Name: Makai tarts with creamy saag recipe by Ashita Agrawal at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For makai tarts:; Makai flour 150 gms; Whole wheat flour or Maida 50 gms; Butter cold 50 gms; Cold water to knead dough; Salt 1/2 tsp; For saag mixture:; Spinach chopped and blanched; Bathua leaves chopped and blanched; Sarso leaves chopped and blanched; Each around 1 cup; Garlic chopped; Green chilly chopped; Mustard oil for temper; Salt; Haldi powder; Red chilly; White sauce 2 tbsp; Cheese grated for garlic optional

ABOUT Makai tarts with creamy saag RECIPE

Makai tarts are baked to crispiness and filled with healthy and tasty sarso ka saag filling. Impress your family with healthy yet innovative presentation of traditional recipe

Ingredients Serving: 4

For makai tarts:
Makai flour 150 gms
Whole wheat flour or Maida 50 gms
Butter cold 50 gms
Cold water to knead dough
Salt 1/2 tsp
For saag mixture:
Spinach chopped and blanched
Bathua leaves chopped and blanched
Sarso leaves chopped and blanched
Each around 1 cup
Garlic chopped
Green chilly chopped
Mustard oil for temper
Salt
Haldi powder
Red chilly
White sauce 2 tbsp
Cheese grated for garlic optional

Instructions

To prepare makai dough, add cold butter to makai,maida and salt mixture and mix with fingers till it looks like bread crumbs.
Add little water at a time and knead tight dough.
Cling wrap and keep in fridge for ten minutes.
Meanwhile blanch all leaves and strain water
Temper mustard oil with garlic and chilly.
Add all blanched leaves and spices. You can add flavours acc to taste
Add white sauce to add creaminess to saag
Take out dough from fridge and roll out
Press into tart moulds with fingers. It should be not too thin, not too thick.
Prick with fork
Preheat oven to 200 deg.
Bake tarts at 200 deg For 15 to 20 minutes
Take out and cool them. Fill with saag Mix and top with grated cheese.

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