From 'Going Wild in the Kitchen' by Leslie Cerier
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 tsp cumin seeds
8 cups water or good quality vegetable broth
4 1/2 cups unpeeled red potatoes, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
4 cups bite sized cauliflower florets
1 cup carrots, chopped
1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp turmeric
1 cup green beans, cut in 1 inch pieces
1/4 tsp cardomom
2 tsp curry powder
2 tsp sea salt, or to taste
1/2 cup chopped scallions, for garnish
In a large soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add onions and cumin and saute, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, until onions soften and ingredients are fragrant. Add water or broth, potatoes, cauliflower, carrots, cinnamon , and turmeric. Bring ingredients to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low. Simmer, covered, for about 30 minutes, until vegetables are softened. Add green beans, cardamom, curry powder, and salt. Simmer covered for another 5 minutes or until beans are tender. Serve garnished with scallions. Serves 6-8
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Comments: 4
Thank you for posting this. I love cumin & curry.
I really am so very sick of the standard American 'meat and potatoes' fare. I like to try new things all the time, and have been going through many 'phases', as a result. My latest 'phase' is the raw foods diet, which I'm just starting out on.
Many of these recipes reflect my previous 'phase,' which was mid-eastern cuisine. Off and on, have been attempting to adhere to basic vegetarianism, with a few relapses here and there... Especially when family comes to visit or stay, they think the way I eat is very *strange*, and make all kinds of faces, and refuse to eat my food!
I once decided to make only Chinese food for an entire month. That was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot from the experience.
It's amazing how much one can learn about cooking, from simply reading various types of recipes. I've always loved to collect recipes, ever since I was a young girl, and that's where I've learned most of what I know about cooking and diet now. I've collected, and subsequently lost THOUSANDS of recipes, and never really even tried a quarter of them, but I learned so much about cooking, just from reading recipes.
I put the entire family on a vegetarian diet, when my kids were teens, for about 6 months. They grudgingly aqcuiesed, but by the time the 6 months was over, they were screaming for cheeseburgers!
My favorite 'vegetarian' cookbook' is 'Nikki and David Goldbeck's American Wholefoods Cuisine'. This type of vegetarianism allows for cheese and eggs...that's the kind I've always practiced in the past, though I respect those who manage to attain 'full vegan' status....I've just always been a bit 'weak'!
Vegetarianism is a great way to go, for Muslims attempting to maintain a halal diet, especially when living in areas/circumstances where halal meat and cheese is not easy to come by...
I believe the halal diet is healthy for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. By limiting your intake of meat to that which is prepared in a specific manner, you not only cut down on meat consumption (which is also recommended, in Islam) you also take on a much more personal role in controlling what goes into your body...By observing more carefully what ingredients are in your food, you avoid accidentally 'poisoning' yourself with the many toxins that are in our processed food today. And of course I just simply believe that the rules and regulations in Islam, regarding diet, are in fact geared to what is actually best for us, both physically and spiritually, as 'Allah knows best'. If not Him, then who??