International Recipes
Spiced Cottage Cheese with Greens
(Gomen Kitfo — Ethiopia)
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) carton cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoons ghee or butter
- 1 clove garlic, cut into halves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 green chile, seeded and minced
- 1 to 2 teaspoons grated gingerroot
- 2 pounds fresh collard greens or spinach, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons ghee or butter
Instructions
- Mix cottage cheese, 2 tablespoons ghee, garlic, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon and cloves in medium bowl. Let stand 15 minutes; remove garlic.
- Cook onion, chile, gingerroot and collard greens in 2 tablespoons ghee in Dutch oven until tender; drain.
- Serve collard greens over cottage cheese.