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Name of the recipe - Spicy Sautéed Asparagus
Ingredients
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2 cups (or about 3/4 pound)
asparagus
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1 tablespoon ghee
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1 pinch black mustard seeds
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1 pinch cummin seeds1 pinch
cayenne1 pinch salt
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Method of Preparation
Clean the asparagus well and remove the tough ends. Cut across
the spears once, cutting them in half. Heat a shallow saucepan and
put in the ghee, mustard seeds, cummin seeds and cayenne. Let the
seeds pop and add the asparagus and salt. Sauté, stirring gently,
for 4-5 minutes. Cover, take off the heat and let it sit on the
back of the stove for a few minutes.
Note
Asparagus is astringent, sweet, cooling and a diuretic. It is
balancing, tridoshic and mildly laxative.
Vata can add a little
more cayenne, pitta more cummin seeds and
kapha more mustard
seeds.
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