Sesame Asparagus and Green Beans

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.