How to Cook Spicy Root Vegetables Indian Style
Serves: 8
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 45 mins
Ingredients needed to make Spicy Root Vegetables Indian Style:
- 14 oz small potatoes, halved
- 10 oz parsnips, peeled and diced
- 10 oz carrots, peeled and diced
- 10 oz sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
- 3 onions, peeled and finely chopped
- 7 oz baby spinach leaves, washed
- 3 oz French beans, trimmed and halved crosswise
- 1 ½’’ fresh ginger root, peeled and grated
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 ½ oz cashew nuts, crushed
- 1 ¾ pint vegetable stock
- 4 tbsp double cream
- Juice of a lime
- 1 Scotch bonnet chili, seeded and chopped
- 1 cinnamon stick, halved
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 1 ½ tsp ground coriander
- Pinch of dark brown sugar
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Cooking instructions for Spicy Root Vegetables Indian Style:
- To cook the root vegetables, heat oil in a casserole over moderate heat and throw in the onions.
- Stir-fry them for about 5 minutes or until they caramelize and stir in the ginger, garlic as well as chili.
- Continue to cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often, and sprinkle the spices on top.
- Give it a nice stir and cook for a minute or until the spices give out a pleasant aroma.
- Add the root vegetables and continue to saute them for about 5 minutes or until they become tender and turn golden brown.
- Pour in the stock, followed by the tomato puree and add the bay leaves to the mixture.
- Sprinkle the crushed nuts and brown sugar over the mixture and stir them all together until well combined; season with a dash of salt and black pepper.
- Bring it to a boil before reducing the mixture to a simmer.
- Continue to cook the mixture for about 20 minutes or until the veggies are cooked through and the thick sauce coats them nicely.
- Stir in the spinach plus beans and cook for about 3 minutes before stirring in the cream.
- Drizzle half of the lime juice over the veggies and give it a nice stir to mix, adjust the seasonings.
- Remove from heat and transfer it to a serving bowl.
- Top it up with chopped cashew nuts and serve hot.
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