I added ginger paste to a salsa I made yesterday and I simmered that for a bit, added the masalas, added frozen spinach and cooked it until it was soft then I used the immersion blender to make it smooth, then I added the tofu and simmered it for quite a while to bring it all together and wait for the brown rice

the salsa was just roasted chilis, tomatoes, cilantro and lime juice

My wife is allergic to alliums so this is no onion, no garlic but it would have been great if there were roasted onions in the salsa and I used ginger garlic paste.