I don't do well with 'main dish' dinners, I think it's one of the reasons I love Spain so much - I really appreciate their tapas culture. So given my penchant for nibbling I was rather disappointed when I realised that my labor intensive Beef Biryani (hat tip to the Hairy Bikers, delicious) was just such a meal. I needed a side dish...stat! Like nearly everything I cook it needed to be quick and necessitate hardly any washing up, I serve you Broccoli Curry Salad with Raita Dressing.
Into a pot of boiling water put a handful of french beans, after 2/3 minutes add some broccoli florets. While they're boiling away toast some caraway seeds in a dry frying pan over a low heat. Drain the greens and grate in a carrot then toss in your seeds and sprinkle over some chilli flakes.
In a seperate dish mix the zest and juice of half a lime, 1/4 of a diced cucumber, 2tbsp natural yogurt, 1tbsp chopped parsley and a small pinch of ground cumin.
Gosh that looks like a lot...mostly it's just mixing things! The yogurt and cucumber keep it cool while the caraway and cumin add enough flavour to make it a delicious side to a curry main dish. I suspect this would be nice with most garden veg, I'm thinking mangetout, petit pois, sugar snap peas and maybe mint?
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