Sauteed Collard Greens Vegetarian Recipe With Garlic And Ginger

This collard greens vegetarian recipe is one of the most easy way to cook fresh collard greens! This is a vegetarian meatless collard green recipe seasoned with garlic, ginger and other spices as well. Following this recipe you can quickly make a delicious and healthy stir fried or sauteed fresh collard green leaves in few minutes, which takes a total time of 25 minutes.

If you love easy and healthy green veggie recipes, try this easy delicious sauteed spinach leaves with garlic and oven roasted broccoli florets recipe as well!

More easy vegetable side dishes include roasted frozen broccoli, sauteed carrots, sauteed onions, sauteed garlic butter mushrooms, caramelized onions and mushrooms, instant pot broccoli saute and more!

How To Sautee Collard Greens?

If you wonder how to cook fresh collard greens at home easily and quickly or how long does it take to cook collard greens read this blog post and get the recipe, which will help you to make homemade collard greens in very few minutes.

I used a bunch of fresh collard greens to make this sauteed or stir fried greens which was just enough for two people when cooked!

This easy and quick collard greens recipe gives you a quick, easy, healthy and delicious dish which can be enjoyed as a side dish with rice for lunch or dinner or you can use this in rice bowls as you wish.

I used few spices like cumin seeds, ground ginger powder, minced onion, minced garlic and black peppercorns which made this collard green very delicious.

You may adjust the spices based on your preferences and see how you like it!

Many of the collard greens recipes call for cooking the greens in water for a much longer time, but I wanted a quick and easy collard greens vegetarian recipe (vegan as well) which I can make in few minutes.

I decided to try a simple collard greens saute or stir fry and it turned out so delicious.

To make this easy vegetarian collard greens dish, you don’t have to cook the collard greens for a long time, as we make the dish in about 10 to 12 minutes!

More Pictures From The Preparation

Below you can see sauteed or stir fried collard greens served with rice and Indian style yogurt curry!

Make sure to wash the collard greens thoroughly before using them for the recipe.

Once the greens are washed and cleaned, we will remove the thick stems as we do not use the stems here.

Just cut off the long stems and also remove the slightly thick ribs that runs through the center of each leaf.

You can stack the leaves together and cut off the ribs that run through the center of the leaves or you can just tear off the leaves from both sides using your hands.

Once the stems are removed, you can chop the leaves and start cooking.

I used few spices to make the greens delicious and I used black peppercorns as well as black pepper powder in this recipe.

Instead you may use paprika and crushed red chili flakes.

Just make sure not to add too much salt, as the leaves reduce in amount so much as they cook, and so you may not need as much salt as you think. 

So here is how I made this easy and quick collard greens following this collard greens vegetarian recipe!

How To Make Sauteed Collard Greens?

To make easy vegetarian sauteed collard greens, we use the following ingredients.

Ingredients used:

1 bunch fresh collard greens

2 tablespoons oil

1 teaspoon minced garlic

2 tablespoons minced onions

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon ground ginger powder

2 teaspoon black peppercorns

1 teaspoon black pepper powder optional

salt as desired, the leaves will reduce in amount as they cook so we need only little salt

Step by step instructions

Wash the greens and clean the leaves thoroughly.

Cut off the thick stems of the leaves and also the ribs of each leaf that runs through the center of the leaves.

Chop the leaves finely or as small pieces, keep this aside.

Heat oil in a large pan and add the cumin seeds.

When the cumin seeds are lightly fried, add the minced onions, garlic and lightly fry for a few seconds.

Add the ground ginger and stir well.

Add the chopped collard greens to the pan, and mix everything well.

Add the salt, stir the leaves and cook in medium heat for another 2 to 3 minutes.

Cover the pan with lid and cook in very low heat for about 8 to 10 minutes.

Open the pan in between to give a quick stir and to make sure the greens are not sticking to the bottom of the pan.

You may add a little more oil or sprinkle little water if necessary(I didn’t add any extra oil or water and it cooked perfectly fine).

After 8 to 10 minutes of cooking, open the pan, stir the contents and add the black peppercorns and black pepper powder.

Saute the contents for another 2 minutes and serve the delicious and nutritious collard greens hot with rice for lunch or dinner!

Below you can get the detailed recipe for sauteed collard greens!