Indian Recipes
| Curried Rice Dish |
Ingredients:
1 cup rice (basmati)
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1 small onion diced
2 tbsp vegetable Oil
1 tbsp VE curry dip
Instructions:
- Sauté onions in oil
- Add peas and mushrooms, cook for 5 min
- Add curry dip stir well
- Add rice and toss until well mixed
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| Quick Shrimp Curry |
Ingredients:
2 tbsp (30ml) vegetable oil
1 large onion, peeled, cut in half then sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp (30ml) VE madras curry
2/3 cup (160ml) coconut milk
(Or 2/3 cup (160ml) milk heated with tbsp (30ml) coconut)
2 tbsp tomato puree
1/2 lb (250g) fresh or frozen peeled shrimp
1tsp (5ml) VE Garam Masala
VE sea salt to taste
Instructions:
- Heat oil in pan over medium high heat.
- Add onions and garlic and cook until onion is soft
- Add VE madras Curry and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Add tomato puree, coconut milk and shrimp.
- Sauté gently for 10 minutes.
- If including spinach add the same as the shrimp
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| Shrimp Curry |
Ingredients:
2 tbsp (30ml) vegetable oil
1 large onion, peeled, cut in half then sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp (30ml) VE madras curry
2/3 cup (160ml) coconut milk
(Or 2/3 cup (160ml) milk heated with tbsp (30ml) coconut)
2 tbsp tomato puree
1/2 lb (250g) fresh or frozen peeled shrimp
1tsp (5ml) VE Garam Masala
VE sea salt to taste
Instructions:
- Heat oil in pan over medium high heat
- Add onions and garlic and cook until onion is soft
- Add VE madras Curry and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly
- Add tomato puree, coconut milk and shrimp
- Sauté gently for 10 minutes
- If including spinach add the same as the shrimp
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| Spicy Aromatic Lentils (dhal) |
Ingredients:
2-19 oz (540ml) cans lentils, drained and rinsed
2 tbsp (30ml) olive oil
4 medium onions, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tsp (5ml) ground VE cumin
1 tsp (5ml) ground VE coriander
1 tsp (5ml) VE cinnamon
1 tsp (5ml) turmeric
2 VE cardamom seeds
3 cloves
2 carrots thinly slices
1-28 oz (796ml) diced tomatoes
1 tsp (5ml) VE Sea salt
Instructions:
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium high heat.
- Saute onions and garlic with VE cumin, VE coriander and VE cinnamon. Cook until onions are softened
- Add tomatoes, turmeric and carrots. Place VE cardamom seeds and cloves and cover with lentil mix.
- Simmer for 20 min and serve.
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| Tandoori Chicken |
Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts
1/2 cup yogurt
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp VE tandoori spice
1 tbsp garam masala
Instructions:
- Mix spices with yogurt and lemon juice.
- Pour over chicken and rub well
- Marinate for at least an hour or more
- Marinate for at least an hour or more
- Cook on grill, barbeque (or oven at 400f)
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Recipes demonstrated by:
Jini Aroon,
Cooking Instructor/Caterer
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