Feb 8, 2016 | Recipes
After a short hiatus, we are back with even more interesting and fun recipes, videos, and books to share. I hope you enjoy this blog as much as we enjoy making it.
While experimenting with cooking Indian food, I came up with this interesting and fun dish. It features eggplant, drumstick, and mung beans.
It certainly has the flavors of South India and uses many of the ingredients, but is in no way authentic. It is, however, very creative.
Eggplant & Mungbean with Vegetables
2016-02-07 20:16:09
An Indian-inspired recipe featuring eggplant, drumstick (an Asian vegetable), and mung beans.
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil or olive oil
- 1 white sweet potato, large dice
- 1 large or 2 small Japanese eggplants (the purple ones), large diced
- 1 drumstick, large dice
- 1/2 cup cherry tomato
- 1/2 yellow onion, sliced
- 1/2 inch ginger, grated
- 2 red Fresno chilies, chopped small
- 2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted
- 2 tsp fenugreek seed, toasted
- 2 tsp coriander seeds, ground
- 1 tsp turmeric, ground
- 1 tsp amchur (mango) powder
- 1 large ball of tamarind, soaked in hot water
- 1/2 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 cup cooked mung beans
- Salt to taste
- Soak the tamarind in hot water for 15 minutes. Break up the tamarind and strain. Reserve the tamarind juice.
- Heat a large heavy bottomed sauce pan. Add the oil. Add onions and ginger. Saute until onions become soft. Add sweet potatoes, saute for another minute or two. Then add eggplant, drumstick, and chilies. Cook until the vegetables become tender.
- In another sauce pan, place mung beans and 3 cups water. Cover and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to simmer. Cook until mung beans are well done.
- While vegetables and beans are cooking, toast each of the spices separately. Place in a skillet on low and toast for 3-4 minutes until seeds release their aroma. (to save time roast the seeds before cooking)
- Add the turmeric, cumin, fenugreek, coriander, amchur powder, and tamarind juice to the vegetables. Cook another 5 to 7 minutes, or until the spices are incorporated.
- Serve hot over the mung beans, with flat bread or crackers.
- I added the heirloom cherry tomatoes to this recipe because I needed to use them up. You can use roma tomatoes, or regular cherry tomatoes.
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Dec 7, 2015 | Recipes
Have you wondered whether the lovely food photos we’ve shared come with recipes? In some cases they do!
The photo we shared on November 30th came from this tasty recipe that translates iconic Southwestern flavors into a vegan recipe meal that will make your taste buds sing.
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Eggplant Enchiladas with Ancho Mole Sauce
2015-12-07 11:00:18
A delightful vegan take on traditional enchiladas.
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 standard eggplant, small dice
- 1 chayote, small dice
- 1 red pepper, small dice
- ½ yellow onion, small dice
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp epazote
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 ancho chili pods
- 3-4 cloves of garlic
- ½ onion, rough chop
- 4 cups water
- Corn Tortillas
- Vegan Chedder “cheese”
- Place the mole ingredients in a medium sauce pan. Cook on medium heat until the chili pods are softened and pliable. Remove from heat. Carefully remove the stems and seed cores from the chili pods.
- Puree in a blender until sauce is smooth. Pass through a fine mesh sieve. Set aside.
- While the mole is cooking, heat up a large saute pan and add the oil. Once the oil is hot add in all of the vegetable ingredients. Saute until the eggplant starts to soften. Then include the spices, turmeric, cumin, coriander, epazote. Saute for another minute or two, then deglaze with lime juice, add salt to taste, adjust seasoning. Set aside.
- To assemble the enchiladas: Heat mole up in a saute pan. Drop in about a ¼ teaspoon of cumin. Dip a corn tortilla into the sauce on both sides. Set onto a cookie sheet. Fill ¼ of the way with the vegetable mixture and cheese. Roll enchiladas and place in a casserole dish that will fit the tortillas.
- Cover tortillas with sauce and “cheese.” Bake in a 375 degree oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
- Serve garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, and black olives. You can add a bit of poblano cream if desired.
By Chef Johnna Gale
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