Nagaland Boiled Green Vegetables Sesame Naga Simple Daily

Ingredients

• 400g mixed mountain greens — any combination of pumpkin leaves, colocasia leaves, water spinach, wild greens, mustard greens, bamboo shoot tips
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds — dry-roasted until golden
• 2 garlic cloves — crushed
• 1 dried Naga chilli — crumbled
• 1/2 tsp salt

Method

1. Wash all greens thoroughly. Remove any tough stems. Roughly chop larger leaves.
2. Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a pot. Add crushed garlic and crumbled Naga chilli.
3. Add the greens. Cook on medium for 5 to 8 minutes until completely wilted and tender.
4. The Naga approach is to cook greens fully rather than leaving them al dente.
5. Drain. Reserve the cooking liquid for a simple broth.
6. Dry-roast sesame seeds in a dry pan on medium heat stirring for 3 minutes until golden. Crush lightly.
7. Toss the cooked greens with crushed roasted sesame seeds and salt.
8. Serve with sticky rice.