コリアンダー使い切り作戦と〆のアソルダ・アレンテージョ

in Food & Culture2 days ago

The other day, I wanted to make pho, so I bought a pack of coriander. One pack usually contains quite a lot and I'm only the coriander eater at home.

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To use up the coriander while it was still fresh, I also made curry and piled it on generously—but I still had some left! So I decided to make one of my favorite soups, Portuguese Acorda Alentejana (a coriander and garlic soup). I have a post about the soup.

Soup Stories #22: Portuguese Açorda à Alentejana

Since I’m in the middle of Veganuary, I used silk tofu instead of a poached egg in the middle of the dish…

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On the bread and tofu, I poured over soup made from a paste of coriander and garlic. The green sticks are broccoli stems I had left in the fridge.

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Finished with a sprinkle of kala namak, an Indian salt with sulfur compounds that gives a boiled-egg flavor, and it was Acorda Alentejana! I enjoyed it very much.

After using up all the coriander and feeling a bit relieved, I found myself looking forward to the season when I can grow coriander on the balcony and pick just the amount I want, whenever I want.


先日フォーを作りたくて、コリアンダーを買いました。1パックに結構入っているんですよね。

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コリアンダーを新鮮なうちに使い切るべくカレーも作って山盛りトッピングしてもまだある!ということで、大好きなポルトガルのアソルダ・アレンテージョ(コリアンダーとにんにくのスープ)を作ることにしました。このスープについて詳しくは、Soup Storiesに書いています。

Soup Stories #22: Portuguese Açorda à Alentejana / ポルトガルのアショルダ・ア・アレンテジャーナ

ヴィーガニュアリーの最中なので、ポーチドエッグではなく、絹漉しの豆腐を使って・・・

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コリアンダーとニンニクのペーストをベースにしたスープをかけます。緑のスティックは冷蔵庫にあったブロッコリーの茎部分です。

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仕上げにカラナマックという硫黄成分を含むゆで卵味のインドの塩をかけたらもうアソルダ・アレンテージョ!おいしくいただきました。

コリアンダーを使い切ってほっと一息つきつつ、バルコニーでコリアンダーを育てて好きな量を好きな時にとってこられる季節が待ち遠しいのでした。

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Coriander is one of the herbs I hated when I was younger. I remember there was a very nice dumpling soup in a restaurant we went to once, but it had lots of chopped coriander on top. I spent 5 to 10 minutes carefully brushing them to the side of the bowl to get a clear soup. By the time I finished, everyone else had drank their soup 😄

It's exactly what my partner did in India 😁 I think coriander wasn't much used in Japan when I was young so I didn't have any opinion. I got to know it after I grew up and I instantly liked the taste ☺️