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Template: Veggie side dish with Fenugreek + friends

Created this years ago and wanted to share. Choose YOUR veggies and play!
Author Carol

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1 - 1.25 pounds of YOUR veggie of choice squash, eggplant, zucchini, carrots etc.**
  • ~ cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 6 tablespoons avocado oil
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds crushed
  • ½ teaspoon sesame seeds
  • 1 ½ inch piece fresh ginger root, chopped
  • 5 cloves fresh organic garlic chopped, finely
  • 2 onions peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 chili pepper YOUR CHOICE re variety ~ seeded and chopped **
  • ¼ cup tomato paste
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • ¾ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • 1 - 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves

Instructions

  1. Heat the 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat in a large skillet, and saute veggies until golden, about 5-6 minutes.
  2. Remove the veggies from the pan and set aside.
  3. Remove excess oil with a paper towel.
  4. Heat the 6 tablespoons oil in the same pan over medium heat.
  5. Stir in the cumin, fenugreek and sesame seeds, and cook until the cumin turns golden,
  6. about 2 minutes.
  7. Reduce the heat.
  8. Stir in the ginger and cook for a minute or so.
  9. Stir in the onions and chili pepper.
  10. Continue to cook and stir until the chopped onion is golden, about 10 minutes.
  11. Add the garlic and stir to mix in ~ for a few seconds
  12. I am a fan of finely minced garlic and very little 'cooking)
  13. Stir the tomato paste, coriander, turmeric, chili powder, plus sea salt into the onions mixture.
  14. Cook and stir over medium heat for 2 minutes.
  15. "Fold" in the cooked, cubed veggies
  16. Cover the pan and simmer until veggies are firm but tender, about 5- 10 minutes.
  17. This will depend on your choice of vegetable. (Zucchini or Eggplant 5 minutes and others may take more time)
  18. Pour in the coconut milk
  19. Stir until the mixture is just blended and warm.
  20. Toss in the cilantro leaves, if using (or your choice of green herbal goodness!)

Recipe Notes

Tip: If you can find fenugreek greens ~ saute or steam like spinach. Serve this entire mixture atop the greens!
** As a template -- this is a guideline! Pick the veggie or a combination.
Pick the chili ~ use chopped red bell pepper or add any chili with a little or a lot of heat -
YOUR call!

Adapted from from so many online recipes from around the world