Thursday, August 14, 2014

Asparagus in Green Gravy



Ingredients:
2 cup - Asparagus cut about an inch
1/2 cup - sliced Olives
11/2 Tsp - Fennel Seeds
1 Tbsp - finely minced Garlic
1 cup - Coconut milk
1 Tsp - Lemon juice
3 - Green Chillies
11/2 cup - cubed Onion
1/2 - Tomato
2 - Cardamom
1 Tbsp - Kasuri Methi
1/3 cup - Cilantro
3 Tbsp - Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
salt as required.

Procedure:
1) Heat a pan with 1 tbsp oil.
2) Fry onions, tomatoes, cardamom together until the raw flavor goes. Now add salt, cilantro and kasuri methi and fry for a min. Allow them to cool and grind them to thick paste.
3) Heat the same pan with rest of oil. Add fennel seeds and minced garlic, fry them till the color of garlic turns golden brown.
4) Add asparagus, salt and close the lid  in medium heat till the asparagus is half cooked. Sprinkle water in between if required. Now add the olives and fry them for a min.
5) Add the ground paste with water,salt and boil them in medium heat for about 5 mins. (Add water for your required consistency of the gravy).
6) Add the coconut milk and bring it to boil for a min.
7) Finally switch off the stove and add the lemon juice. Garnish them with cut cilantro's.
Goes very good with Roti's and Paratha's.

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