Name: Mashed turnip with cumin, ginger and chillies
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 675 g/1½lb turnips; 30 ml/2 tbsp coriander (cilantro) leaves and stalks, finely chopped; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt, or to taste; 2.5 ml/½ tsp cumin seeds; 60 ml/4 tbsp sunflower oil or light olive oil; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 2.5 ml/½ tsp nigella seeds; 1–2 fresh green chillies, finely chopped (deseeded if preferred); 2.5 cm/1 in piece of root ginger, finely grated; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground fennel; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Turnips are very low in calories and they provide plenty of dietary fibre. Shalgam Ka Bharta is a quick recipe for which you can roast and mash the turnips in advance and spice them up just before serving. It has amazing depth of flavour and can be eaten as a simple vegetarian meal or with meat and poultry dishes.