Crazy Good Curry

[Carmella]

Oh wow! I just made my taste buds wild with what turned out to be the best raw curry I've had so far. Just thought I'd pass it along...

Here's what I did:

I chopped up some veggies I had on hand:
-broccoli florets and stems
-zucchini
-red onion
-sweet potatoes
-kale, that Imassaged with a little oil to soften up

Then prepared the following curry sauce by Richard Salome. (I halved the recipe):

Curry Sauce (Serves 8-10?)
1 C almonds, soaked 12-24 hours, blanched (I used almonds that I had already soaked and dehydrated)
16 oz. purified water
2 medium sized Fuji apples, cored & diced
1 C raisins, unsoaked
1 t curry powder
2 T flax seed oil
2 T Braggs or to taste
1 medium sized ripe banana
(I added some garlic as well...yum!)

Place the almonds in a blender and add enough water to cover them. Blend until creamy. Add curry, flax oil, banana, Braggs and process for 20 seconds. Then add apples and raisins by hand.

Then I poured some sauce over the veggies (I ended up using only half and put the rest in the fridge), stirred well and placed in the dehydrator in a dish well covered for a couple of hours at 110 (Longer would be okay too).

Alright, now for the "rice". I made the filling for RFRW's samosas which I put in the dehydrator for an hour or 2. See recipe on GreenChefs: http://gliving.tv/greenchefs/

Oh yeah, I used part parsnip and part cauliflower for the filling as I find the taste not as strong...

And now, time to surprise your tastebuds...

I had left over turnip from raviolis and thought I'd use those as wraps instead of the coconut. As it turned out, I just put some turnip slices on the table and we filled them as we went with some samosa filling (any cauliflower or parsnip rice would do although probably not as yummy! :D ) and vegetable curry.

Oh my! The banana, apples and the raisins in the curry sauce made me a little skeptical at first when I read the recipe but they really made the dish! Wow!

The original curry recipe said that "this is a rich dish" and they weren't kidding. We couldn't finish our plates... Oh well, more for tomorrow! Yay!

Enjoy!

[Petals]

That sounds delicious. :) I loves curry.

[trinity082482]

I love curry too and Im feeling withdrawl from my curry noodle recipe. The only thing that stops me from making most raw foods is a dehydrator. I have been doing simple things for over a week and I really want real food and variety. My body will thank me when I get different vitamins in me from other foods rather than eat the same things every day :(

[Raw Jewelrylady]

Carmella-The Curry sounds just divine.

thanks for sharing! :)

Lana

[Carmella]

Lana,
You're welcome! Yop, divine is a really good way to put it! That it is! :D

So you all know, I made a couple of changes to my original post as I had forgotten a few ingredients...

Can't wait to have the left-overs...Yum! BTW, we only added the apple to the sauce that we knew we'd be using. Thought it would taste fresher that way...


I love curry too and Im feeling withdrawl from my curry noodle recipe. The only thing that stops me from making most raw foods is a dehydrator. I have been doing simple things for over a week and I really want real food and variety. My body will thank me when I get different vitamins in me from other foods rather than eat the same things every day :(

I know what you mean... We didn't have a dehydrator for a number of years so we ate very simply. It worked great in the summer with all the abundance of beautiful fruits and fresh veggies but as the cold weather would creep in, we'd crave the heavier, warmer type foods and more variety. For that reason, we'd end up reintroducing simple cooked foods like steamed veggies and quinoa.

We've decided to invest in a dehydrating last fall, foreseeing how it would help us in staying raw this winter and it's been wonderful so far! It opens up for so much experimentation and creativity; there's just no room for craving cooked foods... at least, in our experience. :D

We bought an Excalibur 9 tray and we love it but there are other, cheaper models that would do a decent job. Perhaps do a banana search? You can also use your oven at the lowest temp setting as an alternative. This has been discussed a lot on this board as well so I'd definitely banana search for that.

Hope this helps,

Carmella

[Raw Jewelrylady]

I made the curry recipe-but I did some modifications...

I made the sauce-YUMMMY...Added the following, I also only made 1/2 batch.

used less water-

I added a little garlic, little more curry, & some cayenne...me likes it HOT! :D

I then used for the veggies-diced bok choy, julienned zuch, carrots & a little onion.

Mixed it up & placed in dehydrator-

I then wanted RICE-so off to the banana for a search~viola~ found that cauliflower/parsnips in Food processor, little Nama Shoya= RICE YEAH !!!

Heated that in Dehydrater for a few minutes as I was Hungry-topped with the curry/veggie mixture & then topped with my maple/ginger pumkin seeds for a crunch.

It was AWESOME! :p

thanks Carmella for the recipe. I have a ton of sauce & veggies leftover for tomorrow. I may add a little coconut extract & try for a coconut sauce type taste. :)

Lana

[Carmella]

Lana,
Yay! Glad you enjoyed! I added garlic and some extra ginger too in mine but had forgotten to post it...

Thanks for sharing your pict! Are these pumpkin seeds in there?

We're having the left-overs tonight and I can't wait... Yum!

[Raw Jewelrylady]

Carmella, Yes- I topped it w/maple ginger pumpkin seeds.

I made them by soaking seeds overnight & then I dehydrated them till crispy.

Mixed in bowl with a little maple syrup, powdered ginger & a really small dash of sea salt & then dehydrated again.

*(I used powdered ginger as I had raw ginger mold on me once in the dehydrator)*. It was the only thing that ever came out moldy. :eek:

They turned out AWESOME. Very crispy snack. :D

Lana

BTW-warming up leftover curry with a dash of coconut extract-trying to create my Fav Thai dish~ Gang Ped. I'll let you know how it tastes...

[Raw Jewelrylady]

Ok- Finally had a chance to play with this great curry sauce that Carmella posted.

Tonight I mixed :
1 cup Water
2 Tbsp Almond Butter
1 Granny smith Apple
1/4 cup raisins
2 Tbsp Flax oil
2 Tbsp Nama
1 banana...I know-who'd a *thunk it* LOL:D
1 clove garlic
&...NOt Raw ...but 1 tsp Green curry paste...This is some really HOT curry paste-so adjust or just do regular curry powder.

Blended in my Vitamix & topped onto chopped veggies..Broc, celery, onion, carrots,shrooms ..BTW-I do my veggies fine in the FP to save time. ( I would add pea pods if I had them)-Double yum!!!!

Heat up in Dehydrator with Zuch noodles with a dash of Sesame oil~Tastes just like Gang ped..My all time FAVORITE Thai dish! YUM. I have a ton leftover for tomorrow so it should be even better.:)

Enjoy...
LAna

[SparklePlenty]

Sounds amazing Lana. Gonna try it tomorrow with the zuch noodles.Nice to see ya here, kiddo.How ya be?

xxxooo
Jan

[Raw Jewelrylady]

HI Jan..doing GREAT ! Super busy so I only get a minute or 2 to lurk/post. I will be e-mailing soon!

Good to see you!:rolleyes: :)

Lana