Cottage Cheese with Collard Greens

Name: Cottage Cheese with Collard Greens
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1 1 ⁄ 2 lb. collard greens, stemmed and roughly chopped; 1 lb. cottage cheese; 1 (1") piece peeled and sliced fresh ginger; 3 cloves garlic; 2 Tbsp. nit'r qibe ( Ethiopian Spiced Butter ) or unsalted butter; 1 small yellow onion, chopped; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Serves
serves 4

(Ayib Be Gomen)
To learn more about cottage cheese, see Cottage Industry.

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ lb. collard greens, stemmed and roughly chopped
1 lb. cottage cheese
1 (1") piece peeled and sliced fresh ginger
3 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp. nit'r qibe (Ethiopian Spiced Butter) or unsalted butter
1 small yellow onion, chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

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Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add greens. Cook until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain in a colander; press with bottom of a ladle or measuring cup to extract liquid. Finely chop greens; set aside.

Step 2

Put cottage cheese into a strainer over a bowl; let drain.

Step 3

Combine ginger and garlic in a mini food processor with 3 tbsp. water; purée. Set paste aside.

Step 4

Heat Ethiopian spiced butter or unsalted butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent, 6–8 minutes. Add ginger–garlic paste; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 3–4 minutes.