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Day #227 Spring Vegetable with Curry Sauce, “Rice” with Coconut Sauce, and Banana-Ginger Raita pg. 130 entertaining in the raw

March 9, 2010

I wasn’t going to complete this meal, but I decided I would surprise Jason when he got home from his 2 day conference for Papa Johns. I am sure he will love to come home to a lovely raw meal made with LOVE! I made 4 separate recipes to complete this meal.

Coconut Sauce
2 cups coconut meat
3/4 cup coconut water
2 T raw agave
2 T lime juice
1/4 t salt
pinch cayenne

Blend all ingredients in a Vita-Mix until smooth.

Vegetable
1/2 cup shelled peas
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1 cup sliced shiitake mushrooms (I used portabello)
6 stalks asparagus, cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths
olive oil
salt and pepper

Toss each vegetable separately with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Dehydrate the sweet peas for 30 minutes, tomatoes for 1 hours, and mushrooms and asparagus for 90 minutes.

Curry Sauce
1 cup coconut meat
1/4 cup cashews, soaked for 1 hour
2 T lime juice
3 T jalapeno, plus seeds to taste
3 scallions, white part and some green
2 T chopped ginger
1/4 cup grated lemongrass (I still don’t have a source for this, so I excluded it)
1/4 cup basil leaves
2 t curry powder
1 t sea salt

Blend all ingredients in Vita-Mix until smooth.

Raita
1/4 cup coconut water
1/4 cup coconut meat
1 semi-ripe banana
3 T tamarind paste(from pulp)
1/2 t ginger
1 T fresh lime juice
pinch of sea salt

Blend coconut water and meat together. Chop banana into small diced pieces and toss with tamarind paste. Add remaining ingredients together and mix gently.

To assemble the entire meal: Combine vegetables with 2/3 curry sauce. Combine rice with coconut sauce. In a ring mold, form rice in center of plate. Top with raita. Arrange veggies around rice and garnish with additional sauce, curry powder and mint leaves.

Pouring the coconut sauce into the “rice”

Veggies in the Dehydrator

On the left is curry sauce, on the right is raita

The entire meal

Bravo!! It’s done!

Even though the ingredient list is long for these recipes, it was relatively quick to make. I tried a dab each of the sauces. The curry sauce is exceptionally fantastic! I love curry! I have been craving Pam’s Curry Cabbage salad, but I didn’t make it today. So the taste of this curry sauce actually made my cravings subside.

I am looking forward to my hubby’s arrival, not only did I miss him the last 2 days, but I can’t wait to see his face when he tries this meal!

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966