Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Komatsuna

Congrats you picked up your first CSA box!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you find something in your box you could not identify?
Did you visit the recipe blog and could not find it?
Well it was probably Komatsuna,
This one of my favorite Mustard Greens. It is very mild. This is the green used in the Vietnamese restaurants for their mustard green salad.
Yes, you can eat it raw, you can steam it, you can saute it or stir fry it.

Komatsuna (mustard spinach)
This nutritious and versatile hardy winter vegetable is starting to make an appearance in the west. Smaller and more delicate than mustard greens, with a flavor similar to spinach, the straight, long deep green leaves have a light green stem. Komatsuna contains far more vitamin C and carotene than spinach, and is believed to have cancer-fighting properties. I often stir-fry roughly chopped leaves lightly in vegetable (or olive oil) with a little garlic, salt and black or red pepper.
(http://www.savoryjapan.com/ingredients/vegetables.html)

Enjoy!