Sarson ka saag

The dish is known as sarson ka saag in Hindi and Urdu, saron da saag (or sareyan da saag in Punjabi,{{cite book |last1=Misra |first1=Anoop |title=Dietary Considerations in Diabetes - ECAB |date=2012 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lz7unrFubdEC&dq=sarson+saag+punjab&pg=PA79 |isbn=9788131232095}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt1jAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82+|title=Hamārā sāhitya|date=1995|publisher=Lalitakalā, Saṃskṛti, va Sāhitya Akādamī, Jammū-Kaśmīra.|language=hi}}{{cite book |last1=Bhandari |first1=Laveesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_DGSVHYUAMC&dq=makki+punjabi&pg=PA29 |title=Indian States At A Glance 2008-09: Performance, Facts And Figures - Punjab |date=2009 |publisher=Pearson Education |isbn=9788131723456 |location=New York |page=29}} sarsav nu shaak in Gujarati,{{Cite web |last=Gujarati |first=Team Recipe in |date=2022-12-21 |title=ઢાબા જેવુજ ટેસ્ટી સરસવ નું શાક - સરસો દા સાગ બનાવવાની રીત |url=https://www.recipeingujarati.com/sarso-nu-shaak-banavani-rit/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Recipe in Gujarati |language=en-GB}} and sariso saag in Maithili.{{Cite web |title=Biriya Curry: A Maithil Delicacy Made with Chickpea Greens |url=https://www.goya.in/blog/biriya-curry-a-maithil-delicacy-made-with-chickpea-greens |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=GOYA |date=19 August 2021 |language=en-US|quote=No meal within the Maithil community is considered complete without the inclusion of leafy dishes known as saag. Our cuisine is an ode to saag: bathua, laal saag, patua saag, genhari, karmi, sariso saag. }}

Sarson, sarhon, sareyan, etc. derive from the Sanskrit word {{Transliteration|sa|sarṣapa }} "mustard.{{Cite web |last=McGregor |first=R. S. (Ronald Stuart) |date=1993 |title=The Oxford Hindi-English dictionary |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/mcgregor_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}} Saag/shaak derives from the Sanskrit word śāka "greens; vegetable leaves".{{Cite web |last=Platts |first=John T. (John Thompson) |date=1884 |title=A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/platts_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}

Mustard is widely grown in the region for the plant's leaves, seeds and seed oil. It is harvested in winter and spring, making sarson ka saag a popular warming dish in the cooler months.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1088069 |title=Sarson ka saag / Makki ki roti |publisher=dawn.com |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=27 February 2017}}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-22 |title=Growing more mustard can make India self sufficient in edible oils |url=https://en.gaonconnection.com/mustard-india-self-sufficient-edible-oils-bees-pollination-covid19-pandemic-oilseeds-farmer-income/ |quote= Mustard is cultivated extensively in north India.|access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Gaonconnection {{!}} Your Connection with Rural India |language=en-US}}{{cite book |last1=O'Brien |first1=Charmaine |title=The Penguin Food Guide to India |date=2013 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |page=38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BGhBAgAAQBAJ&dq=makki+roti+punjab&pg=PT38 |quote=In the winter months in Punjab, a richly spiced puree of mustard greens is eaten, accompanied with roti made of ground maize and a knob of fresh, soft, crumbly gur. The classic combination is called sarson ka saag and makki ki roti. Mustard has been grown in Punjab for millennia and its oil-rich seed is an important commercial crop. |isbn=9789351185758}}

There are many recipes for the dish, usually cooking the leaves in oil or clarified butter (ghee)Jiggs Kalra, Pushpesh Pant, "Classic Cooking Of Punjab", tumhari aisi kitasi Allied Publishers, 2004, {{ISBN|81-7764-566-8}}, page 42. with spices such as garlic, ginger and chilli. Other spices used vary according to region and taste.

The dish is often served with bread such as makki ki roti or bajra ki roti.Laveesh Bhandari, Sumita Kale, "Indian states at a glance, 2008-09: Punjab : performance, facts and figures", Pearson Education India, 2009, {{ISBN|81-317-2345-3}}, section 4.7.2

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