Gome, ethiopian collard greens

One more item in the Ethiopian restaurant i was talking about... It is very nutritious, so make it as much and chomp away. This recipe is made many ways, this is just one of the ways to make it. This recipe uses a spice infused clarified butter called Netir Khebbe. In case you can not make netir khebbe, i have given an alternative in tips of this recipe... check it out. Kids may eat their greens this way, try it out, you never know this could be their next favorite.

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 15 mins

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

1. Collard/spinach or both - 1 big bunch, washed and chopped
2. Garlic - 2 pods, grated or 1 tsp paste
3. Ginger - 1 inch piece grated or 1 tsp paste
4. Onion - 1 medium sized, diced
5. Hot pepper of your choice - 1 to 2 [depending on the heat you want]
6. Netir Khebbe / oil - 2 tsp [follow the link and scroll down for recipe]
7. Salt - to taste
8. Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• On medium heat, heat a huge pot which can fit in all the ingredients. 
• Make netir khebbe and add onions, saute for a minute, add some salt and saute till it gets slightly golden brown.
• Add ginger and garlic, saute for a few seconds.
• Add the hot peppers and saute for a few seconds.
• Now add the chopped greens and saute till the wilt a little.
• Add enough salt and pepper powder and saute till it is well cooked. Gome is ready to be served on Injera

Tips:

Instead of netir khebbe, you can use 1/4 tsp of garam masala powder when the oil heats up. 

Greens and Beans Soup

This soup has All the goodness of Beans and smooth flavour of Greens such as Spinach and etc.


Prep time, cook time and serving same as vegetable bean soup.

Method:

1. Follow the Basic Bean Soup Method and add a whole lot of chopped greens such as Spinach/Collard Greens/Kale or all of them to the soup.

2. You can combine a few veggies and greens as you may wish and make an even more yummy and and nutritious soup.

Tips:

1. Canned beans contain salt in them, so be careful when you add salt to the soup.

2. For Garnish, add some croutons. You get them in variety of flavours. Just watch out for the salt in the soup if your are planning to add croutons. They are pretty salty.

3.It is always a good idea to cook in medium heat, if you are in a hurry, use high heat. Remember to stand near the stove if you cooking on high. for more flavour, simmer the stove for 5 minutes before you turn it off for soups.
4.Use a thick bottomed vessel for cooking all kinds of soup.

Some More variation to Bean Soups:

1. You may soak barley for 4 hours and add it to these soups. Half a cup of barley goes a long way. This will also give additional protein and carbohydrates. Barley is good for Urinary system, so add it in your diet once in a while.

2. Quinoa is another super grain full of iron, protein and some carbs. you can find it in health food stores/organic produce stores and Whole foods stores. Cooking quinoa is fairly simple, just rinse and add it to your soup. half a cup will do. I will post a lot of quinoa recipes and pictures shortly...