I am not a tech-head, that’s a prelude to explaining my
delight at finding an entire website dedicated to asparagus. (I can just
imagine my sister’s face now – that same expression she had when I asked her
what Pinterest was. Anyway she was the one who bought the asparagus and left
me to find out a way to cook it). So here’s a dish that turned out surprisingly
well on the first try. I’ve given the adapted version. The original recipe is
called ‘Sesame Asparagus’ and can be found at www.asparagusrecipes.net
What I used:
½ tablespoon olive
oil and ½ tablespoon sesame oil
1 ½ cups sliced asparagus
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
½ small red onion, chopped, more or less a tablespoon
½ cup green beans, frozen
½ cup chopped red bell pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon soy sauce
¼-½ teaspoon salt or to taste
What I did:
1. Heated oils in pan (used a mix of oils instead of sesame oil alone as the latter heats too quickly). When hot, added ginger, garlic and
red onion. Fried for a few seconds, before adding asparagus, green beans (still
frozen) and sesame seeds. Stir fried until beans lost their frozen texture.
Then added red pepper; cooked for a few more minutes before adding soy sauce
and salt. Stirred through until well-coated and it’s done.