We had half a head of cabbage from our CSA. We're not big cabbage fans, so I looked for something interesting to do with it and found this recipe. It's actually a Vegetarian Times recipe, but the link from Vegetarian Times seems to be broken.
It was a pretty good recipe. I like the combination of cabbage and chick peas. We left out the fennel and used cumin seeds instead of fennel seeds because I hate fennel. It tastes like licorice. The problem was that it was bland, but that's a problem with my spices. I found that the back that I keep my garam masala was slashed which means it probably lost it's potency. Otherwise, I think it would have been very tasty. I also left out the cayenne pepper but it may have been necessary. Karen said she would have liked it with more sauce, which I think just means add some tomato.
I also made paneer jalfreezi with red pepper. I didn't have any curry sauce, so I used some Chana Masala spice mix that Leila had left. It was supposed to be mixed with tomato puree but I just used one tomato instead. It was really nice with just the right amount of wetness and seasoning. I also served rice and naan.
Karen was very impressed as what I was able to whip up after work. I was pretty impressed too. Doris loved the paneer, of course, but hated the red pepper. She assumed all of the red was pepper, though much of it was tomato. She would meticulously pick off all of the red and if a pepper got in her mouth, she would spit it out and say "Ew!"
Seasonings: 50 cents
Onion: 75 cents
CSA veggies: $2
Chick peas: $1
Paneer: $4
Naan: $1.50
Rice: 50 cents
Total: $10.25 ($3.42 per person)
Borderline high.
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