Brussel Sprouts Sabzi

INGREDIENTS

Prep time: 30 minutes

Serves 2 persons

▶ Brussel Sprouts- 500 grams

▶ Avocado oil or any other neutral tasting oil with a high smoking point- 2 tbsp

▶Thinly sliced onions- quarter of a large onion

▶Green chilli paste- 1 tsp

▶Minced ginger- 1 tsp

▶Garlic- 1 clove

▶Freshly cracked black pepper- ½ tsp

▶Salt- 1 tsp

▶Coriander powder- 1 ½ tsp

▶Garam Masala- 1/4 tsp

▶Lemon juice- as per taste

▶Cilantro- as per taste

RECIPE

1. Take quarter of a large onion and thinly slice it. Keep it aside.

2. Take all the washed Brussel sprouts and cut off the ends. Now, cut of them vertically into halves. Thinly slice the halves.

3. Heat up oil in a cast iron wok at high heat and once the oil is hot, add the thinly sliced onions followed by green chilli paste and minced ginger and sauté at high heat for 2 minutes.

4. Add Brussel sprouts and cook them on high heat for about 7 minutes. In the meantime, take the garlic clove and add it to the mortar along with freshly cracked black pepper and pound the garlic. Pounding the garlic instead of mincing provides a homogenous garlic flavour and the addition of black pepper helps the pounding process by providing some grittiness. You can also mince the garlic if you like.

5. After 7 minutes of sautéing, add the garlic and cracked black pepper paste to the Brussel sprouts and sauté again for around 3 minutes.

6. Bring down the heat to medium and add all the spices including salt and lemon juice.

7. Sauté again for 2 minutes at high heat and garnish with a generous amount of cilantro.