Spicy Sugar Peas
Serves 2 |Preparation & cooking time 15-20 min
Instructions
Prepare the mangetouts (rinse and cut off the tips if they're tough), cut the onion into thin slices and mince the garlic. Sauté the onion and mangetouts on medium-high heat on a frying pan/skillet for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes more. Add the coltsfoot, chil(l)i, sumac, salt and butter, mix and cook for a further 1-2 minutes until lightly browned. Add the canned, drained mandarin segments, mix and sprinkle with a pinch of chil(l)i. Serve hot.
Coltsfoot - "Leskenlehti" in Finnish - is a common roadside plant/weed with tiny yellow flowers. It is used as a medicinal herb; it can be eaten raw but it's slightly toxic in larger amounts. The plant is mainly infused to tea but it can also be used as a mild, slightly acerbic cooking spice. The ash of dried and burned coltsfeet can be used as a substitute for salt. Gochugaru chil(l)i is milder and smokier than e.g. cayenne pepper; it has a very pleasant, round taste - and can be sprinkled on top quite generously
. I used sumac for the first time in this dish; both my hubby and I fell in love with the citrusy berry powder.
Serves 2 |Preparation & cooking time 15-20 min
Ingredients
✧ 1 tablespoon sunflower or canola oil
✧ 6 cloves of garlic
✧ 1 medium-sized yellow/brown onion
✧ 300 g (10.6 oz/~900 ml/3.8 cups) mangetouts/snow peas/sugar peas
✧ 1/2 teaspoon dried coltsfoot (can be substituted with sage, savory or thyme)
✧ 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon (Korean) gochugaru chil(l)i (can be substituted with crushed red pepper) + a pinch of chili for garnish
✧ 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon sumac
✧ 3/4 -1 teaspoon salt
✧ 10 g (3/4 tablespoon/0.35 oz) butter
✧ 175 g (6.2 oz/1 can) drained mandarin segments in syrup
Instructions
Prepare the mangetouts (rinse and cut off the tips if they're tough), cut the onion into thin slices and mince the garlic. Sauté the onion and mangetouts on medium-high heat on a frying pan/skillet for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes more. Add the coltsfoot, chil(l)i, sumac, salt and butter, mix and cook for a further 1-2 minutes until lightly browned. Add the canned, drained mandarin segments, mix and sprinkle with a pinch of chil(l)i. Serve hot.
Coltsfoot - "Leskenlehti" in Finnish - is a common roadside plant/weed with tiny yellow flowers. It is used as a medicinal herb; it can be eaten raw but it's slightly toxic in larger amounts. The plant is mainly infused to tea but it can also be used as a mild, slightly acerbic cooking spice. The ash of dried and burned coltsfeet can be used as a substitute for salt. Gochugaru chil(l)i is milder and smokier than e.g. cayenne pepper; it has a very pleasant, round taste - and can be sprinkled on top quite generously
. I used sumac for the first time in this dish; both my hubby and I fell in love with the citrusy berry powder.
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