In my pantry today:
- 1.25 c frozen spinach
- 1.25c blanched, chopped kale
- 12 0z canned tomato sauce (plain)
- 1 L yellow onion
- 1/4 c olive oil
- 1 tbsp mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp fenugreek
- 1 tsp fennel
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp chile de arbol powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- dash asafoetia
I had some major cupboard rearranging to do so I started the onions in oil with mustard seeds on ML and let them rest largely unattended for about 30m. Sprinkle on turmeric a few minutes in, mix. Turn stove to M an mix in pastes and other spices until a gummy mound forms; dispatch the mound with your spatula and a small dollop of tomato sauce. Add greens and let the food processor run for a couple of minutes; spoon it back into the pan and stir in the remainder of your tomato sauce. Heat and eat, or add paneer, meat or a meat substitute — I threw in some cooked chana dal (split chickpeas) and served it over Basmati rice. I ate this for lunch and again for dinner… and maybe I heated my dinner in a small Ikea skillet then ate it then licked the skillet. Don’t you judge me.
I know that eating foods of color is the way to go, so I feel really good about not only the outstanding 5+ spoons of taste this delivers but also because the recipe is full of enough greens for me to want to add a +. Following the Wahls Diet is my goal, but still isn’t entirely possible — both financially (SNAP only delivers so much) and… because I am still a product of my fatty culture and will submit to its baser dietary desires.*
* Don’t you judge me.