Jatira

Daffy. Shillong, Meghalaya.

Jatira leaves
Potatoes
Onions

Fry the onions until they are translucent. Add chopped potatoes and salt and cook till nearly done. Add the leaves and cook through.

Kochu with fish head

Tapioca leaves

Daffy. Recipe from Guwahati, Assam.

Baby tapioca leaves (before they grow to their full size the leaves are rolled)
Tomato
Black pepper
Fish head
Oil

Boil the leaves. Uncooked leaves tend to cause itchiness in the throat. Make a paste of tomato and season with black pepper and salt and fry well. Fry fish head separately and add both the leaves and the fish head to the curry. Serve with rice.

Kochu saag chutney

Tapioca leaves. Various species

Daffy. Shillong, Meghalaya.

Kochu saag
Tamarind paste
Dry fish
Green Chilly or Raja Mircha
Soda bicarbonate
Salt

Grind everything to a paste and season with salt. Say yum.

Mooli saag salad

Daikon. Raphanus sativus

Daffy. Shillong, Meghalaya

Mooli saag
Mooli
Pyaz
Nimbu
Safed til (white sesame)
Hari mirch

Chopp the greens, mooli and pyaz finely. Grind sesame to a paste and toss with the vegetables and the green. Salt and squeeze a lemon over it.

Gendhari saag

Prabha. Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Gendhari saag
Pyaz
Lahsun
Lal mirch
Sarson ka tel

Temper oil with pyaz, lahsun and lal mirch, add the saag, salt and fry until it the greens lose their rawness.

Kohda patta

Pumpkin leaves

Prabha. Ranchi, Jharkhand

Kohda patta
Pyaz
Lahsun
Lal mirch
Sarson ka tel

Temper oil with pyaz, lahsun and lal mirch, add the saag, salt and fry until it the greens lose their rawness.

Bodhi patta

Prabha. Ranchi, Jharkhand

Bodhi patta (banyan leaves?)
Pyaz
Lal mirch
Sarson ka tel

Boil the leaves. Temper oil with chopped pyaz and whole lal mirch and add the boiled saag with salt.

Dhepa saag

Prabha. Ranchi, Jharkhand

Dhepa saag
Madh (cooked rice starch)

Boil the saag in the starch and salt it. The brew aids healing stomach upsets.

Cheenti saag

Prabha. Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Grows as a weed in fields. Has tiny leaves hence the name.

Cheenti saag
Pyaz
Aloo
Hari mirch
Haldi
Sarson ka tel
Temper oil with pyaz and hari mirch. Add haldi, sliced potatoes into half moons and cook until almost done. Add cheenti saag and cook until potatoes are cooked through and the greens lose their rawness.

Imli saag

Prabha. Ranchi, Jharkhand

Naya Imli saag (Baby tamarind leaves)
Madh (cooked rice starch)
Pyaz
Mustard oil

Temper oil with chopped pyaz and sautés the imli saag in it. Add to hot starch and serve. with salt.