Kookoo Sabzi (Spinach and green herb pie)
- Total Time
- 45 minutes
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Ingredients
- 3cups chopped spinach leaves
- 2cups chopped parsley
- ¾cup chopped dill
- 6scallions, with white and green portions chopped
- ¼cup chopped cilantro (optional)
- 1tablespoon corn or other light vegetable oil
- ½ to ⅔cup matzoh meal, or as needed
- 3 to 4extra large eggs, or as needed
- 1teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ½teaspoon white pepper, or to taste
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 2
Combine first five ingredients in mixing bowl. Add oil and ½ cup matzoh meal. Stir in three eggs. Mix well with wooden spoon. Consistency should be fairly thick but slightly runny; mixture should drop in mass from tablespoon and just a little liquid should be visible. Add additional egg and/or matzoh meal, if needed, to attain that texture.
- Step 3
Spread thin film of oil over bottom and sides of baking dish that measures about 8 by 11 by 1½ inches. Turn in egg mixture and smooth top with back of spoon.
- Step 4
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 35 minutes, or until pie is completely set and slightly shrunken away from sides of dish.
- Step 5
Serve hot or cold.
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I use 3 packages of Trader Joe's fresh spinach instead of trying to measure 3 cups of chopped spinach. And I use the food processor to chop all the greens. It is a most delicious fresh, green soufflé.
What could be substituted for matzo meal? A little white flour if it's for binding?
I think someone should note that this is an Iranian dish. Sabzi is Farsi for greens. And kookoo is any dish made with eggs and vegetables. There are eggplant kookoo and cauliflower kookoo as well. Recipe is similar, although there is no starch in the dish, just eggs, sabzi, turmeric, salt and pepper. And traditionally it is fried on one side and turned over.
I use 3 packages of Trader Joe's fresh spinach instead of trying to measure 3 cups of chopped spinach. And I use the food processor to chop all the greens. It is a most delicious fresh, green soufflé.