Cook what you grow
Rajasthani Fresh Turmeric Sabzi
Rajasthan's winter sabzi treats fresh turmeric as the vegetable itself, grated and cooked slowly in ghee with yogurt and green peas until the fat runs gold.
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Ingredients
serves 4From the garden
- ½ lb fresh turmeric rhizomes, peeled and finely grated · wear gloves; this is the vegetable here, not the spice
- 1 cup shelled peas · fresh or frozen
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 hot green chile, slit lengthwise
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
From the pantry
- 4 tbsp ghee or unsalted butter · turmeric needs fat to give up its flavor, so this is not the place to cut back
- 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt, whisked completely smooth
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder · Kashmiri chili if you keep it, for color more than heat
- salt · to taste
- black pepper · the classic partner to turmeric, for flavor and for absorption