Masaledar Sem (Spicey Green Beans)
New Indian friends have inspired me to look at Indian cuisine again. Last week, for the first time in years, I toasted spices in a skillet to cook some green beans I had in the fridge. The aroma of roasting cumin was wonderful! I modified the recipe I downloaded from the Internet and did not, among other things, set aside some of the roasted cumin to sprinkle on the finished dish for crunch. I love how in cooking with Indian spices there are so many ways of arriving at the end product. Ginger and garlic are a natural combination, a combination that is greater than the individual parts. When combined, ginger and garlic complement each other, much like two ballet dancers in a pas de deux. In Indian food, the ingredients are an entire ballet company!
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