So, we just started with an idea Yuki had a while back which is to not eat meat at least one day of the week. This is a very difficult concept for me to digest seeing as beef is my favorite vegetable followed closely by lamb. However, after going through the Food, Inc. the movie website I started to get on board with the Meatless Monday thing. Last night was the first installment.
Taking a cue from Indian cooking I decided to do a sort of vegetable curry type of thing. I got some cauliflower, chickpeas, carrots, onions, potatoes, and spinach and threw them together.
I first steamed the potatoes for a few minutes before cutting them into cubes so that the cooking time in the pan would be reduced. I threw some garlic and ginger in hot soy oil for a few minutes. The dumped in the onions and carrots. About 5 minutes or so later I added half of the head of cauliflower broken into small florets. A few minutes later went in the potatoes and some salt. Once everything was heated up I added the sauce I made.
The base of the sauce was a cup of plain yogurt. I added some garam masala and mixed it in. I have absolutely no idea how much. I dumped some in, stirred it around, tasted it, dumped in some more. Just add however much you like. Then I added some finely grated lime rind, a tablespoon or so of soy sauce, a pinch of salt, the juice of one lime, and some pepper.
Once the sauce fully coated all of the veggies I threw in some spinach and turned off the heat. I only wanted the spinach to wilt a little. Then I sprinkled on some sesame seeds.
I served it with some white rice and a hard boiled egg. Since an egg was never a living bird it’s fair game for Meatless Monday’s.
I think it will be hard to cook vegetarian, but I’m up for the task. Tonight I have to do something with the other half of cauliflower and the yogurt. I’ll let you know what I come up with.
Dan Bites 
sounds gross.
So don’t come over for dinner. It was actually delicious. I would have no problem at all serving this to a anyone let alone a vegetarian.
“I would have no problem at all serving this to anyone let alone a vegetarian.”
Sure, but they would probably have a problem EATING it!
O’neill, you’re obviously a moron when it comes to ethnic cuisine. Except for the soy sauce I added this is a classic Indian flavor profile. Dishes similar to this are served in most Indian/Pakistani/Nepalese restaurants. You should expand your horizons and realize that the shit you’re eating is probably what’s gross.
What is with the boiled egg on the side? It reminds me of how they serve curry in Japan, but that’s not how they serve it in India or Pakistan. Especially India, since eggs are not considered vegetarian there, and anyway I’ve never seen it like that.
I wasn’t trying to recreate any kind of Indian dish at all, I just thought those flavors with yogurt would taste good. So not only could I add soy sauce, I don’t have to follow their rules of vegetarian. If it never made it out of the shell then it was never an animal. That’s my philosophy on eggs being viable for a vegetarian dish. Also, my wife is Japanese and I did get the idea to serve it like that from Japanese curry. I love hard boiled eggs and felt like putting it on the dish.
It still looks gross.
Frankly, I could care less if you think it looks good or not. It tasted great, it was very healthy, and was inexpensive to prepare. That’s what I care about.
It wasn’t the best dish but it wasn’t the worst dish either. We don’t typically serve hard boiled eggs on Japanese curry but they added mild flavor to the dish. One of my dad’s signature dishes is dry curry which has egg topping, that’s where the idea came from. Dan was having fun creating something new and the dish was overall not too bad. Beats the hell out of Wendy’s for sure.