I didn’t really make Purple Kale Pulao. As my mother would say: I looked at the recipe, and then changed it.
Actually, no one but me likes peas, so that was out, and I had some cabbage and some really fat (but, as it turned out, nicely tender) asparagus that needed cooking, so I added those. I also don’t apparently have any star anise in my spice drawer. (My spice drawer is a thing of wonder: quite a bit like Grandma’s in Dandelion Wine
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