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Green Garlic Galore: 10 Delicious Sindhi Style Recipes to Try

Alka Keswani — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:00:54 +0000

Mumbaikars often romanticise Mumbai’s monsoon, but the winters here are just adorable – not for misty, foggy weather like in the mountains in the East or chilly temperatures in North India, but for the vibrant array of fresh fruits and veggies in the markets. The Markets around are adorned with the Strawberries from nearby hills, Grapes from Nashik, Guavas from Sholapur, Oranges from Nagpur, the leafy greens like fenugreek, spinach (local and from Narayangaon), Root veggies like Kand, Radish, Red carrots, Sweet potatoes, Cruciferous veggies and plump Green Peas and not to forget the Winter gems: Bathua, Hara chana saag, Sarson ka saag and Spring Garlic, truly a treat for food lovers! Winter Favourties: The diversity of produce inspires delicious recipes and warm dishes, making Mumbai winters remarkable. While Bogi Ji Bhaji, Mulyache Varan, Gaajar Halwa, Sarson Ka Saag , Gobi Ke Parathe, Undhiyu, Umbadiyu, Ponk, Bathua Saag, Matar Ka Nimona, Gongura, Dappalam, Karaisutir Kochuri, Haldi Ki Subzi, and Amla Pickles/Murraba rule the kitchens and hearts of foodies in Mumbai, Sindhi community celebrates winter produce in the most delicious way by making simple yet nutritious curries and pickles using seasonal vegetables! Turnips are turned into hearty mash as well as tangy pickle. Carrots are used in pulav, mixed vegetables, pickle, etc., not to forget the mighty Gajrun Jo Seero. Peas enrich the flavors of pulav, potato toasters, samosas, and potato curries, among others. Fenugreek, cauliflower, and radish are also often on the winter special menus in Sindhi kitchens, along with some rare gems like Suhanjhde Ja Gulah (Moringa Flowers), Pali (Hara Chana Saag), and D’adhri And though I adore all of the above seasonal specials, the one ingredient that makes my winters exceptional is the Green Garlic or Spring Garlic (Kind of crazy to call it Spring Garlic when it is available in winters in Mumbai). The tender immature garlic, harvested before it forms a proper bulb is heart and soul of many traditional dishes in Maharashtra as well as in Gujarat. Sindhi cuisine boasts of many seasonal dishes bursting with mild garlicky, sweetish, slightly pungent flavours of green garlic known as Saee (Green) Thoom (Garlic) in Sindhi. Highlighting some of the Sindhi Winter specials featuring Green garlic while drooling at the thought of cooking and relishing my winter favourites. 10 delicious Sindhi recipes featuring green garlic! 1) Thoom Ja Vada: Fried Patty made from pounded Green garlic Just pound some green garlic, chillies, coriander leaves and add basic spices for flavour, besan for binding and shape the dough in a round tikki, deep fry and relish one of the most intriguing winter delight! Click Here for detailed recipe of Thoom Ja Vada along with recipe video 2) Chithyal Gogroon : Mashed Turnips’ curry flavored with fresh green garlic Chopped turnips cooked with caramelized onions, tomatoes, green garlic and regular spices, gently mashed to make the slightly sweetish and a little pungent curry. Click Here for detailed recipe of Chithyal Gogroon Turnips cooked across the years 🙂 3) Gobi Patata : Cauliflower and Potatoes cooked in pounded mix of fresh green garlic, coriander leaves, chillies and a little of fenugreek leaves, in an Iron Kadai Blanch, drain and deep fry florets of one medium sized cauliflower. Cut 2 medium sized potatoes in wedges and fry till soft. Make sure to add some salt to cauliflower and potatoes while frying. Remove excess oil from kadai leaving behind 2 tsp oil and add pounded mix of a handful of chopped fresh green garlic , handful of coriander leaves, 2-3 chillies, ginger and saute for 2-3 minutes. Add 2 tomatoes, chopped, salt as per taste, 1/4 tsp of turmeric and cook covered on low flame till tomatoes are mushy. Add fried Gobi and alu , 1 heaped tbsp of coriander powder and a hint of garam masala powder and mix everything. Sprinkle some water over the subzi and cook cover till the oil separates. 4) Gajrun Jo Saandhano : Red carrots stuffed with mix of pickled in Mustard oil, fresh green garlic and pickling spices Click here for the detailed recipe! 5) Gogrun Ji Khatain: Turnips pickled in Sindhi style Kanji water, a zero oil, winter special pickle flavored with green garlic! Get the detailed recipe, here! 6) Juar Jo Dhodho : Patted Jowar Roti (Bhakri style) flavored with onions, green garlic and chillies. Check the recipe of Millet Roti, here! 7) Seyal Phulka : Leftover rotis’ ‘Pasta’ cooked in a pounded mix of fresh green garlic, coriander leaves, ginger and chillies in tomato sauce. You can find one recipe of Seyal Phulka without green garlic here! Here is the recipe to make Seyal Phulka using spring garlic ! Pound half cup of chopped green garlic, handful of coriander leaves, 2-3 green chillies and ginger in a mortar pestle. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadai, saute the pounded mix till well cooked (3-4 minutes), add 2 small tomatoes, chopped, salt, turmeric powder and cook till tomatoes are mushy. Add 1 tbsp coriander powder and cook further for 2 minutes. Add 1 and half glass of water and bring it to a boil. Tear 3 leftover rotis into bite sized pieces and add to the bubbling mix. Lower the flame after a minute and cook till excess of water evaporates. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and lemon juice and enjoy with roasted Papad. 8) Beeh Ji Tikki : Boiled Lotus stem stuffed with a pounded mix of green garlic and coriander leaves along with basic spices, dipped in Besan batter and deep fried. Click Here for the recipe of Beeh Ji Tikki 9) Saaee Thoom Ain Methi Pulao: Fenugreek and Spring garlic Pulao with assorted vegetables like Potato, Apple Gourds, Peas, carrots etc. You can find the recipe of Thoom Methi Pulao here. Just use 4-5 tender stalks of Green garlic instead of Garlic mentioned in the recipe 10) Mooli Paratha: Grated Radish flavoured with Green Garlic and basic spices stuffed in a Paratha Grate 2 Radishes. Add salt and leave aside for 10 minutes. Squeeze well to remove excess water, adjust salt, add turmeric, chilli powder. Pound 2 green chillies, 2-3 stalks of green garlic (green as well as white part), little of coriander leaves and add to the stuffing mixture. You can add pounded Annardana, Jeera powder, Amchoor etc. Mix everything and use this mixture to stuff the Parathas. Roll each paratha and cook on medium flame till crisp. Slather some white butter and enjoy with Dahi or Raita. Did this post stimulate your appetite? Do you have other ideas to use Green Garlic ? Do let me know in the comment section! BTW which one of the above mentioned dishes, is your most favourite?

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A healthy Meal

Alka Keswani — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:28:24 +0000

Its Confession time now and I am about to divulge few food secrets of mine. I hate to drink milk, gorge on panipuris and sevpuris atleast thrice a month, I drop in a blob of butter in pavbahji while cooking it (my hubby don’t like to have butter, but he wants a restaurant like taste too….duh !), I can’t resist anything deep fried, I love rice more than wheat, I go weak in my knees at the sight of samosas, I love to eat in restaurants, skip my breakfasts….so what else is remaining to list me in unhealthy eaters…..huh.?? Well these pathetic food habits had led me to loads of health troubles and I am seriously thinking of switching to ONLY HEALTHY DIET….but that’s what I do…just think…never act! But before you all sign me off as a hopeless case, let me count on some good things too, like I have just one cup of tea everyday, no hard drinks or soft drinks, no pastries, cookies, cakes, no sweets and yes I love all the vegetables right from turnip to pumpkin, from bitter gourd to broccoli. I make it a point to have at least one kind of pulses everyday and I eat rice once in two days. So that puts me back in your good books …hopefully ! But still, now when I finally decided that enough is enough, I know I will need tons of moral support and some strict watchful eyes over me to get rid of all the extra pounds that I carry with myself (my weight). That’s where Mansi of Fun and Food came to my rescue ,when she announced Healthy cooking event. Then there is Sangeeth of letusallcook who boosted me further with her EAT HEALTHY….Protein rich food event And ofcourse Pooja of Creativepooja who is hosting VOW-Bottlegourd event, all together forced me to come up with a healthy meal, which need not be bland,which is easy to make and yet gave me a satisfying feeling of eating healthy. Thank you ladies for prompting me to assemble this meal..I enjoyed making it and eating it too… The meal here, consists of rice, dal, roti, salad, kadhoo ki subzi (bottlegourd),Gulabjamuns (sweet dish) and sindhi papad ….I guess its healthy enough,,what say ladies??? Dal chawal recipe is already posted here Rotis are simple flat breads made from wheat flour. Salad consists of chopped cabbage,carrots and boiled and chopped beetroot. Gulabjamun ….hmmm…the recipe will be shared here soon, I promise (since this goes for Healthy cooking..lets not go into details of this fried -Khoya- in- syrup dessert) The remaining veggie is Kadhoo, or bottlegourd(lauki) So lets get into it’s details… Kadhoo (lauki) helps in maintaining blood pressure and cholestrol, helps controlling diabetes, reduces fats so is useful in weight loss.It is a rich source of vitamins and minerals, it enhance growth of WBC and increases immunity.It has high amount of fibre, which is really necessary for healthy stomach.So just grab this humble veggie, you will surely be benefited from that (source..alibaba.com) While surfing the net about healthy stuff, I also came across Doctor NDTV Here is some important nutrition data ,which gives a rough idea, about the calories, protein, carbs and fats in about 100 gm of each ingredient used in this meal Ingredients Energy in kcal Protien (g) Carbohyrates(g) Fats(g) Wheat flour 341 12.1 69.4 1.7 Cabbage 27 1.8 4.6 0.1 Beetroot 43 1.7 8.8 0.1 Carrots 48 0.9 10.6 0.2 Bottlegourd 12 0.2 2.5 0.1 Tomato 20 0.9 3.6 0.2 Rice 345 6.8 78.2 0.5 The recipe is as follows Thoom tamate mein kadhoo (bottle gourd in garlic tomato base):(this pic is for you pooja for VOW bottlegourd event) Print A healthy Meal Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 25 mins Serves: 2 Dal rice and bottle gourd curry in garlic tomato base, a complete meal Ingredients Bottle gourd 1 medium sized Ginger about an inch Garlic 5-6 cloves Salt Tomato 1 Green chilly(es) 1-2 Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Coriander powder ½ tsp Oil 1tspn Coriander leaves for garnishing Method Wash and peel bottle gourd.Cut it into thick slices or chunks. Add some salt and shallow fry these in little oil till light brown. Remove from pan and keep aside. Now take minimum possible oil in same pan and add crushed/pounded ginger -garlic. Saute it, till light brown and then add chopped tomato. Add salt (little, as there is already some salt in bottle gourd), chopped green chillies, turmeric powder, coriander powder and mix it properly Add fried bottle gourd and cook on medium flame for about 2 min. If needed add a tsp of water and let the flavors mix properly. Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy this healthy, quick fix veggie 2.2.1 Dear Medha tagged me for meme: Here are some facts about me 🙂 What are five things on my to-do list for today (non-work related)? Just the usual ones….Ironing, helping my son with his homework, grocery shopping ,cooking and then just off to ZZZZZZZZZ (yes sleeping is also a work for me…a rather important one …lol) What are five snacks I enjoy? Panipuri Samosa Mirchi pakora Bread potato rolls Vegetable sandwich (at last something healthy) What things would I do if I were a billionaire? Well I wish to do loads of things…but the most close to my heart wish is opening a school for kids, where kids will learn important skills and gain real knowledge, not just bookish stuff..that too with lots of fun, no stress, no heavy bags, no unnecessary homework.Just lots of field work and practical knowledge. Places I’ve lived: Just Mumbai Jobs I’ve had: Well I had never moved out of my comfort zone (read ..home) to work for earning money…I opted marrying a dependable guy for that 😉 So if managing a home (no matter how messy it is) and looking after kid is not a work..then guys …I am unemployed 🙁 And I wish to tag pooja,sia,Sri and shilpa for this meme That’s all folks,thanks for bearing me all this long !

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