Tarkari Handi

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This Indian mixed vegetables recipe is a simple yet richly layered dish from Alfred Prasad. Tarkari Handi combines your favourite vegetables — including asparagus, mushrooms, broccoli and baby corn — tossed with cumin, red onions and crushed peppercorns for a wonderful vegetarian supper or side dish.

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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Mixed vegetables

Method

1
Peel the bottom third of the asparagus and cut into 3 pieces each
2
In boiling water, blanch the broccoli, baby corn and asparagus separately for ½ a minute each and refresh in cold running water, then leave aside
3
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Add the cumin seeds and sauté for a couple of minutes
4
Add the broccoli, shiitake, baby corn, asparagus and red peppers (in that order). Sauté for a couple of minutes, then add the onion and spinach
5
Toss well and sprinkle with salt and crushed peppercorns
6
Finish with a teaspoon of unsalted butter, toss again and serve hot
First published in 2015

Alfred Prasad’s years at Tamarind saw the restaurant awarded one Michelin star, which it retained, and a stack of accolades (including numerous ‘Indian Restaurant Of The Year’ titles).

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