Gongura Chana Dal

Gongura Chana Dal
Gongura Chana Dal

This Gongura Chana Dal is one gorgeous and tasty Indian recipe. Gongura grows wild in Livity Gardens. I planted many vegetables native to the Indian subcontinent and they grows extraordinarily well in Arizona. I have three gongura bushes that are at least four-feet high. The leaves are sour tasting and the hotter the place where they grow, the most sour they become.

Gongura is a plant grown for its edible leaves in India. It is a rich source of iron, vitamins, folic acid, and anti-oxidants. It is quintessential to Andhra cuisine, and Telegu call it Andhra Matha (mother Andhra) due to significance of the plant in their daily diet. In the Caribbean, the plant is used widely, especially around the Holidays, and is known as sorrel. It is also eaten by Acholi and Lango people in northern Uganda, where it is known as malakwang. How wonderful to discover plants that are used in many cultures, all over the world.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

You may serve this dish with an assortment of other Indian dishes for a wonderful spread when you have company. You may want to check out this South Indian Eggplant Fry (Brinjal Fry) and this Cauliflower Keema.

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Gongura Chana Dal

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2/3 cup Indian split chickpeas (chana dal), rinsed and soaked 30 minutes in warm water
  • 3 tablespoons grapeseed oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeรฑo chili, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 34 curry leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 2 cups gongura leaves (you may use spinach)
  • 2 pods dried sweet tamarind, shelled, insides soaked in 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1 teaspoon red chile pepper powder
  • Sea salt, to taste

Instructions

In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and curry leaves. Let sizzle for 1 minute. Add the onion and the jalapeรฑo chili and sautรฉ for 2 minutes. Add the turmeric and cook, stirring often, until the onion is translucent, about 4-5 minutes. Add the chana dal and 1 1/2 cup of water. Cover and cook until the chana dal is halfway cooked, about 5-10 minutes. Drain tamarind reserving water. Using your fingers, remove the flesh from the pods and add to dal, along with soaking water. Add gongura, salt and chili powder, and more water, as needed. Cover and cook 5-10 minutes more, until fully cooked. Bon appรฉtit!

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Chana dal de gongura

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2/3 tasse de pois cassรฉs indiens (chana dal), rincรฉs et trempรฉs dans l’eau chaude pendant 30 minutes
  • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 1 oignon, hachรฉ
  • 1 piment jalapeรฑo, hachรฉ
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de moutarde noire
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin
  • 3 ร  4 feuilles de cari
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma
  • 1 botte de gongura (ou d’รฉpinards)
  • 2 gousses de tamarin sรฉchรฉ, รฉcaillรฉes et les graines trempรฉes dans 1/2 tasse d’eau chaude
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili rouge
  • Sel de mer, au goรปt

Instructions

Dans une grande casserole, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les graines de moutarde, les graines de cumin, et les feuilles de cari. Laisser griller pendant 1 minute. Ajouter l’oignon et le piment jalapeรฑo et faire revenir pendant 2 minutes. Ajouter le curcuma et cuire, en remuant souvent, jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit translucide, environ 4 ร  5 minutes. Ajouter les pois cassรฉs et 1 1/2 tasse d’eau. Couvrir et cuire jusqu’ร  ce que les pois soient mi-cuits, de 5 ร  10 minutes. ร‰goutter le tamarin et verser l’eau de trempage dans la casserole. Retirer la chair des noyaux avec les mains et incorporer aussi ร  la casserole. Ajouter le gongura ou les รฉpinards, le sel de mer, et la poudre de chili rouge, et plus d’eau si nรฉcessaire. Couvrir et cuire pendant 5 ร  10 minutes de plus, jusqu’ร  ce que les pois soient tendres. Bon appรฉtit!

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Cauliflower Keema

Cauliflower Keema
Cauliflower Keema

Keema is a traditional dish of the Indian subcontinent, typically minced-lamb curry with peas or potatoes and spices, sometimes used as a filling in samosas or naan. In this Cauliflower Keema we forego the meat and replace it with a mixture of cauliflower and walnuts. This makes for a perfectly balanced dish, with the right amount of spices and warmth. Serve it with naan and other Indian dishes, like Chickpea Chole.

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Cauliflower Keema

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 2 tablespoons cumin seeds
  • 5 tablespoons neutral oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 6 whole black peppercorns
  • 1/2 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tablespoon garam masala
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 4 Roma or plum tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 head cauliflower, separated in tiny florets
  • 2 jalapeรฑo peppers, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garlic-ginger paste
  • 3 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1 cup walnuts, minced
  • 1 bag frozen peas

Instructions

Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry skillet until fragrant, about 3-4 minutes. Grind them together with a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder. Set aside.

In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, cloves, peppercorns, and cinnamon stick. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is golden, about 5-6 minutes. Remove and discard the cinnamon stick. Add 1 tablespoon of the coriander and cumin seeds mixture, the garam masala and the turmeric. Fry, while stirring, for 30 seconds.ย 

Add the tomatoes and break up with the back of a wooden spoon. Keep cooking for 2-3 minutes. Add the jalapeรฑo peppers, the garlic-ginger paste and the sea salt, and mix well. Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, or until the oil separates from the mixture at the edges.

Add the cauliflower florets and mix into the skillet. Cover and cook, at a simmer, until the cauliflower is tender, about 20 minutes. Add the peas and the walnuts and cook 5 minutes longer, adding more salt and garam masala as needed. Serve with rice, naan or chapatis. Bon appรฉtit!

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Keema de chou-fleur

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 c. ร  soupe de graines de coriandre
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de graines de cumin
  • 5 c. ร  soupe d’huile vรฉgรฉtale ou neutreย 
  • 2 oignons, hachรฉs
  • 6 clous de girofle
  • 6 grains de poivre noir
  • 1/2 bรขton de cannelle
  • 1 c. ร  soupe deย garam masala
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma
  • 4 tomates italiennes, hachรฉes
  • 1 tรชte de chou-fleur, coupรฉe en petits fleurons
  • 2 piments jalapeรฑo, hachรฉs
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de pรขte ail et gingembre
  • 3 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 1 tasse de noix, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 sac de petits pois surgelรฉs

Instructions

Faire griller les graines de cumin et de coriandre dans une petite poรชle, jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient aromatiques, environ 3 ร  4 minutes. Placer ensuite les graines dans un mortier ou un moulin ร  รฉpices et rรฉduire en poudre. Rรฉserver.

Dans une grande poรชle, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter l’oignon, les clous de girofle, les grains de poivre, et le bรขton de cannelle. Cuire, en remuant ร  l’occasion, jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit dorรฉ, environ 5 ร  6 minutes. Retirer le bรขton de cannelle. Ajouter 1 c. ร  soupe du mรฉlange de cumin et coriandre moulu, le garam masala et le curcuma. Faire revenir, en remuant, pendant 30 secondes.

Ajouter les tomates et รฉcraser avec le dos d’une cuiller de bois, pendant 2 ร  3 minutes. Ajouter les piments jalapeรฑo, la pรขte d’ail et gingembre et le sel de mer, et bien remuer. Cuire ร  feu moyen pendant environ 10 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que l’huile commence ร  se sรฉparer du mรฉlange.

Ajouter les fleurons de chou-fleur et mรฉlanger. Couvrir et cuire, en remuant occasionnellement, jusqu’ร  ce que le chou-fleur soit tendre, environ 20 minutes. Ajouter les petits pois et les noix, et cuire, en remuant, 5 minutes de plus. Ajouter du sel de mer et du garam masala, au besoin. Servir avec du riz, naan ou chapatis. Bon appรฉtit!

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Best Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie

Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd's Pie
Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie

This Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie is a long-time coming. Finally a tasty, authentic traditional pie. I’ve been making my French Canadian Shepherdโ€™s Pie for years, and wanted to try the classic. After a few recipe tests, some kids opinions, and a final consensus, here we have it!

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Traditional Meat-Free Shepherd’s Pie

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x

Ingredients

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For the Top:

  • About 1 1/2 lb Russet potatoes, cut into cubes
  • Oat milk, to achieve desired consistency
  • 3 tablespoons plant butter
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

For the Bottom:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large carrot, chopped fine
  • 1 large onion, chopped fine
  • 2 sprigs rosemary, leaves separated from stems and minced
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves separated from stems and minced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 8 ounces TVP (textured vegetable protein)
  • 23 cups vegetable broth
  • Soy sauce, to taste
  • 1/2 small can tomato paste
  • 1 bag of frozen peas
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400หš. Bring potatoes to a boil in a large saucepan of salted water. Boil for about 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork-tender. Strain the potatoes, put back in pot and add oat milk, butter, and sea salt and pepper to taste. Mash and add milk until you get the desired consistency.

While the potatoes cook, heat the oil in a very large pan over medium-high heat. Add the carrot, onion, rosemary, thyme, and garlic. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables start to brown, about 5-6 minutes. Add the TVP and the broth and mix until well combined and rehydrated. Add many generous glugs of soy sauce, the tomato paste, the green peas, sea salt and pepper, to taste, and mix well. Add more broth and more seasonings, if necessary. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes, until well blended.

Scoop mixture into a large, deep oven-proof dish. Spoon the potatoes on top and spread evenly with the back of a spoon. Top with a nice basting of melted butter or the Nutiva butter-flavored coconut oil. Place in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, to brown the top and set the pie. Oh, my. Bon appรฉtit!

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Hachis parmentier sans viande

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 portions 1x

Ingredients

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Pour le dessus:

  • Environ 1 livre et demie de pommes de terre Russet, coupรฉes en cubes
  • Lait d’avoine
  • 3 c. ร  soupe de beurre vรฉgรฉ
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Pour le dessous:

  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 grosse carotte, hachรฉe finement
  • 1 gros oignon, hachรฉ finement
  • 2 branches de romarin, les feuilles enlevรฉes et รฉmincรฉes
  • 3 branches de thym frais, les feuilles enlevรฉes et รฉmincรฉes
  • 4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 8 onces de protรฉines vรฉgรฉtales (TVP)
  • 2 ร  3 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sauce soya, au goรปt
  • 1/2 petite boรฎte de pรขte de tomate
  • 1 sac de petits pois surgelรฉs
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Prรฉchauffer le four ร  400หš. Porter les pommes de terre ร  รฉbullition dans une grande casserole d’eau salรฉe. Mijoter pendant 15 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient tendres. ร‰goutter et remettre dans la casserole. Ajouter le lait d’avoine, le beurre, le sel de mer et le poivre, au goรปt. Piler, en ajoutant du lait d’avoine jusqu’ร  la consistence dรฉsirรฉe. Rรฉserver.

Pendant la cuisson des pommes de terre, chauffer l’huile dans une grande poรชle, ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter la carotte, l’oignon, le romarin, le thym, et l’ail. Cuire, en remuant souvent, jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes commencent ร  dorer, environ 5 ร  6 minutes. Ajouter les protรฉines vรฉgรฉtales et le bouillon de lรฉgumes et mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  hydratation complรจte. Ajouter de gรฉnรฉreux traits de sauce soya, la pรขte de tomate, les petits pois, et du sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt. Bien mรฉlanger. Ajouter plus de bouillon et d’assaisonnements, si nรฉcessaire. Cuire ร  feu moyen, en remuant, pendant 2 minutes.ย 

ร‰tendre le mรฉlange du dessous dans un grand moule profond allant au four. Dรฉposer les pommes de terre sur le dessus, et รฉtendre dรฉlicatement avec le dos d’une cuiller. Badigeonner le dessus avec du beurre vรฉgรฉtal fondu ou de l’huile de coconut ร  saveur de beurre, et mettre au four pendant 15 ร  20 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que la croรปte soit dorรฉe. Oh la la. Bon appรฉtit!

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Toor Dal with Brussels Sprouts

Toor Dal with Brussels Sprouts
Toor Dal with Brussels Sprouts

I’m sharing another Indian treasure today. My mother-in-law showed me how to make this Toor Dal with Brussels Sprouts last time she was in Arizona. I thought it was such a wonderful way to make Brussels sprouts. Serve with naan and raita for a taste of India, right in your kitchen.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

For another fabulous dal recipe, check out this Toor Dal with Spinach.

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Toor Dal with Brussels Sprouts

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 68 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup toor dal, rinsed and drained
  • 2 lbs Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved, steamed 2 minutes
  • 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
  • Small handful curry leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seeds
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
  • Cilantro for garnish

Instructions

Cook the toor dal half way in a medium pot, in 2 cups of water, about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the mustard and 1 teaspoon cumin seeds and sautรฉ 1 minute. Add curry leaves, sautรฉ 1 minute. Add the steamed Brussels sprouts and mix well. Add turmeric and salt, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Using a mortar and pestle, pound the garlic with 1 teaspoon cumin seeds. Add to the skillet, along with the toor dal and red pepper powder. Mix well, sautรฉ 5 minutes and serve, garnished with fresh minced cilantro. Bon appรฉtit!

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Toor dal avec choux de Bruxelles

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 6 ร  8 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tasse de lentilles toor dal ou pois jaunes cassรฉs, rincรฉes et รฉgouttรฉes
  • 2 livres de choux de Bruxelles, parรฉs et coupรฉs en deux, blanchis
  • 1/4 tasse d’huile de pรฉpins de raisin
  • Petite poignรฉe de feuilles de cari
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de moutarde noires
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin, sรฉparรฉes
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer, ou au goรปt
  • 3 gousses d’ail
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili
  • Coriandre fraรฎche pour garnir

Instructions

Cuire les lentilles toor dal dans 2 tasses d’eau, dans une casserole moyenne, ร  couvert, pendant 20 minutes. ร‰goutter et rรฉserver. Dans une grande poรชle, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les graines de moutarde et 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin. Sauter pendant 1 minute. Ajouter les feuilles de cari et cuire 1 minute. Ajouter les choux de Bruxelles blanchis et bien mรฉlanger. Ajouter le curcuma et le sel de mer, couvrir et cuire pendant 5 minutes. ร€ l’aide d’un mortier et pilon, รฉcraser les gousses d’ail et 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin. Ajouter ร  la poรชle, ainsi que les lentilles et la poudre de chili. Bien mรฉlanger et cuire pendant 5 minutes. Servir garni de coriandre fraรฎche. Bon appรฉtit!

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Mung Bean Curry

Mung Bean Curry
Mung Bean Curry

This Mung Bean Curry will warm up the coldest of nights! It’s really easy to put together, and if you have built your Indian pantry and tried my other recipes, like this South Indian Eggplant Fry (Brinjal Fry) or this Toor Dal with Brussels Sprouts, you’ll have pretty much everything you need to recreate this dish. That is actually how this all started. I had mung beans in the pantry and was looking for a flavorful way to make them. Then I thought that Indian spices would be a fabulous way to go. Serve this with white rice and you have dinner ready!

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Mung Bean Curry

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 60 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 curry leaves (optional)
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 cup mung beans, soaked overnight or one hour in hot water, rinsed and drained
  • 2 cups tomatoes, diced
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder (or to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon garlic-ginger paste
  • 2 teaspoons garam masala
  • 4 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • Squeeze of lemon or lime juice

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mustard seeds and let cook 2 minutes. Add the cumin seeds and curry leaves, if using, and sautรฉ 1 minute. Add the onion and sautรฉ while stirring for a minute. Add the turmeric, sautรฉ, stirring frequently, about 3 minutes, until the onion is translucent. Cover and cook, stirring regularly, until the onion is golden and caramelized, 7-8 minutes.

Add the mung beans to the skillet. Mix thoroughly until they are coated with the spice and onion mixture. Add the tomatoes and the sea salt, stir well, and continue cooking, covered, for an additional 4-5 minutes. Add the chili pepper and the garlic-ginger paste, if using, and stir well. Add the garam masala and continue cooking for one minute. Add the vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and cook until the beans are tender, about 35-40 minutes. Add the coconut milk and adjust spices and salt. Let reduce until the desired consistency, over a medium flame. Remove to a serving bowl. Garnish with fresh cilantro and lemon or lime juice. Bon appรฉtit!

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Curry aux haricots mungo

Rรฉchauffez-vous avec cette recette aux saveurs indiennes! C’est une recette facile ร  rรฉaliser, et si vous avez essayรฉ mes autres recettes indiennes, vous aurez presque tous les ingrรฉdients dans le garde-manger. C’est en fait de cette faรงon que le repas a pris forme. J’avais des haricots mungo et me demandais bien quoi en faire. Alors pourquoi pas des รฉpices goรปteuses et exotiques! Servez avec du riz ou du naan.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 60 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de graine de moutarde noires
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin
  • 2 feuilles de cari (optionnel)
  • 1 oignon, en cubes
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de Safran des Indes (curcuma)
  • 1 tasse d’haricots mungo, trempรฉs toute une nuit ou une heure dans l’eau chaude, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
  • 2 tasses de tomates, en cubes
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili (ou au goรปt)
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de pรขte d’ail et gingembre
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de garam masala
  • 4 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 tasse de lait de coco
  • Filet de jus de citron ou de lime et coriandre fraรฎche pour servir

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile dans une grande poรชle ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les graines de moutarde, les graines de cumin et les feuilles de cari, et sauter pendant 1 minute. Ajouter l’oignon et sauter pendant 1 minute de plus. Ajouter le curcuma, sauter pendant 3 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit translucide. Couvrir et cuire en brassant quelques fois jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit dorรฉ et caramรฉlisรฉ, environ 7-8 minutes.

Ajouter les haricots mungo et bien mรฉlanger. Ajouter les tomates et le sel de mer et continuer de cuire, ร  couvert, pendant 4 ร  5 minutes. Ajouter la poudre de chili et la pรขte de gingembre et ail. Bien mรฉlanger. Ajouter le garam masala et continuer de cuire pendant 1 minute. Ajouter le bouillon de lรฉgumes et porter ร  รฉbullition. Rรฉduire le feu, couvrir et cuire pendant 35 ร  40 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que les haricots soient cuits.

Ajouter le lait de coco et ajuster le sel et les รฉpices. Laisser rรฉduire jusqu’ร  la consistence dรฉsirรฉe, ร  feu moyen. Placer dans un bol de service, ajouter un filet de jus de citron ou de lime, et garnir de coriandre fraรฎche. Bon appรฉtit!

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Jamaican Jerk Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Black Beans and Chickpeas

Jamaican Jerk Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Black Beans and Chickpeas
Jamaican Jerk Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Black Beans and Chickpeas
  • How I love this Jamaican Jerk Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Black Beans and Chickpeas! It’s spicy, it’s tasty, it’s Jamaica! You can make your jerk blend in advance, and assemble the cauliflower right before dinner. Takes 45 minutes of hands-off cooking in the oven, and you get a complete meal, served over rice. For the jerk sauce, I took inspiration from a recipe by @VeganVonnie13, plant-based chef at VeganVibrationz, based out of Dallas, Texas. Give thanks for the flavor, Chef!

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

Check out this Cauliflower Adobo with Red Kidney Beans for a different flavor profile for a whole roasted cauliflower.

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Jamaican Jerk Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Black Beans and Chickpeas

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 large head cauliflower
  • 6 Scotch Bonnet peppers (or Habanero), chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 6 scallions, chopped
  • 1/3 cup vinegar
  • 1/3 cup coconut aminos
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
  • 1 ounce ginger (about 2″ piece), chopped
  • 2 tablespoons allspice berries
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 8 sprigs thyme
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 1/3 cup shallots or red onion, minced
  • Garnishes: fresh cilantro

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400ยฐ. Place the Scotch Bonnet peppers, garlic, scallions, vinegar, coconut aminos, sea salt, black peppercorns, ginger, allspice berries, brown sugar, nutmeg, coconut oil, thyme, and lime juice to a blender. Blend on high until well combined. Set aside. Can be made a day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.

Remove the leaves from the cauliflower, then trim the stem flush with the bottom of the head so the cauliflower sits flat in a Dutch oven and the lid can be closed tight. Place the cauliflower in the Dutch oven.

Spread the reserved jerk sauce over the cauliflower and rub, with your hands, until the sauce is in all nooks and crannies. Pour the vegetable broth at the bottom of the Dutch oven. Place the lid, pop in the oven for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and add the beans and the minced onions on the sides of the cauliflower. Put back in the oven and cook, uncovered this time, for an additional 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes. Garnish with fresh cilantro, serve over rice, and enjoy!

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Chou-fleur jerk aux haricots noirs et pois chiches

J’adore cette recette! C’est piquant, c’est aromatique, c’est la Jamaรฏque! Pour encore plus de facilitรฉ, vous pouvez mรชme prรฉparer votre sauce jerk le jour d’avant. On cuit ensuite au four pendant 45 minutes, et on sert sur du riz pour un repas complet, facile et รฉquilibrรฉ. Pour la sauce jerk, j’ai puisรฉ mon inspiration d’une recette deย @VeganVonnie13, chef pourย VeganVibrationz, ร  Dallas, Texas. Merci pour l’explosion de saveurs, Chef!

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tรชte de chou-fleur entiรจre
  • 6 piments Scotch Bonnet (ou Habanero), hachรฉs
  • 6 gousses d’ail, hachรฉes
  • 6 oignons verts, hachรฉs
  • 1/3 tasse de vinaigre
  • 1/3 tasse d’aminos de coconut
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 1 c. ร  table de grains de poivre noir
  • 1 once de gingembre frais (environ 2″), hachรฉ
  • 2 c. ร  table de grains de piment de la Jamaรฏque entiers
  • 2 c. ร  table de sucre brun
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de noix de muscade, fraรฎchement rรขpรฉe
  • 2 c. ร  table d’huile de coconut
  • 8 branches de thym frais
  • Jus de 1 lime
  • 2 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 boรฎte d’haricots noirs, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
  • 1/3 tasse d’รฉchalotes franรงaises ou oignons rouges, รฉmincรฉs
  • Garnitures: coriandre fraรฎche

Instructions

Prรฉchauffer le four ร  400ยฐ. Placer les piments Scotch Bonnet, l’ail, les oignons verts, le vinaigre, les aminos de coconut, le sel de mer, les grains de poivre noir, le gingembre, le piment de la Jamaรฏque, le sucre brun, la muscade, l’huile de coconut, le thym, et le jus de lime dans un mรฉlangeur. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’un mรฉlange homogรจne. Rรฉserver. La sauce jerk peut รชtre faite ร  l’avance. Couvrir et placer au rรฉfrigรฉrateur jusqu’au moment de l’utiliser.

Retirer les feuilles de la tรชte de chou-fleur et couper ensuite la base de la tรชte, si nรฉcessaire, afin qu’elle puisse รชtre disposรฉe dans une cocotte avec le couvercle bien fermรฉ. Mettre la tรชte de chou-fleur dans la cocotte., mรฉlanger l’huile d’olive, la sauce adobo, la poudre d’ail, la poudre d’oignon, l’origan, le cumin, le sel de mer et le poivre.

Verser la sauce jerk sur la tรชte de chou-fleur et badigeonner avec les mains afin de bien la distribuer. Ne pas oublier le dessous de la tรชte de chou-fleur. Verser le bouillon de lรฉgumes au fond de la cocotte, en รฉvitant de verser sur le chou-fleur. Placer le couvercle et mettre au four pendant 45 minutes. Retirer du four et disposer les haricots noirs, les pois chiches et les รฉchalotes franรงaises รฉmincรฉes autour du chou-fleur. Remettre au four et cuire, ร  dรฉcouvert, pendant 7 minutes de plus. Retirer du four, laisser reposer pendant 10 minutes. Garnir de coriandre fraรฎche et servir sur du riz.

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Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient

Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient
Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient

When was the last time you were truly amazed by a chili? This Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient will do just that! With this recipe, I admit, you won’t get away with a 30-minute magic dish. It takes some dedication to build your flavors, but you want it that way. I flame-roasted my chiles at the beginning, and I even added some bittersweet chocolate towards the end for some sharpness and depth. The use of fire roasted tomatoes (canned) also adds a pleasant smokiness. You can serve this Pinto Bean Chili with this Cashew Sour Cream for even more decadence.

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Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups pinto beans, sorted, soaked overnight, and rinsed well (red or other beans work nice as well)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3-inch strip of kombu
  • 7 cloves garlic, 2 cloves crushed, 5 cloves minced
  • 4 Anaheim chiles
  • 4 Pasilla or New Mexico chiles
  • 2 28-oz cans of fire-roasted whole tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 3 teaspoons Mexican chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon coriander
  • 1 tablespoon toasted cumin seeds, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 56 drops Tabasco
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tablespoons dried Mexican oregano
  • 2 ounces bittersweet (or Mexican) chocolate (about 1/2 cup)

Instructions

In a large soup pot, place the beans, the bay leaf, the kombu, the garlic cloves, and add enough water to cover by 3 inches. Bring to a boil gently, over medium heat. By bringing to a boil gently and by continuing to cook gently, the skins of the beans stay intact and the shape of the bean is retained. The kombu will also help the beans cook faster. Skim the foam off the top once the beans approach the boiling point. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for about one hour. You can, at this point, add generous pinches of sea salt and continue cooking until the beans are tender, but still hold their shape. They will still cook during the making of the chili. Once the beans are cooked, drain, discard the kombu, the garlic, and the bay leaf, and set aside.

While the beans are cooking:

On the open flame of a gas burner, or on the grill and using tongs, char the skin of the Anaheim and Pasilla chiles. Transfer the chiles to a bowl with a plate on top, to create steam. This will loosen the skin from the chiles. Let rest 15 minutes. In a large bowl, crush the tomatoes with your hands. Transfer 2 cups of tomato purรฉe to a blender. Peel the skins off the chiles. Remove the seeds and chop. Place in blender along with the tomatoes. Purรฉe until smooth. Set aside.

In a large Dutch oven, heat the grapeseed oil over medium heat. Add the onion, the 5 cloves of garlic minced, coriander, chili powder, cayenne, and crushed cumin seeds. Sautรฉ until the onion is tender and translucent, 5-6 minutes. Add the chile and tomato purรฉe, the rest of the crushed tomatoes, salt, Tabasco, the cinnamon stick, oregano, and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.

Once the beans are cooked:

Stir in the cooked beans and continue cooking, covered, for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the chocolate and continue cooking, uncovered this time, for an additional 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve hot with some cashew sour cream, fresh cilantro, and some lime quarters.

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Mon chili aux haricots pinto

Je ne suis pas trop chili. Voilร . C’est dit. En fait, je trouve trรจs difficile de trouver un bol de chili qui me donne le goรปt d’en faire ร  la maison. Mais bon, peut-รชtre que c’est moi… Ma recette, en fait, ne vous propose aucun tour de magie. Pas de chili top classe en 30 minutes. ร‡a prend du temps et de la patience pour marier toutes ces saveurs. Et c’est comme รงa! J’ai rรดti mes piments forts sur la flamme au tout dรฉbut et j’ai aussi utiliser des tomates en boรฎte grillรฉes ร  la flamme. J’ai mรชme ajoutรฉ du chocolat mi-sucrรฉ vers la fin de la cuisson pour une certaine profondeur. J’espรจre que la recette vous plaira!

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 2 tasses de haricots Pinto ou rouges, trempรฉs toute une nuit et bien rincรฉs
  • 1 feuille de laurier
  • 1 morceau de kombu de 3 pouces
  • 7 gousses d’ail, 2 gousses รฉcrasรฉes, 5 gousses รฉmincรฉes
  • 4 piments Anaheim
  • 4 piments Nouveau Mexique
  • 2 boรฎtes de 28 onces de tomates grillรฉes sur le feu
  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpins de raisin
  • 2 oignons, hachรฉs
  • 3 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de cayenne
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de coriandre moulue
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de graines de cumin rรดties, broyรฉes
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 56 gouttes de Tabasco
  • 1 bรขton de cannelle
  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’origan sรฉchรฉ
  • 2 onces de chocolat mi-sucrรฉ

Instructions

Dans une grande casserole, mettre les haricots trempรฉs, la feuille de laurier, le kombu, les gousses d’ail, et ajouter assez d’eau pour couvrir de trois pouces. Apporter ร  รฉbullition ร  feu moyen. En portant ร  รฉbullition ร  feu moyen, et en continuant de cuire en mijotant doucement, on s’assure de conserver la peau et la forme des haricots intactes. Le kombu aide aussi ร  cuire les haricots plus rapidement. ร‰cumer la surface de cuisson alors que les haricots approchent du point d’รฉbullition. Rรฉduire le feu et mijoter, ร  couvert, pendant environ une heure. Bien mรฉlanger et ajouter de gรฉnรฉreuses pincรฉes de sel. Continuer de mijoter, ร  couvert, jusqu’ร  ce que les haricots soient tendres, mais qu’ils maintiennent leur forme. ร‰goutter, retirer et jeter la feuilles de laurier, les gousses d’ail et le kombu, et rรฉserver.

Pendant la cuisson des haricots:

En utilisant des pinces, sur la flamme d’un brรปleur au gaz ou sur le grill, griller la peau des piments Anaheim et Nouveau Mexique de tous les cรดtรฉs. Transfรฉrer les piments dans un bol et couvrir d’une assiette afin de crรฉer un effet de vapeur. Laisser reposer 15 minutes. Dans un grand bol, rรฉduire les tomates en purรฉe avec les mains. Transfรฉrer 2 tasses de tomates dans un mรฉlangeur. Enlever la peau et les graines des piments, et hacher grossiรจrement. Placer dans le mรฉlangeur avec les tomates. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une consistance lisse. Rรฉserver.

Dans une cocotte, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen. Ajouter l’oignon, les 5 gousses d’ail รฉmincรฉes, la coriandre moulue, la poudre de chili, le cayenne, et les graines de cumin broyรฉes. Sauter jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit tendre et translucide, environ 5-6 minutes. Ajouter la purรฉe de piments et tomates, le reste des tomates broyรฉes, le sel, le Tabasco, le bรขton de cannelle, l’origan sรฉchรฉ, et deux tasses d’eau. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu, couvrir, et cuire, en brassant occasionnellement, pendant 30 minutes.

Une fois les haricots cuits:

Incorporer les haricots au chili et continuer de cuire, ร  couvert et en brassant occasionnellement, pendant 30 minutes de plus. Ajouter le chocolat et continuer de cuire, ร  dรฉcouvert cette fois, pour 30 minutes de plus. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements. Servir avec de la crรจme sรปre ร  base de noix de cajou, de la coriandre fraรฎche, et des quartiers de lime.

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Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew

Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew
Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew

This Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew is a great as a last-minute dinner idea. Change it up by using the vegetable of your choice, or simply the one you have on hand. A once uninspired dinner solution turns into something the whole family enjoys very much. On the picture, you can see it served on Coconut Ginger Brown Rice, but I also serve it over garlic mashed potatoes, for the utmost kids’ delight.

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Lentil and Sweet Potato Stew

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil
  • 2 large shallots (about 1 cup), diced
  • 1” piece fresh ginger
  • 1” piece fresh turmeric (optional)
  • 1 cup lentils, sorted and rinsed well
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 3 1/2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 3 small sweet potatoes (about 3 cups), peeled and diced
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 large handful of greens (kale, spinach, spigarello, etc.)
  • Garnishes: fresh cilantro, fresh lime juice

Instructions

In a large straight-edge sautรฉ pan with a lid, heat the coconut oil over medium heat. Add the shallots, ginger and turmeric, and sautรฉ until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the lentils, vegetable broth and sprig of thyme and stir well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until half way done, about 10 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes, coconut milk, sea salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until the potatoes and the lentils are tender, about 10-12 minutes. Uncover, add the red bell pepper and the greens. Mix well and cook for an additional 2 minutes until the greens are wilted. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve topped with some fresh cilantro and a squeeze of fresh lime juice. Bon appรฉtit!

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Rรขgout de lentilles et patates douces

J’ai dรฉveloppรฉ cette recette un de ces soirs oรน mรชme le frigo crie famine. Je n’avais que des patates douces sous la main, et ce que le jardin voulait bien me donner en verdures. J’ai donc choisi les lentilles, pour leur fabuleuse teneur en fibres et en protรฉines, et parce que je les aime tant! ร‡a cuit vite, รงa sent bon. Ce qui s’annonรงait comme un souper de grosse bouillie moche a donc fait sensation auprรจs de tous, enfants inclus! J’en ai donc refait, imaginez donc, et je vous partage la recette tellement c’รฉtait bon!

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile de coconut vierge
  • 2 grosses รฉchalotes franรงaises, hachรฉes (environ 1 tasse)
  • Cube de 1” de gingembre frais, รฉcrasรฉ
  • Cube de 1” de racine de curcuma, รฉcrasรฉ (optionnel)
  • 1 tasse de lentilles, bien rincรฉes
  • 1 branche de thym frais
  • 3 1/2 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 boรฎte de lait de coco
  • 3 tasses de patates douces, pelรฉes et coupรฉes en cubesย 
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poivre noir
  • 1/2 poivron rouge, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1 gรฉnรฉreuse poignรฉe de kale, รฉpinards, ou spigarello
  • Garniture: coriandre fraรฎche, quartiers de lime

Instructions

Dans une grande poรชle ร  bords droits (avec un couvercle), faire chauffer l’huile de coconut ร  feu moyen. Ajouter les รฉchalotes franรงaises, le gingembre et le curcuma, et sauter pendant environ 5 minutes. Ajouter les lentilles, le bouillon de lรฉgumes et la branche de thym, et bien mรฉlanger. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu, couvrir et laisser mijoter pendant environ 10 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce que les lentilles soient mi-cuites. Ajouter les patates douces, le lait de coco, le sel de mer et le poivre, et porter ร  รฉbullition de nouveau. Rรฉduire le feu, couvrir, et laisser mijoter jusqu’ร  ce que les lentilles et les patates soient tendres, environ 10 ร  12 minutes. Ajouter le poivron rouge et la verdure (kale, รฉpinards ou spigarello), bien mรฉlanger et mijoter 2 minutes. Ajuster les assaisonnements, si nรฉcessaire. Servir garni de coriandre fraรฎche et d’un trait de jus de lime. Bon appรฉtit!

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Simple Potato Korma

Simple Potato Korma
Simple Potato Korma

This Simple Potato Korma will satisfy this craving for Indian food. Kormas have always been one of the first things I would put on my plate when eating with the family. I liked the richness and tanginess brought forth by the always-homemade yogurt. My mother-in-law couldn’t believe it when we cooked her potato korma recipe, but added my coconut yogurt at the end. The result was so remarkable, she declared the plant-based one to be the creamiest. Epic success!

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For more fabulous Indian recipes, please check out these links: Brinjal Fry (Indian Sautรฉed Eggplant), Indian Eggplant Dip, and Toor Dal with Brussels Sprouts.

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Simple Potato Korma

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1/3 cup grape seed oil
  • 7 whole cloves
  • 5 cardamom pods, cracked open
  • 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 2 small tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon garlic-ginger paste
  • 3 large Russet potatoes, cooked through*, peeled, and cubed
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 cup coconut yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon garam masala
  • Garnish: fresh cilantro

Instructions

Heat oil in large straight-edge sautรฉ pan over medium-high heat. Add the cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, cumin seeds, and mustard seeds and sautรฉ until spices are fragrant, 1-2 minutes. Add the onion and sautรฉ until soft and translucent, about 6-8 minutes. Add the turmeric and sautรฉ, while stirring, 2 minutes more. Add the tomatoes, sea salt, and ginger-garlic paste. Sautรฉ until the tomatoes are saucy, about 2 minutes. Add the cooked potatoes and chili powder, and mix well to ensure the potatoes are well coated with the sauce. Bring the heat to low, add the yogurt, and garam masala. Mix well, heat through gently, and remove from the heat. Garnish with fresh cilantro and serve with rice, lime wedges, naan, or chapati, and raita. Bon appรฉtit!

Notes

*I usually boil my potatoes whole until they are cooked through. You can check with a fork. I then let them cool off before peeling them with my hands. You can then cut them in cubes, ready for your recipe.

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Korma de pommes de terre tout simple

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1/3 tasse d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 7 clous de girofle
  • 5 gousses de cardamome, ouvertes
  • 1 bรขton de cannelle, coupรฉ en deux
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de moutarde noire
  • 1 oignon, hachรฉ
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de curcuma
  • 2 petites tomates, hachรฉes
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de sel de mer
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de pรขte ail et gingembre
  • 3 grosses pommes de terre Russet, cuites*, pelรฉes et coupรฉes en cubes
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili
  • 1 tasse de yogourt de coconut
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de garam masala
  • Garniture: coriandre fraรฎche

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile dans une grande poรชle ร  rebords hauts. Ajouter les clous de girofle, les gousses de cardamome, la cannelle, les graines de cumin, et les graines de moutarde, et faire revenir pendant deux minutes. fragrant, 1-2 minutes. Ajouter l’oignon et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce qu’il soit tendre et translucide, de 6 ร  8 minutes. Ajouter le curcuma et continuer de cuire 2 minutes. Ajouter les tomates, le sel de mer et la pรขte ail et gingembre. Faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce que les tomates soient en sauce, environ 2 minutes. Ajouter les pommes de terre cuites et la poudre de chili. Bien mรฉlanger. Rรฉduire le feu, ajouter le yogourt et le garam masala. Bien mรฉlanger, rรฉchauffer et retirer du feu. Garnir de coriandre fraรฎche, servir avec du riz, des quartiers de lime, naan, ou chapati, et de la raita. Bon appรฉtit!

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Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe

Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe
Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe

This Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe is quick and tasty. Fricassรฉe is a French dish made by half sautรฉing, half stewing pieces of meat, and serving them in a thick white sauce. My grandpa used to make it often.  He would make his fricassรฉe in its even simpler form, by sautรฉing ground beef in loads of butter along with lots of diced onion and celery. He would then deglaze the pan with hot black tea, add some heavy cream, whole peppercorns, fresh parsley, and there you had it! Sometimes he would add cut up potato cubes in there.

Well, as you can imagine, this fricassรฉe recipe is much different. First, you HAVE to use the freshest vegetables you can find. Because the vegetables are the stars, there are very few other seasonings. I sautรฉ the veggies until they are soft, but not browned. I then add some liquid, to continue the cooking, but just enough so that it doesn’t turn into a soup. I removed my grandpa’s beloved cream, obviously, but did not substitute. You can serve with a dollop of fresh coconut yogurt, if you’d like.

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If you like chickpeas, check out these other great recipes: Chickpea Chole, Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup and Chickpea Curry with Figs and Apricot.

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Fennel, Carrot and Chickpea Fricassรฉe

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
  • 34 shallots, sliced thin
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 fennel bulbs, cored and sliced thin
  • 2 carrots, cut into small cubes
  • 1 red, yellow, or orange bell pepper, cut into small cubes
  • 1 large celery stalk, cut into small cubes
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 2 large handful spinach, large leaves torn
  • 1/2 to 1 cup vegetable broth
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • Garnish: fresh fennel fronds, fresh parsley

Instructions

In a large straight-edge sautรฉ pan, heat the oil over medium heat. When hot, add the shallots, garlic, fennel, carrots, bell pepper, celery, thyme sprigs, and generous pinches of sea salt and pepper. Sautรฉ over medium heat, stirring often, so the vegetables cook, but do not brown or burn, about 10 minutes. Add the chickpeas and mix well. Add some stock, a little bit at a time, so that the vegetables are wet, but the broth isn’t soupy. Add the spinach and toss until just wilted. Taste and adjust seasonings. Bon appรฉtit!

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Fricassรฉe de fenouil, carottes et pois chiches

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 3 ร  4 รฉchalotes franรงaises, en tranches minces
  • 3 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 3 bulbes de fenouil, sans le coeur et en tranches minces
  • 2 carottes, coupรฉes en petits cubes
  • 1 poivron rouge, jaune ou orange, coupรฉ en cubes
  • 1 branche de cรฉleri, coupรฉe en cubes
  • 1 branche de thym frais
  • 1 boรฎte de pois chiches, rincรฉe et รฉgouttรฉe
  • 2 grosses poignรฉes d’รฉpinards
  • 1/2 ร  1 tasse de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • Garnish: fresh fennel fronds, fresh parsley

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen dans une grande poรชle ร  rebords hauts. Ajouter les รฉchalotes, l’ail, le fenouil, les carottes, le poivron, le cรฉleri, la branche de thym, et de gรฉnรฉreuses pincรฉes de sel de mer et de poivre. Faire revenir ร  feu moyen, en brassant souvent, pendant environ 10 minutes. Ajouter les pois chiches et bien brasser. Ajouter du bouillon de lรฉgumes, un peu ร  la fois, afin qu’il s’รฉvapore lentement. Ajouter les รฉpinards et mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  ce qu’ils soient lรฉgรจrement cuits. Goรปter et ajuster les saveurs. Bon appรฉtit!

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