Cooking for Dhawan - Crunchy Vegetables with Almonds

Rekhender Dhawan is a friend, who claims to be so far removed from cooking that he doesn't know how to boil a pot of water. This article and more in the same series is for him and people like him.

Crunchy Vegetables with Almonds

You'll need:

One medium sized clump of fresh broccoli
10 almonds
1 large carrot or 2 medium sized ones
10 cherry tomatoes
2 medium sized spring onions or scallions
1 liter of water with 3 table spoons of salt in it
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

What to do:
1. Put the water on the pot to boil (sorry mr. dhawan, you'll need to learn how to do that)
2. Separate the clump of broccoli into florets about an inch across in size
3. Soak the almonds in a bowl of hot water
4. Cut the carrot lengthwise into half and then cut the halves into 1 inch pieces
5. Chop the scallions into 1 inch lengths
6. When the water boils, put the carrots into it, after a minute, put the broccoli in as well.
7. Take the almonds out of the water and peel them, and cut into thin slivers.
8. When the vegetables have spent a minute and a half in the water, take them out.
9. Drain the vegetables in a sieve and pour cold water over them.
10. Put the vegetables, cherry tomatoes, onions into a large bowl
11. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil over them
12. Mix in the garlic and lemon juice
13. Add salt and pepper to taste
13. Garnish with the almonds
14. Serve with crusty bread or flavored toast


BFM