'Sofrito' Cooking Base

Name: 'Sofrito' Cooking Base
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 2-4 meals
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 bunch celery leaves chopped finely; 2 bunches dhania shredded; 6 large garlic sections minced; 1 large ginger minced; 2 large onions; 10 tomatoes; 1 teaspoon curry powder; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce; 1/2 cup cooking oil

Grace's Lab @cook_20227675

Nairobi

I make highly flavourful cooking bases and store to save time when cooking in future and it also saves money because I can buy in bulk. Also the more it stays in storage the better the flavour gets. It also enables me to use the more strongly flavoured parts of the plants that would overpower a meal by 'equalizing' its taste. I don't make it with salt as it is a 'beginner' mix that will go in another meal so it is easier to season.

Grace's Lab @cook_20227675

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Ingredients

45 min

2-4 meals

1 bunchcelery leaves chopped finely
2 bunchesdhania shredded
6large garlic sections minced
1large ginger minced
2large onions
10tomatoes
1 teaspooncurry powder
1 teaspoongaram masala
1 teaspoondark soy sauce
1/2 cupcooking oil

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Steps

45 min

1

Fry the onions, garlic, ginger, dhania, and celery in the oil until well wilted.
2

Add the spices and soy sauce, cook for a bit, then deglaze with a little water.
3

Add the chopped tomatoes.
4

Cook until tomatoes are broken down.
5

Use the 'sofrito' to start off delicious meals like this pea and potato stew.

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Grace's Lab @cook_20227675

on June 23, 2020 18:48

Nairobi

Let food be thy medicine.Whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.I am for healthy, instinctive, seasonal, personal, pleasurable, and spiritual nutrition.