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ltcartwright
10-22-2008, 12:24 PM
My SAD husband wanted curry, so I made this up so that I didn't have to be tempted to eat his. My SAD sister came by when I popped this into the dehydrator and she said, "That looks good, I'd eat that." That means a lot since she's anti-vegetables! I was able to take a picture so here's the photo and the recipe.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll116/druggy123/Picture024.jpg

Caribbean Vegetable Curry
(Serves 2) can be eaten w/out dehyd if desired

Ingredients:
1 clove garlic (pasted on cutting board with sea salt)
1/4 c oil (I used cold-pressed Olive oil)
1t curry powder (use more if desired)
1/4t cinnamon (use ground or grate fresh from stick)
1/4t sea salt & 1/4t black pepper
1/2 sm chili (or small amounts of habanero or scotch bonnet)
1/2 lime, small juiced
1/4t thyme, fresh PLUS 1/8t ground thyme
2t honey
1/8c fresh coconut water (for extra flavor, use raw coconut milk)
1/2c chickpeas (I didn't use raw, but you can)
1/2 small onion
1/4c each of the following: carrots, white potato, pumpkin (calabaza), cabbage red & green, zucchini, squash, bell peppers red & green - USE ANY OTHER VEGETABLES YOU LIKE - the total yield should be 1.5c to 2c of veggies (use more if desired).

Method:
Curry Sauce: paste (http://images.google.bs/imgres?imgurl=http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/kitchen/2008_07_14-GarlicPaste2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/tips-techniques/recipe-diy-garlic-paste-056087&h=350&w=540&sz=77&hl=en&start=3&um=1&usg=__bhSnwao9vELNqqxhxoOjcnfcQhY=&tbnid=EycZai3RRSljtM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bto%2Bpaste%2Bgarlic%26um%3D1%26 hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN) garlic using sea salt, add to large bowl with oil, cinnamon, curry, salt and pepper, hot pepper, lime juice, honey and fresh and ground thyme. Whisk together and slowly stream in the coconut milk or water (I didn't have any, so I used regular water). Set sauce aside and begin to prepare vegetables.

Vegetables: Cut the veggies up spoon-sized/ bite-sized.
Add chopped vegetables in large bowl with the curry sauce, mix with hands using rubber gloves until all veggies are well coated with sauce (some liquid should be at the bottom, so add more coconut water/milk if its too dry). You can let this sit at room temp, or in the oven turned off until the vegetables soften a little and eat as is.

In Dehydrator: Place curried veggies in a container, then drizzle the extra liquid over the veggies, place in dehydrator on high for 10mins, then turn to low (110deg) until you like the way it looks. The photo above was the curry just going into the dehydrator), I'll edit the photo with the finished product tonight.

Optional Toppings: Cut up coconut meat (young), chopped up avocado, chopped up chili/hot pepper. You can make a rice substitute to eat this along with, if desired.

jacsam
10-22-2008, 02:15 PM
Wow.....you made this up just off the cuff....impressive.

HolyGuacamole
10-22-2008, 02:23 PM
Wowza, that is beautiful!

Veganforlife
10-22-2008, 02:23 PM
I'll say it's impressive. Nice meal for chilly evenings!!! Thanks!!!

ltcartwright
10-22-2008, 02:24 PM
My husband wanted the curry yesterday, but we got home too late to cook. So I was actually dreaming about how I could make Raw curry so that I didn't have to eat SAD. So I thought about what I was going to do with the cooked meal and added/deleted some ingredients to make it Raw.

This is the finished product, plus a photo with it garnished with avocado. It came out really tasty! I'm going to make a little more liquid to make this a Caribbean Vegetable Curry Raw Soup next.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll116/druggy123/IMG_4492.jpg
finished curry

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll116/druggy123/IMG_4495.jpg
garnished with avocado

Veganforlife
10-22-2008, 02:25 PM
Aren't the colors beautiful?????? WOW!!!

Crazy Healer Lady
10-22-2008, 02:49 PM
I am absolutely drooling... Wrapped in some Jicama and served with mango chutney, I am so hungry right now!

HolyGuacamole
10-22-2008, 03:24 PM
Yup, that's a show stopper!

raweater
10-22-2008, 06:32 PM
That looks awesome. Is that regular white potatoes you used? Don't they taste weird and hard raw?

raweater
10-22-2008, 08:02 PM
I just did it with these vegetables and it's really good:
fennel bulb, onion, radish, bell peppers and celery.

I also added some cashews to bring it around 1000 calories (you say it serves 2, I say it serves one... if you add about half a cup of cashews lol).

rawnhealthy
10-22-2008, 08:38 PM
Wow, that looks so yummy! Thank you for sharing pics:)

ltcartwright
10-22-2008, 08:43 PM
That looks awesome. Is that regular white potatoes you used? Don't they taste weird and hard raw?

At first I didn't want to add the white potatoes because I couldn't imagine eating potatoes raw, but because of the curry sauce and the dehydrating, I didn't notice that the potatoes were raw. The whole thing tasted so amazing, I couldn't believe I made it up literally overnight! Actually, the sauce was so good, I didn't even notice that it was a Raw dish. I had to keep looking at it to make sure I wasn't eating cooked food.

ltcartwright
10-22-2008, 08:47 PM
I just did it with these vegetables and it's really good:
fennel bulb, onion, radish, bell peppers and celery.

I also added some cashews to bring it around 1000 calories (you say it serves 2, I say it serves one... if you add about half a cup of cashews lol).

I tried fennel once, but it was cooked. I think I'll add fennel to my list, I thought the celery would probably be too crunchy, I was going for a soft mouth feel (like cooked vegetable curry), but I can always try adding your list to see what I like. Since its "vegetable" curry, I can change up the veggies everytime I make it and still not have the same dish. The sauce is what makes the dish awesome!

ltcartwright
10-22-2008, 08:51 PM
Thank you all for your great replies! I told my husband that my dish got some comments and he was very proud! He said "Kwel" (hope I spelled that right!)