Monday, January 25, 2010

Ethiopian collards

This one turned out quite good. Even Dawit was stuffing his mouth. (He had gas later.)

1 bunch collard greens roughly chopped
1 medium onion chopped
1 heaping tablespoon niter kebbeh
1 small glove garlic minced
1 small hot green pepper sliced (I removed the seeds)
1 cup vegetable stock
salt to taste

Wash and chop greens. Be sure to remove the woody stems. Melt niter kebbeh in a heavy bottomed pot. Add onions and sauté on medium heat for a few minutes. Add garlic and stir the garlic and onion constantly so your garlic doesn’t burn. Cook until onion is translucent. Add pepper and greens. Stir around well so greens are covered in niter, then add a cup of broth. Let the greens simmer on low heat until the liquid cooks off.

Pretty easy.

I'm gonna hold off on the shiro recipe. I got it from Birtukan while we were cooking in Ethiopia but it just didn't turn out great. I need to tweak the recipe.