Some added nuts & raisins/craisins crushed into a coarse powder, transforms vegetables from boring to delightful. An uncomplicated & adaptable recipe, this allows you to use any vegetable in any combination you want. Do not groan hearing vegetables… for this is a real lovely way to enjoy them. A teensy bit sweet, a lot spicy & the slight tang, along with the aromatic spices turns them into a delectable side dish.
The slight sweet in this dish is not the overwhelming sweet that would overpower the tastebuds & comes not from sugar or any other sweetener. The little amount of raisin/craisin used here add that very subtle tinge of sweet, more like a balance of taste…
Ingredients:
- 1 Big Potato. Peeled & cubed
- 1 Small Cauliflower, florets broken into medium pieces
- 2 Carrots, cut into strips
- 20 French Beans, whole
- 1 Bell Pepper/Capsicum, cut into strips
- 1/2 Cup Sprouted Moong
- 2 Green Hot Peppers, like Serrano or Thai Bird – slit vertically
- 1/2 Onion, Chopped
- 1 inch Fresh Ginger, peeled & grated
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 2 Cloves
- 2 Cardamom
- 1 Teaspoon Turmeric
- 1 Teaspoon Chilli powder (More or less)
- Salt
- 1/4 Cup Craisins or Raisins
- 1/4 Cup Almonds
- 3 Tablespoons Oil
- A Squeeze of Fresh Lime
Preparation:In a flat large bottomed pan or a big skillet dry roast the cardamom & the cloves till fragrant. Add the oil, & when the oil is hot ( it will shimmer), add the cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds start to sizzle, add the Onions, Hot Peppers & the Ginger. Stir fry at medium heat till the onions are soft.
Add all the vegetables, moong, salt, chilli powder & turmeric. Toss & fry till all the oil & the spices coat the vegetables – for about 6-8 minutes. Add 1/2 Cup of water & tightly cover it & cook in the steam.
In the mean time, roughly dry grind the Almonds & the Craisins/Raisins. It should be a coarse powder.
Uncover & check if the vegetables are cooked. They should be crisp tender. If not, sprinkle a few spoons of water & cover & cook for some more time.
Add the Almond & Craisin/Raisin Powder to the veggies. Cook while tossing gently till the powder evenly combines the veggies & the remaining water dries up. Make sure the veggies still retain their shape & do not get mushed up.
Increase the heat & fry for another 5 minutes. Squeeze some fresh Lime Juice & toss.
Serve warm with Rice or Bread as a side dish.
Enjoy your Vegetables!
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Soma, the colours and the flavours are quite the array…wonderful & bright.
I just love this !!! full of good health and yummy to taste !!
Everything is new in this simple dish Soma … cubed veggies with strips, nuts, dry roasting the cardamoms and then adding the oil. Sounds too, too good. 🙂
Eta amar kalker dinner er menu. 🙂
Eta besh bhalo to, eta korbo shiggiri
I agree, the nuts give the extra something when added to the vegetables. I usually do peanuts but almonds would work great too. As for the raisins/crasins got to try that too. I have a huge bag sitting in the pantry.
I love the flavors you used in this dish…..The cumin, turmeric, lime, raisins, almonds.
Wow, Delicious!
Nuts add the extra crunchyness to the curry..looks yummy..
I never tried raisins in curry , nut is clever idea too 🙂
A beautiful way to enjoy the goodness of veggies. So colourful and good for you!
That’s a delicious combination of vegetables and spices! The sweet and spicy contrast sounds great too.
I am a sucker for mix veggies recipes, coz i always ponder over ,how to make use of a bit of this and bit of that left veggies in crisper of my Refrigerator.So this surely gonna be helpful to make use of all the bits and pieces lying around, though i personally do not like raisins etc in my vegetables, but i do add them in some, to feed my kid
Thanks for sharing this one 🙂
Lovely colors, lovely click and a lovely recipe…
Mmmm, lovely Soma!
lovely lovely sabzi… very creative and am drooling at the picture 🙂
That bowl full of vegetables looks mouthwatering!
I love adding nuts to my veggies. Especially pumpkin and sunflower seeds. And how colorful, all the goodness I need.
Simply elegant!! beautiful presentation infact!
Love dishes that look like a colorful and delicious painting like this!
Better if they’re a combo sweet-spicy, …I’m sure with all these spices is stunning 🙂
Cheers!
Gera
That is just beautiful!! Great idea to add raisins and making them sweet!
This looks delicious! What a great way to serve vegetables, so colorful and healthy.
So flavourful yet simple!
Nuts and raisin/crazin powder? Brilliant! I am definitely going to be trying that with something! Yummy dish!
Looks so pretty. The colors of the vegetables yellow, orange and green stand out so well in the first picture. I never tried adding raisins to my sabjis before.
that is such a lovely, nutritious vegetable dish. Looks and sounds really tasty
I am always a bit wary about sweet stuff in my food (apart from desserts) but this looks delicious!
I loved it soma 🙂 I’ll try this one on Sunday. beautiful snap. The nuts and raisins part is really the pleasing part of the dish.
Enjoy!
TC
I am already liking it from reading your ingredients and the photographs
I have cooked gobi with raisins and loved it. So i am eager to add more veggies and taste them 🙂
mmm. love the blend of flavors in those veggies. Looks so colorful and yummy and full of health 🙂
yum yum yum.
wow.. i love mixing of raisins with subjis. very healthy dish.
Wow the vegetable curry looks mouth watering..nice click..love the addition of moong and dry fruits 🙂
This looks delicious, Soma. I like the nutty and sweet finish.
Very nice dish, but you have two amounts of turmeric and do not say what to do with the second amount. Could you please advise
The 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric mentioned there was not required. It was a mistake on my part. Thanks much for pointing that out. I have updated the post.
Thanks very much for that. Very much appreciated.
Regards
Mike