Green Leafy Vegetable Indian Dishes One Must Try During Winters

 

Dietitians and doctors always recommend adding green vegetables in diets to ensure that a person is getting enough nutrition. Green leafy vegetables help build immunity and provide a person with all the nutrients required by a human body. Especially during the winter season, as it becomes even more difficult for the body to fight the cold and the viruses. Buy Indian food online through stores like Spice Village in Germany during winters and make yourself a healthy, green, leafy vegetable curry or sabzi to build a solid immunity. 

Here are a few reasons why green vegetables are so important: 

1.      They help with growth and boost health 

2.      They build immunity against various diseases 

3.      They help the organs fight internal viruses and bacterias ensuring a healthy highly functional body

4.      Leafy vegetables are particularly rich in minerals, vitamins and iron. 

5.      Since they are rich in iron they are a tasty and healthy way to overcome iron deficiency 

6.      Also rich in calcium, and vitamin C

7.      In the Indian cuisine there is a huge variety of green leafy vegetable dishes that can be consumed by all age groups

8.      Leafy vegetables are important for all to consume be it an infant or an adult

The main thing one needs to keep in mind while making a green leafy vegetable dish is to wash the green thoroughly. Since these vegetables are obtained organically a lot of germs and dirt tend to stick on them making them hazardous if not washed properly. Once washed thoroughly, green leafy vegetables also demand to be cooked for a longer period of time, this helps break the nutrients in them and release them in the dish you are cooking. 

In Indian cuisine there are various kinds of green leafy vegetable dishes that are consumed regularly especially during the winter season. You can get all these vegetables along with other groceries and ingredients in Germany from Spice Village, an Indian shop in Berlin. Some commonly available Green veggies in India are:

1.      Spinach or palak: Rich source of vitamins K, C and D, dietary fiber, copper, potassium, calcium, and magnesium

2.      Coriander: Reduces inflammation and helps manage blood sugar levels

3.      Fenugreek or methi: A rich source of calcium, fibre, phosphorus, manganese and magnesium, they also regulate appetite and have antioxidants 

4.      Drumsticks or Moringa: Cure for malnutrition 

5.      Colocasia or Arbi leaves: Rich in vitamin A, C, iron, fibre and folic acid

6.      Mustard leaves or Sarso: High contents of calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium, manganese and dietary fiber and are rich in vitamins A, C, E and K

7.      Bathua: Bathua is rich in vitamins A, C and B, and has great amounts of amino acids, iron, potassium, calcium, and phosphorus

Most Indian dishes are healthy because of the spices used and the method of cooking, but green leafy vegetable dishes made by Indians are especially more healthy because they fight various viruses and diseases one might catch during the winter season. Winter meals in India are full of nutrition and taste. Make some of these super healthy and delicious meals at your home using fresh groceries and authentic ingredients from Spice Village supermarket an online Indian store in Berlin, Germany. Here is a list of basic and delicious green Indian dishes one must try to fight the inner diseases and beating cold weather. 

1.      Sarso ka saag: The most famous Punjabi dish, consumed widely all over India. Sarso ka saag is made using mustard leaves or saag, found in abundance during the winter season in India. Sarso ka saag is a healthy, green dish full of nutrients and flavour no one can resist. Mustard leaves or sarso should be washed thoroughly before cooking it. Sarso ka saag is served with methi lassi or chach and makki or corn flour ki roti, topped with homemade butter. In some households this winter delicacy is a combination of leafy vegetables like bathua, spinach and mustard leaves. 

2.      Palak Paneer: Paneer is undoubtedly the most delicious vegetarian source of protein, combine it with spinach and you have the perfect combination for a cold winter day meal. Palak paneer is a gravy dish, made using palak or spinach and paneer cubes or chunks. First spinach is thoroughly cooked with Indian spices which one can easily get in Germany from an online Indian and Asian store, Spice Village, then later the paneer cubes are added. Palak paneer can be enjoyed with Indian flatbreads or rice with a side of tangy pickles. 

3.      Bathue ka paratha: Another mouth watering Indian breakfast dish is paratha. There is a huge variety of parathas that are consumed regularly for breakfast in North India. The most famous winter breakfast dish is Bathue ka paratha. Made with a stuffing of properly washed and cleaned boiled bathua and spices, bathue ka paratha is consumed with a side of lassi, chach or pickles and curd. North Indian mothers love serving this green crispy flatbread to their family during the winter season as it is healthy and enjoyed by people of all age groups.

4.    Methi and aloo sabzi: It is always a treat to wake up to a warm crispy paratha served with a side of aloo methi ki sabzi during winters. Methi or fenugreek leaves are delicious and a must have vegetable, at home, during the winter season. Methi is healthy, leafy and helps make a simple sabzi with potato, which tastes unique and leaves you craving for more every time.