Spinach-Avocado Soup/Puree/or Dip (Roopa)
Ingredients:
2 bags spinach leaves
2-3 medium tomatoes - cut in half or quarter's
1 - 2 avocados (depending on how thick or creamy you want the
results)
3-4 cloves garlic
1 onion - sliced in rainbow shapes, as thin as possible
1 -2" piece ginger, shredded
2 teaspoons cumin seeds, roasted
2 teaspoons grounded roasted cumin seeds
Walden Farm's Alfredo Sauce
Clean and wash spinach thoroughly.
Put spinach to boil in large pot, add a little more water than you think
it will need.
Add the cut tomatoes to the pot.
Mince one clove of garlic and add it to the boiling water.
Cover and cook on medium flame - don't rush it. Cook about 30 minutes.
Spray a large
pan with some PAM.
In the meantime, roast the cumin seeds in a little pan until you smell
the fragrance.
Brown the onions with the remaining clove of garlic, the ginger, the
ground cumin, and the roasted cumin seeds.
By now the
spinach and tomatoes should have cooked.
Pour the spinach and tomatoes into the pan with the onion mixture.
Let it cook together and feel the fragrance. Once the flavors blend, let
the veggies cool off a bit. You can add salt after or before it has
cooled off.
Then put all of
it in the blender--don't waste any of the broth. Blend it as thick or
as fine as you wish. Taste it while it is still in the blender. Now is
a good time to add a little Walden Farms Alfredo sauce for creaminess
and thickness. Adjust the seasonings to taste. If you want it thicker
to use at a dip, blend in some avocado. What Roopa does is make a thick
puree with one avocado and then bite-size pieces of the avocado. Gives
it a wholesome feeling. You can add more Walden Farms Alfredo Sauce to
make it creamier.
If you love tomatoes, edit out the spinach and follow the same recipe. |