Meatless Day Challenge #Week3
It seems that I am ‘all curry’ this week. Made some chicken curry laksa over the weekend and made extra pasta for dinner earlier in the week. And also I headed over to Old Town Kopitiam for a dosh of roti goodness. And since I had leftover springs of curry leaves, it is great excuse to make another curry.
Just a side distraction, I bought a beautiful but weird looking eggplant from the farmers market over the weekend. It did remind me of pinocchio at certain angle but you may think otherwise. I have to say all ingredients in this photo is organic. Bliss. It makes so much difference to a dish. Tomato actually tastes like a tomato. If you know what I mean.
eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, potatoes
Mustard seeds
Ingredients:
- 600gm of nice chunky eggplant
- 600gm of thick sliced zucchini
- 500gm of small cubed potatoes
- 4 tomatoes, quartered
- 40gm garlic
- 40gm ginger
- 80gm shallots
- 2tsp of mustard seeds
- 2tsp of grounded cumin
- 2tsp of tumeric powder
- 3tsp of chilli powder (optional or you can choose to add or take off)
- 4tsp of grounded coriander
- 2tsp of grounded cinnmon
- 500ml water
- 500ml yogurt
- 1 bunch of fresh coriander (or use mint leaves)
- 1 lime juice
- 3 tsp of sugar
- 3tbsp light soya sauce
- 5tbsp of peanut oil
Spice powder
Mortar and pestled ginger, garlic & shallots
Method:
- Blend or grind the ginger, shallots and garlic into a nice smooth paste
- Place the mustard seeds into the hot oil and hear it pop and once it stops popping, add the ginger, shallots and garlic paste and stir through for 5mins or until fragrant
- Add the small cubed potatoes first with all the spices (cumin, cinnamon, tumeric, coriander), stir and cook for 5 mins
- Add both eggplant and zucchini. Stir and coat. Add the water and allow everything to simmer for 10-15mins
- Add freshly chopped coriander, lime juice and sugar (tweak accordingly). Season with salt and light soy sauce. Taste and tweak. Add the yogurt and take pot away from heat. Stir through
- Sprinkle some freshly chopped coriander and red cut chiilies for extra kick (optional). Serve hot with rice or naan bread
Summer curry - Potatoes, zucchini, eggplant and tomatoes
Curries need not be heavy or super spicy. In this recipe, I have used yogurt instead of coconut milk. And the amount of chilli powder used is determined by the cook. I call it Summer curry because it is definitely light and refreshing from the lime juice and fresh herbs. It is a one pot wonder and just so quick and easy to whip up.
So again I will urge as many of you to join me. Being meatless once a week is easy. And if we all do it, it really helps the environment.
Do you have a summer curry to share?
Beautiful!! Thinking about doing just the same thing one day this week.
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Love this recipe! We’ve been trying to instill one meatless day a week…it’s been fun checking out our local Indian spice store and bringing home lots of ingredients to try out…our next meatless dish will be with red quinoa! Btw, wish it were summer here in NYC =(
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Looks really great. I love curry too. I have cooked something before and I will make it again. Hope to post it on my blog soon.
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I love eggplant, this dish looks fantastic and really healthy. c, I’ll have to add this to my vegetarian dishes recipes. I
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LOL Penny I bought one of your eggplant’s twins! Except errm I saw something else other than Pinnochio in it :S
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Yes… Pinocchio wasn’t the first thing that sprang to mind here, either!
Meatless once a week is a great idea, made even easier by the fact that I’m going to use this as my first recipe. I think I’ll make it Meatless Mondays – we’re already doing Fish Thursdays (Fridays would have been better for the initial letter, but they are traditionally pizza events. If you keep up your meatless postings, it’ll be a breeze!
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What a funny looking eggplant. I’ve seen the same with a banana before! Yay for meatless day! The curry looks delicious!
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All ingredients are fresh and organic! So blessed you are to have them to cook with curry. Yummmmm….
I love curry very much, red, green, yellow, with or without meat…
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I like this recipe and I will definitely try for this.You are absolutely right that curries need not be heavy or super spicy.Thank you very much for this tasty curry.
Oh my, that eggplant is too damn giggle-worthy.
This curry looks TASTY. Been too hot here for curry, but you probably think otherwise, Miss Chilli Addict!
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Just the spices I would use! Good going!
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This vegetarian curry will surely go well with naan or roti canai!
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This is what I love about curries- you can add anything you like and create something new and delicious every time! Great recipe
I’ll surely give it a try!
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I love this super healthful meal and you used a lot of great spices in this dish too
Won’t miss the meat a bit in this delicious curry!
This veg curry will definitely get you thru your meatless day! Yum!
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Wow – looks great – and what a heap of colour it has – must have been full of flavour!
Dearie, you are a meatless natural! This looks fabu.
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yoghurt instead of coconut milk… brilliant idea!
looks delicious!
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@Kathy Gori – I learnt a lot from you!
@High/Low – Come and join me just once a weel. Looking forward to your quinoa recipe.
@Divina – Fab! Post it soon.
@Janice – thanks sweetie. I hope you like it too.
@Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella – Erm. Yes. Didn’t want to be too obvious.
@Injera – Doesn’t matter when you do it. Just as long as it is once a week. Fish Thursday sounds good too!
@Trissa – A banana? Oh dear.
@Christine@Christine’s Recipes – I am in love with nice fresh ingredients.
@manganese – Good to hear that you agree
@Conor @ HoldtheBeef – Save it for autumn then. And yes, I had other photos but ermm…. they are worse
@Shirley – I just love the smell of those spices.
@Cheah – For sure. Perfecto
@Sanjana – it is hard to get tire of
@Jessie – Need to keep the calories down especially after all that eating!
@Debi (Table Talk) – Well, I didn’t
@Ellie – Absolutely!
@Sarah – Aromatic and flavourful
@Trix – I have pointers from the best!
@Iron Chef Shellie – Thanks sweetie!
Looks terrific! Love the colors. And I feel you on using yogurt in curry recipes… SO YUMMY.
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That’s a great idea, your curry must be delicious, I love that you made curry from scratch not those jokes inside a jar. Beautiful.
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This should be good for winter as well, great! Excuse me, is there a minimum quantity for buying these mustard seeds? Seems to be a lot in the pic.
This looks amazing! Curry always = good time, but I loved how you substituted yogurt for coconut milk. Never thought of that before and it’s an awesome idea! Thanks!
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That looks very delicious to me cos I just love CURRY! But it sure looks a big challenge to me too….all those pounding and the all the ingredients used. But it sure pays off. I can see you are going healthy eating…well done!
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Penny this looks delicious — I absolutely love spicy spicy curries. And we are totally on the same page — as one of my new years resolutions I am eating less meat. I am limiting my meat intake to twice a week and having red meat only twice a month — I am mostly eating fish and vegetarian now. Since i had my gallbladder infection it really scared me into practicing better eating habits. I really enjoyed this post, thank you for that and keep the vegetarian recipes comin!!!
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This veggie curry looks so healthy and wonderful, I love your use of yogurt!
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Penny, I am so late to comment on all your blog entries but I just wanted to say that I LOVE the look of this! I am bookmarking this for future use as I am also hoping to help Neil have a meat free day a week!!!
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@The Chickenless Chick – Thanks! It was even better the next day
@Anna – I love making sauces from scratch
@TasteHongKong – I just buy a fair bit as I use them frequently… heh
@Shelly – I needed to lose some calories
@MaryMoh – All because of you guys! I must eat healthier
@Joy – I am glad that you like it. Shall have to keep it up
@Natasha – 5 Star Foodie- thanks babe. I enjoyed making it
@Mardi @eatlivetravelwrite – Come on. Jump onto the bandwagon. Let’s do this together
@blah blah – I am glad that you are joining me. YAY! I am really really glad.
I cook this very often. And I’ve to say I like so much! Yours look really flavourful & yummy too. Well done again!
I wanted to say just a few words to you about this. Thank You! I really do appreciate this.