Capetown Fruit Vegetable Curry Recipes

VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and carrots; cook and stir until tender. Season with curry powder, turmeric, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
• Add the cauliflower and potatoes to the pan, and stir to coat with spices. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Stir occasionally.

CAPETOWN FRUIT & VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• Saute the onions in the peanut oil for 10 minutes. Stir in the garlic, ginger & curry spices & continue to saute, stirring constantly for 3 minutes. Add the zucchini & water & stir well so that the spices won't stick to the pot. Cover & simmer for 10 minutes. Mix in the green beans, apple, peppers & dried apricots. Simmer gently, covered for about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally & add a little more water if needed to prevent sticking. When the fruit & vegetables are quite tender, stir in the raisins, the conserve & the lemon juice. Taste & adjust to your liking if necessary. If you need it to be more spicy, add more cayenne or garam masala. If you want it sweeter, add more conserve. Tarter, add more lemon juice. Serve on a bed of rice, topped with nuts & slices of banana.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• Saute the onions in the peanut oil for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, ginger root, and spices and continue to saute, stirring constantly for about 3 minutes.
• Add the zucchini and water and stire well so that the spices won't stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Cover the pan and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Mix in the green beans, pears, red bell peppers, and dried apricots.
• Simmer gently, covered, for about 30 minutes.
• Stir occasionally and add a little more water if needed to prevent sticking.
• When the fruit and vegetables are quite tender, stir in the currants and the apricot preserves.
• Taste the curry and adjust the flavor to your liking. Add cayenne or Garam Masala if it's not spicy enough, lemon juice if you'd like more tartness, or more apicot preserves to intensify the sweetness.
• Keep the curry warm on a heat diffuser, to prevent scorching, until ready to serve.
• Serve on a bed of rice, topped with peanuts and sliced bananas.

ROASTED VEGETABLE CURRY

Steps:

• Break the cauliflower into bite-size florets and put into a large mixing bowl.
• Peel and dice the potatoes. Add to the mixing bowl.
• Add the oil, salt and turmeric to the mixing bowl and stir until everything is well mixed and the turmeric is evenly distributed.
• Spread the vegetables and oil mixture onto a large baking/cookie sheet with sides. All of the vegetables should be touching the surface of the baking sheet. If the baking sheet is too crowded, the vegetables may not brown. A large jelly roll pan would also work well.
• Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 25 minutes.
• After 25 minutes, flip the vegetables over with a spatula and cook at least 20 more minutes, or until the vegetables are starting to brown.
• While the vegetables are roasting, making up an Indian spice mixture. In a small bowl put the ground coriander, ground cumin, cayenne (reduce amount if you don't want it to be hot), garam masala and the ground fennel (optional). Stir to blend.
• When the vegetables have gotten some browning and have about 10 minutes left of cooking time, remove the baking sheet from the oven. Flip over the vegetables again with the spatula. Test one vegetable to make sure that there is enough salt. Then, sprinkle the Indian spice mixture onto the roasted vegetables.
• Return the baking sheet to the oven one more time and cook about 10 more minutes.
• Variations: Add some baby carrots to the mixture. Frozen petite peas can also be added, but stir the peas in after the curry is done. The heat from the roasted vegetables will defrost the peas.