Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip

Sun-Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip
Sun-Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip

This Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip is everything I was looking for to eat with crackers or jicama batons. It is raw, assuming your tomatoes were actually sun dried, and it has a great texture. The inspiration came when my drum instructor shared some recipes from a time when she was raw. I modified to my liking and here it is. The Brazil nuts are high in selenium, an essential nutrient, and 37% of the fats in Brazil nuts are polyunsaturated fatty acids, a type of fat that has been shown to benefit heart health. I’ve made this recipe a bunch of times already, because it’s that good. You can double the ingredients easily. Try this recipe as a dip, or use it as a topping for zucchini noodles.

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Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip

This Sun Dried Tomato and Brazil Nut Dip recipe is easy, quick, and addictive. You’ll be making it again and again!ย 

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup sun dried tomatoes (if dried, soak 30 minute in warm water and dry. If packed in oil, remove excess oil with paper towels)
  • 1/2 cup Brazil nuts
  • 1 clove garlic, smashed
  • 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon tamari
  • Generous pinches of sea salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

Place the Brazil nuts in a food processor and pulse until coarsely ground. Add the remaining ingredients, except the olive oil. Process until well combined. With the processor running, slowly add the olive oil in a stream. Taste and adjust seasoning.ย 

Keywords: dip, tomato, Brazil nuts, raw

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Trempette aux tomates sรฉchรฉes et noix du Brรฉsil (cuisine vivante)

Cette recette de trempette aux tomates sรฉchรฉes et noix du Brรฉsil est facile, rapide, et vous ne pourrez plus vous en passer.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 1 tasse de tomates sรฉchรฉes au soleil (si elles sont sรจches, tremper pendant 30 minutes dans l’eau chaude. Si elles sont dans l’huile, retirer l’excรฉdent d’huile ร  l’aide d’essuie-tout)
  • 1/2 tasse de noix du Brรฉsil
  • 1 gousse d’ail, รฉcrasรฉe
  • 3 c. ร  soupe de jus d’orange frais
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ d’assaisonnement ร  l’Italienne
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre d’oignon
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sauce tamari ou soya
  • Gรฉnรฉreuses pincรฉes de sel de mer et de poivre
  • 1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive

Instructions

Dรฉposer les noix du Brรฉsil dans un robot culinaire et pulser quelques fois jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient grossiรจrement broyรฉes. Ajouter le reste des ingrรฉdients, sauf l’huile d’olive, et bien mรฉlanger. Avec le robot en marche, ajouter dรฉlicatement l’huile d’olive en filet. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements.

Keywords: cuisine vivante, trempette, noix du Brรฉsil

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Indian Eggplant Dip

Indian Eggplant Dip
Indian Eggplant Dip

This Indian Eggplant Dip is my new favorite dip! In India, they would refer to this as a “pickle”. It’s a side dish, usually very spicy, that you use as a garnish to rice and curries. But this recipe is so good, I made a dip out of it. It’s fabulous with crackers. But no worries, I also serve it with rice and curries. This Indian Eggplant Dip is simple, quick, and satisfying.

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

If you enjoy eggplant in Indian recipes, try this Brinjal Fry (Indian Sautรฉed Eggplant).

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Indian Eggplant Dip

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 4 tablespoons grapeseed oil
  • 2 medium eggplants (about 4 cups), roughly chopped
  • 12 serrano peppers, depending on the heat desired, chopped
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste)
  • 45 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, minced

Instructions

Rinse eggplant cubes and drain very well. Heat the grapeseed oil in a large sautรฉ pan over medium-high heat. Add the eggplant, mix well to coat in oil, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add serrano peppers and salt, mix well, cover and cook for an additional 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, making sure to adjust the heat accordingly. Remove to a food processor. Add the garlic, the cumin seeds, and the lemon juice. Process until desired consistency. I personally like having little chunks. Remove to a bowl and fold in the cilantro. You can garnish with more lemon juice and some fresh minced onions. You can serve along with a spread of curries and other Indian dishes, but I love my pickle the most with naan or as a condiment with my Vegetable Biryani.

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Trempette d’aubergine ร  l’indienne

Ma nouvelle recette prรฉfรฉrรฉe! Ce plat, fait avec des aubergines du jardin bien chaudes de soleil et presque juteuses, est un rรชve. Pendant les vacances des fรชtes, j’en avais encore cinq ou six belles aubergines dans le jardin, qui tentaient tant bien que mal de se protรฉger du premier froid. Mes beaux-parents รฉtaient ร  la maison et ma belle-mรจre a toujours une sublime recette ร  partager. Chacune est un trรฉsor en elle-mรชme, mais celle-ci, si simple et savoureuse, a gagnรฉ mon coeur. Vous voudrez la manger avec et sur tout. Promis.

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 4 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpin de raisin
  • 2 moyennes aubergines (environ 4 tasses), hachรฉes grossiรจrement
  • 12 piments serrano, selon la tolรฉrance, hachรฉs
  • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer (ou au goรปt)
  • 56 gousses d’ail, hachรฉes
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de graines de cumin
  • Jus de 1 citron
  • 1/4 tasse de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉe

Instructions

Rincer les cubes d’aubergine et bien รฉgoutter. Dans une grande poรชle, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter l’aubergine, bien mรฉlanger, couvrir et cuire pendant 5 minutes, en remuant de temps ร  autre. Ajouter les piments serrano et le sel de mer, mรฉlanger, couvrir et cuire ร  nouveau 10 minutes de plus, en remuant occasionnellement. S’assurer d’ajuster la tempรฉrature du feu pour s’assurer des lรฉgumes dorรฉs, mais pas brรปlรฉs. Retirer du feu et transfรฉrer dans le bol d’un robot culinaire. Ajouter l’ail, les graines de cumin et le jus de citron. Pulser jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’un mรฉlange homogรจne, mais grossier. Transfรฉrer dans un bol et incorporer doucement la coriandre fraรฎche. Vous pouvez garnir de plus de jus de citron et d’oignon cru hachรฉ finement, si dรฉsirรฉ. Vous pouvez servir en accompagnement avec autres plats indiens. Personnellement, j’aime mon pickle avec du naan ou avec mon Biryani aux lรฉgumes.

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Quick, simple and delicious Indian Eggplant Pickle