Ayurvedic spring menu
Ayurvedic spring menu
Swiss chard in coconut sauce
Ingredients for 4 people
500 g chard
2 onions kohlrabi leaves
250 ml coconut milk
Preparation
- Cut the chard and kohlrabi leaves into pieces, the stalks slightly smaller than the leaves
- Chop the onions and sauté in olive oil
- Add the chard and kohlrabi leaves and leave to stew
- Add ajwain and fennel seeds, deglaze with coconut milk
- Season to taste with salt and pepper
Kohlrabi in tomato sauce
Ingredients for 4 people
4 medium-sized kohlrabi
1 tin of tomato puree
2 cloves of garlic
150 ml cream
1/2 teaspoon each of turmeric and cumin
1 teaspoon freshly ground coriander
1 pinch of chili
1 tsp cane sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
- Peel the kohlrabi and cut into long pieces. Do not discard the kohlrabi leaves; chop them up and add them to the chard
- Puree the garlic, tomato puree, cream, turmeric, salt and pepper
- Heat the ghee and fry the coriander powder in it
- Add the kohlrabi and fry lightly
- Deglaze with pureed sauce and dilute with 200 ml ginger water
Rhubarb and mango chutney
Ingredients for 4 people
1 ripe mango (peeled, pitted and finely diced)
3 stalks of rhubarb (peeled and cut into 1⁄2 cm thick slices)
1 tsp ghee for frying (for vegans: coconut oil)
1⁄2 tsp mustard seeds
Finely ground: 4 cloves, 4 allspice seeds, 1 tsp coriander seeds
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 red chili pepper, finely chopped
approx. 100-150 ml sweet juice (e.g. apple or grape)
Raw cane sugar, approx. 2-3 tbsp to taste (depending on how sour the rhubarb is)
1⁄2 tsp rock salt
1⁄2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp yellow curry powder
Chopped fresh herbs (e.g. parsley, coriander or mint)
Preparation
- Heat the ghee in a pan, add the mustard seeds and wait until they have cracked open. (Caution: put the lid on the pan, otherwise they may pop out) Toss gently to prevent them from burning!
- Quickly fry the ground spices too
- Add the finely chopped onion and chilli pepper and fry briefly
- Add the rhubarb and juice to the pan. Simmer for approx. 10 minutes until the rhubarb is soft and
- soft and almost falling apart
- Add the mango cubes
- Add the sugar, salt, turmeric and curry powder to the pan
- Simmer gently for a further 5 minutes
- Remove the pan from the heat and allow the chutney to cool slightly
- Fold in the freshly chopped herbs
White chocolate cream
Ingredients for 4 people
100g white chocolate coating
500 ml rice milk
Zest of one lemon
2-3 tbsp starch (e.g. corn starch) 100ml whipping cream
1⁄2 tsp cardamom 1 pinch of vanilla
Preparation
- Melt the white chocolate coating in the rice milk
- peel 1 lemon and finely chop the zest
- Mix the starch with the cold whipping cream and add to the melted couverture
- Bring everything to the boil and season with cardamom and vanilla
- Pour into small dessert bowls and leave to cool before serving
Round off the meal with a delicious dal of your choice and rice.
We hope you have fun and enjoy cooking this dish.