Meatless Monday – Curried Broccoli

Broccoli is one of my favorite vegetables, and not only because of it’s great health benefits. Although I have eaten plenty of Indian vegetable dishes in my day, sadly broccoli has never been one of them. I decided to change that today by creating a curried broccoli. This dish takes what can at times be blah broccoli (you know the typical overcooked bland type) and gives it deep, earthy exotic notes from the spices, along with some complexity and freshness from the fire roasted tomatoes and added crunch from the cashews. Enjoy!

Ingredients
1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric
1⁄2 teaspoon cumin powder
1⁄2 teaspoon Garam Masala
2 tablespoons water
4 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
1⁄2 dried red chili, or dash of cayenne pepper
1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 cups onions, finely chopped
1 tablespoon ginger, finely chopped or grated with a microplane
1 teaspoon garlic, finely chopped – or put through a garlic press
1⁄2 cup fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 cup boiling water
4 heaped cups broccoli
1 teaspoon pink salt, or salt to taste
1⁄4 cup roasted and salted cashew nuts, chopped into pieces

Instructions
1. Place turmeric, cumin powder, and garam masala in a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoons water, and stir to form a paste. Set aside.
2. In a large skillet heat oil over medium heat.
3. Add chili.
4. Add cumin seeds.
5. When cumin seeds start to pop (roughly 30 seconds) add onions.
6. Saute onions until translucent and slightly golden, stirring occasionally.
7. Add ginger and garlic, stir.
8. Continue cooking onion mixture, stirring frequently until onions are reddish brown.
9. Add spice paste, stir.
10. Cook onion/spice mixture for one minute.
11. Add tomatoes, stir. Cook for 3 minutes.
12. Add 1 cup of boiling water, stir.
13. Add broccoli, stir to combine.
14. Sprinkle in salt.
15. Add cashew nuts, stir.
16. Cover and cook until broccoli is tender, stirring occasionally.
17. Serve and enjoy!

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