“It looks a little disgusting, but tastes good.”
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- April
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One of my favorite dishes, growing up, was a side of sauteed spinach with shallots.
It’s a basic, no-frills recipe that tastes delicious.
All you do is pour two tablespoons of coconut oil (any vegetable oil will do, but coconut oil makes it swoon-worthy) into a heavy-bottomed pan, and when the oil heats up, add a teaspoon of mustard seeds. When the seeds splutter, add half a cup of finely chopped shallots, and two slit green chilies. Wait for the onions to become translucent, about three minutes. To this, add three cups of chopped spinach and cook it down till it looks to be (sadly) about 1/4 of its original quantity. Season with salt. It tastes great with white steamed rice.
I know I am not very scientific in my recipe telling. But I will provide you with the White House Chef Cristeta Comerford’s variation (as I like to call it) of this recipe, which the New York Times recently published. I tried it out last week, and although one is a sauteed dish and the other a soup, they taste curiously alike.
My 8-year-old daughter’s response was equally curious:
“It looks a little disgusting, but tastes good.”
The White House No Cream Creamed Spinach
2 pounds baby spinach, washed and cleaned
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 shallots, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
Salt and freshly ground pepper.
1. Blanch half a pound of spinach in salted, boiling water. Immediately, “shock” the blanched spinach in a bowl of iced water. Drain and squeeze out the excess water. Puree in a blender. Set aside.
2. In a large skillet, sweat the shallots and garlic until translucent. Add the rest of the spinach leaves. Toss and saute until wilted. Fold in the spinach puree. Season with salt and pepper.
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on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 pm by Swapna Venugopal.
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Yummy spinach Popeye would love to eat one of those delicious spinach bowl.
It really looks disgusting …but is healthy since it’s not fried…A must try recipe…thanx!!
Okay daoes look a little gooey but spinanch is a top-notch healthy vegetable. WE sometimes have it spiced up with a little chilli and a splash of coconut milk.