12122357811540919609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-47070053574215911642009-11-20T07:37:29.366-05:002009-11-20T07:37:29.366-05:00Your posts are always such a delight! I was chuckling too, when I heard that unfriending is now a proper word. <br /><br />The recipe looks excellent. Sarson da saag is perfect winter fare so I guess I should try this one very soon.Nupurhttp://www.onehotstove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-7229837636292877022009-11-20T07:35:04.536-05:002009-11-20T07:35:04.536-05:00Sandeepa, blogger thinks brinjal is not a word too. Who knew podcast is now an ancient word.<br /><br /><br />Its time to befriend mustard greens or broccoli rabe would be the smartest thing to do.indosungodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556193051268397994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-49473802264644506472009-11-20T05:56:36.405-05:002009-11-20T05:56:36.405-05:00thats exactly the way in which we used to unfreind or befriend people during childhood. i even say this poem when my son doesnot listen to me or refuse to eat...though he does not understand a single bit and smiles at me. am not a person who unfirend people but yea I did it once and still refuse to talk to that person.<br /><br />not very fond of sarson da shaag as had to eat a lot during hostel days but your version looks creamier. would definitely try this with some paneer.sayantanihttp://ahomemakersdiary.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-44023380834907497382009-11-20T04:38:42.219-05:002009-11-20T04:38:42.219-05:00I cant find saron here so this winter I haven&#39;t yet made the saag...it&#39;s something we enjoy every year, more so coz it&#39;s seasonal. Makki di roti hot off the stove, a dollop of white makkhan and saag, perfect for cold winter!Jyothsnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03338468510575659800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-6688777380095477982009-11-20T01:21:56.880-05:002009-11-20T01:21:56.880-05:00I ve a small list of &quot;unfriend&quot;- just we loose contact and we really don&#39;t feel to renew it! <br />Sarson da saag I never tasted before!Chamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06912395013740648068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-21713262226168820362009-11-20T00:57:55.521-05:002009-11-20T00:57:55.521-05:00Sandeepa ... remember you had suggested that I try to plant something in small things? I was inspired enough seeing your and Soma&#39;s fresh products from the garden and bought a couple of tubs. Threw in handfuls of mustrard seeds in one of them and they are doing well. Hope to make a post on them soon (cannot bear to pluck them just yet). :-) Much thanks for the motivation. <br />But yes, I do make sarson da saag whenever they are available. :-)<br />And I &#39;unfriend&#39; people very quietly ... especially those who treat me as a human hankie and decide to move on. ;-)Sharmilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09513616266624467146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-32453985029346935352009-11-20T00:19:31.506-05:002009-11-20T00:19:31.506-05:00Hi Sandeepa,<br /><br />As expected very unusual and entertaining post. For a child befriending and &#39;un-friending&#39; happens very normally, often and may be very expectedly. While sonny R is all set to be teen, next July, the process continues. So every birthday, we get to see a different set of &#39;best&#39; friends, barring a few who survive the onslaught of time.<br /><br />Sarson da saag is an all-time favorite of all Punjab da puttar, but after staying in NCR for over a decade, I have &#39;befriended&#39; it and included it in the winter specialities. I have followed Sanjeev Kapoor&#39;s recipe, and as per roadside eating ettiquette serve it with Makke ki roti and &#39;gur&#39;.A complete meal, squared off with a homegrown sweet(gur) that is rich in iron.<br /><br />I did not know Sarson saag is also called Broccoli Rabbe...<br /><br />Have a wonderful ThanksGiving and prepare well for a white white Christmas.Bong Working Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04709497824813140021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-43185930220297255412009-11-19T23:03:57.990-05:002009-11-19T23:03:57.990-05:00nicely presentation and colourful..Rekha shobanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809397288342523952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-90717506256664286732009-11-19T20:59:08.638-05:002009-11-19T20:59:08.638-05:00I agree. This is such a well-written post. Brought a smile to my face. <br /><br />I dunno if I&#39;ve unfriended anyone per se. Just losing touch I think. And that is why I guess Facebook is making money?A_and_Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397018064204198270noreply@blogger.com