Jews’ mallow | GOURMANDE in OSAKA

Here is the my beef moloukhia ! I know it LOOKS weird. But trust me, it tastes fabulous !

I showed you the raw molokheya leaves in the previous post.
So what happened ?
If you don’t speak French, you may have missed a part of the explanations of the video. This was Tunisian Jewish recipe that was brought to France by the family that migrated there. As fresh molokheya leaves are not available, some do the recipe with spinach (texture is different) or from powdered dry leaves.
Note : Harissa is that red chili paste you see in the spoon on the last photo. It’s very hot and tastes of chili and cumin.

His recipe :
-Simmer the rehydrated powdered leaves with the meat, garlic, onion. A little harissa. 1 hour, stir regularly.
-Add water. A little harissa. 1~2 hours, stir…
-Add more garlic and coriander seeds. A little harissa. 1 hour, stir….
And he added merguez sausages that I don’t have.
Stirring 4 hours ? ! He has nothing else to do.
A friend explained me that I could start the leaves, garlic and onion, in olive oil, without water, during 1~2 hours, till it becomes black. But you should stir. for the sake of your pot… I’m too lazy.

My recipe :
Mince the leaves, garlic, 1 onion.
Put that (olive oil, garlic, onion, leaves) 1 hour in the “jam program” of the home bakery machine.
Add meat (finely sliced Japanese beef), 2 cups of water, garlic + milled coriander seeds, a little harissa.

A second time, 1 hour of “jam program” :

Add the salt, necessary water and harissa and reheat in oven.
Served with cumin seed bread, more harissa (if you’re crazy), cherry tomato to refresh the mouth as it is spicy. Eat with the spoon or with the bread.
It can be served with couscous.

So it’s not as dark as when done from powder, or simmered 8 hours.
At the end of the video, he mentions a test. If you can push the soup with the spoon and it comes back quickly, it’s the good texture. Look :

The texture was perfect… difficult to describe, not a soup, not like mashed vegetables, not like jello… in between.

The meal :
Cal : 510 F20.8g C55.7g P24.5g

Sometimes, Japanese stores sell products without knowing what it is. An example is molokheya (molokhia, Jews’ mallow, corete…etc).

These leaves are popular in North Africa. They say Egyptian pharaons already ate them. Sold as “the king of vegetable moloheya”. The yellow sticker indicates it’s discounted of 50%. Because a few leaves are dry… ah, what a drama. For what we’ll do of them, who cares.

So, I’ve washed the leaves, thrown one or two and tchak ! tchak ! tchak ! with my big knife.