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Saag is a very broad term and can mean anything from Spinach to Amaranth to Fenugreek all cannot be substituted for another. I agree with Rajesh here about BBC BSing.
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Saag means edible (with or without cooking) leaves. It could be any leaf. So, if someone is using spinach to make saag, it is fine as long as it is specified. For instance, the most popular saag is Sarson ka saag (Mustard leaf saag). Here it is specified which leaf is used to prepare. Note that sarson ka saag only has mustard leaves are main ingredient, it still uses other leaves too.
Next time you are at an Indian restaurant recommending saag to you, ask them saag of what?
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What are you doing giving out fine details? Down here in Australia, the local blokes are almost never to taste sarsoon ka saag (which should ideally be etched as "the saag" in everyone's minds). I've also eaten "sarsoon ka saag" in some restaurants prepared with... wait for it... spinach.  While I see the locals enjoying it (no harm done), I feel that it's a bit of bullshit to sell them palak as sarsoon. And the BBC will be quick to pick up bullshit, no surprises.
I'll post a version of the recipe to in response to the OP's question, and will clearly specify mustard greens (and methi of course). Mmm. May be I'll prepare some in the weekend.
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- Use of city names in dishes as I never saw them in India. Like Bombay aloo chicken Madras - WTF is it?
- Serving naan as primary bread - no one in their right mind eats naan at home. At least not every day. Heck, how many Indians have traditional tandoor at home?
- Same guy cooking all types of food - North, South, East West. Why are you in this dingy little place? You should be the most famous chef in the World.
- Asking would you like it mild, medium or hot - A dish has a recipe. What are you even talking about? Would it still be masala dosa if I say masala dosa without masala?
- Exact same menu everywhere - Why? Are there only 15-20 dishes in India with 90% of them including some kind of meat.
- Three versions on same dish: I can't recall seeing this elsewhere but here I notice restaurants having things like kadhai - paneer/chicken/lamb. I am no chef but that cannot be right.
- Absolutely horrible decor. 50 year old painting (picture?) or presumably Rajasthani women, elephants, Ganesh, unnecessarily colourful and music playing all the time.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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All interesting points for sure. Since I have not been to India, and don't know if I will be able to go any time in the foreseeable future, I am stuck with these American "Indian" restaurants and recipes from the Internet (BBC, Epicurious, etc.). 
I do like Mustard greens, so I may try that next time.
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lw@zi wrote: Note that sarson ka saag only has mustard leaves are main ingredient, it still uses other leaves too.
That makes the recipe a bit more complicated; musterd leaves I can grow, but I doubt there's much "bathua" in the stores here 
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Well every Indian restaurant I go to has saag on their menu somewhere. But I have no idea whether it is the real stuff or locally bought spinach. Either way I don't care as long as it tastes good.
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It has to be mostly spinach because other leaves are perhaps not that easily available.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Quite; even in a town with many Asian stores, most of their produce is tinned or dry.
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I think spinach and dill leaves are two most commonly available ones here. I have rarely seen fenugreek and never seen kenaf and roselle anywhere. If you can find brown chickpea leaves, that could also me used in food.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Either way I don't care as long as it tastes good.
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So my sister's "new" boyfriend is into Ghostbusters. As far as I'm concerned, those were a series of "meh" movies. I understand the "cult classic" thing, but this? I wasn't aware a "Ghostbusters club" was "a thing" at all.
His car's covered in Ghostbusters stickers, he owns a set of overalls like they do in the movies, and a backpack with flashing lights and the whole kit. He's driven from Canada to the States to get that backpack a few months ago, and then again last weekend apparently to get "a better one". Never mind the backpack, the expenses for the trip itself have got to have cost him a few hundred bucks (gas, meals, motel, money exchange, etc). His car's falling apart, so he's taken my sister's car for the trip. He's got a close to minimum wage dead-end job, no money, no ambition that I've ever heard him speak of. Every time he opens his mouth it's to say something about the comic book movie du jour. Not a great conversation piece for myself, and much less my folks.
This is a 50+ year old grown up man with his own grown-up kids...I was going to try to explain the cosplay culture to my dad, but I decided to let him fend for himself.
Where was I heading with this? Not sure. Why Ghostbusters? I don't see the appeal. As per my subject line...don't question hobbies, I guess...
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Could have been worse, I guess.
The "Debbie does ..." movie became a series, I understand ... 
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Just as well my sister's not named Debbie...
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HEY! Leave Debbie out of this! 
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The soundtrack wasn't that bad 
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"Who you gonna call? Goat Butters!"
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Wow, thanks, I guess. Because I learned something today. 
Didn't even know that "being into Ghostbusters" was a thing. My God, there are some weird people around.
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Count your blessings there's no-one in your family who's into it.
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I guess when you are near broke, instead of using that money to make more money,train up or save up, any spare money becomes a means for trying to remove your unhappiness at how poor you are.
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Yeah...problem is, he's dragging my sister into it. She is old enough to make her own decisions...but I have at times questioned her decision-making process. After all, she is dating the guy (and thinks everything's peachy).
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dandy72 wrote: After all, she is dating the guy (and thinks everything's peachy).
Gee, I'm really sorry about that man. 
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