This is one of the recipes that came because of a pot luck at my house. How I love those pot lucks! I no longer have the recipe but the idea is simple. This recipe is especially good for a pot luck because it can be made in advance and a great deal of spinach is reduced to at least one quarter the volume.
At the potluck, take a small serving, savour the flavour and enjoy the rest of the food crowding your plate.
Recipe
at least 2 fresh bunches of spinach
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp tamarind soy sauce
3 drops of sesame oil
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds (the original had black seeds)
Place a small bit of water in a large pot and stuff it with spinach. Cook on medium high heat. You can steam it if the pot is not tightly stuffed. As the spinach wilts, feed more leaves into the pot. After all the spinach is stuffed in and wilted. Remove. Cool. Squeeze out all the excess moisture. Please do not skip this step. It really makes a difference. Add all the other ingredients except the 1 tbsp sesame seeds. Toss until all the leaves are coated. Serve in a nice dish and sprinkle the remaining 1 tbsp sesame seeds on top. For this picture I added another tbsp of sesame seeds.
You could serve the dish with a pair of chop sticks as the serving utensils.
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