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aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Gillthepainter » Fri Nov 23, 2018 11:58 am

Jeral
I thought I'd start a thread.

Anjum's recipe from I love curry is here, for cabbage, bengal gram, and coconut:

I have only made it with sprouts.



https://www.cooked.com/uk/Anjum-Anand/Q ... nut-recipe

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Pampy » Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:06 pm

My SIL does a cheat's recipe for coconut vegetables, usually at Christmas with the leftover veg. She just makes up a packet of curry sauce, stirs in a block of coconut cream, adds the veg and heats in the oven. It's takes minutes to make and is very tasty.

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Joanbunting » Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:02 pm

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby jeral » Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:17 pm

Ooh thanks for the video Gillthepainter - sounds right up my street and a bonus being vegan friendly too. I've got everything if I sub the curry leaves so can try it right away, e.g. serve it with my mushroom toad = fusion cooking at it's best ;)

Joanbunting, if you like the idea generally, could you sub small pieces of mango for the coconut? I like mango chutney with cabbage or sprouts so that might work for you.

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Gillthepainter » Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:51 pm

Sounds nice n easy, Pampy.
To be honest, I don't think Anjum's cabbage dish looks that marvellous.

Joan, could be worse.
Coconut and pasta? How did you survived the Bahamas dodging coconut.

Hope you like it Jeral.
I'll be making it again soon. As we've not had anything spicy for a long time.

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Stokey Sue » Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:12 pm

That’s a Thoran - as she says South Indian dish, came with most meals in Kerala

Here’s Mr Todiwalla’s version, which I haven’t made - 12 sprouts doesn’t sound enough
https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/spiced_venison_skewers_25856

And here’s Rick Stein’s version which I have made, it’s good

https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/dry_curry_of_cabbage_71527

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby karadekoolaid » Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:43 am

I´ve never made that dish, but it will be in my repertoire from now on. Probably because I love Anjum Anand :gonzo :gonzo
Seriously, though: cabbage , south Indian style , seems to work exceedingly well for me, especially with toovar dal - there´s a creaminess to the dal which offsets the slight bitterness of the cabbage.
I think I´d toast the coconut a bit before adding the cabbage, but that´s just me.
I make something called Blue Mountain stew - fry onions, cabbage and ginger ( with about 3 or 4 green chiles), then add the cooked toovar dal, some fresh tomatoes and a cup of water. Cook until the cabbage is just tender.

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Gillthepainter » Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:16 am

Thanks for the recipes, Sue. They look great.

I think I've got toovar dal in.
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll be making a prawn curry at the weekend, and need a side dish.

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Badger's Mate » Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:56 am

I cut a white cabbage last week and made this dish (without the peanuts) as a side. It turned out fine, went down well with Mrs B and will very likely be an option for using white cabbage from now on. I will probably give it a go with sprouts, of which there are plenty waiting to be picked.


Thanks, Gill for the heads-up. :thumbsup

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Re: aromatic coconut sprouts

Postby Gillthepainter » Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:28 pm

Glad to hear it went well with the cabbage, Badgeness.

I tend to just steam veg with a main curry, so it was an improvement on my approach.

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