Name: 'Sofrito' Cooking Base
Ingredients: 1 bunch celery leaves chopped finely; 2 bunches dhania shredded; 6 large garlic sections minced; 1 large ginger minced; 2 large onions; 10 tomatoes; 1 teaspoon curry powder; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce; 1/2 cup cooking oil

'Sofrito' Cooking Base. Sofrito is the base for most Puerto Rican dishes, and this one is better than store bought (difficult to find Anyone who cooks with store bought jarred sofrito will be blown away by the homemade stuff. Back by Popular Demand!!.;) Heres my Authentic Puerto Rican/Dominican Homemade SOFRITO. It's a Authentic Latino Cooking Base used for your Meats,Rice.

The product Goya Sofrito is a tomatoe based sauce used for cooking with latino spices. Fans of Latin cuisines know that many delicious, authentic soups, stews, bean and rice dishes owe their rich flavor to traditional, flavor-packed blends of aromatic ingredients. Keep it on hand in your refrigerator. You can have 'Sofrito' Cooking Base using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of 'Sofrito' Cooking Base

Prepare 1 bunch of celery leaves chopped finely.
Prepare 2 bunches of dhania shredded.
Prepare 6 of large garlic sections minced.
Prepare 1 of large ginger minced.
It's 2 of large onions.
Prepare 10 of tomatoes.
It's 1 teaspoon of curry powder.
It's 1 teaspoon of garam masala.
It's 1 teaspoon of dark soy sauce.
It's 1/2 cup of cooking oil.

You can use sofrito as more than a cooking base. It's delicious in its own right! It can have an unctuous jammy consistency perfect. Sofrito Recipe - a versatile aromatic green puree made of bell peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, garlic and onions.

'Sofrito' Cooking Base instructions

Fry the onions, garlic, ginger, dhania, and celery in the oil until well wilted..
Add the spices and soy sauce, cook for a bit, then deglaze with a little water..
Add the chopped tomatoes..
Cook until tomatoes are broken down..
Use the 'sofrito' to start off delicious meals like this pea and potato stew..

It makes a powerful base for stews and rice. Sofrito is a general term for a Latin cooking base. It is used in Italian and Spanish cuisines, and across Latin America and the Caribbean and beyond to add delicious flavor to soups, meat, braises. "Sofrito" is a cooking staple in Puerto Rican kitchens. It is used as a base to flavor many dishes. I've used "sofrito" for making rice and beans, but also to flavor some sautéed chicken as an experiment.