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Simple baby kai-lan stir-fry
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Baby kai-lan is a green with small leaves. It is a Chinese vegetable suitable for stir fry,in soups, with noodles. Today I am going to make stir fry in Indian style.
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Baby kai-lan
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Recipe summary
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Simple baby kai-lan stir-fry
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4
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Baby kai-lan
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1. Add ½ tsp turmeric powder to 75 grams minced coconut and leave aside.
2. In a large pan a heat 2 tbsp oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add ½ tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp fennel seeds dry chili pieces from 1 dry chili and fry for 10 seconds.
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Simple baby kai-lan stir-fry
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3. Then add 1 onion chopped and fry for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Add 1 green chili, sliced thin,1 red chili, sliced thin, 4 garlic cloves, sliced, 5 grams ginger, grated and 5 curry leaves, chopped.Fry for 3 minutes, stirring frequently to ensure that they do not get burnt.
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Ingredients
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5. Add 250 grams chopped Kai-lan and fry for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
6. Add coconut Fry for 3 minutes.
7. Add ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp pepper powder and stir.
Fry for 2 minutes.
Taste for seasoning and adjust.
The stir-fry is ready. It can be served as a side dish or served with rice.
Simple baby kai-lan stir-fry is ready.
Recipe follows in detail with pictures.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Main
250 grams kai-lan, chopped
Others
1 onion chopped
4 garlic cloves, sliced
5 grams ginger, grated
1 green chili, sliced thin
1 red chili, sliced thin
5 curry leaves, chopped
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| Ingredients for Simple baby kai-lan stir-fry |
Seasoning
1 dry chili, broken into small pieces
Spices
½ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp fennel seeds
1/2 tsp pepper powder
75 grams minced coconut
2 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp salt
Preparation
Add turmeric powder to the minced coconut and mix well. This gives a nice golden colour to the minced coconut.
Method
In a large pan a heat 2 tbsp oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add cumin seeds, fennel seeds dry chili pieces and fry for 10 seconds. If the vapour from the dry chili irritates you add it after adding the onion or omit it.
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| Frying cumin seeds, fennel seeds dry chili pieces |
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| Adding onion |
Add red and green chili pieces, garlic, ginger and curry leaves.
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| Add red and green chili pieces, garlic, ginger and curry leaves. |
Fry for 3 minutes, stirring frequently to ensure that they do not get burnt.
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| Frying ingredients |
Add Kai-lan and fry for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
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| Adding kai-lan |
Add coconut.
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| Adding coconut |
Fry for 3 minutes.
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| Stir fry is ready |
Add salt and pepper powder and stir.
Fry for 2 minutes.
Taste for seasoning and adjust.
The stir-fry is ready. It can be served as a side dish or served with rice.
