A new way to enjoy your carrots: Roasted Carrots with Indian Spices and Cashew Feta Dip

An alternative, healthy way to enjoy carrots: Indian spiced roasted carrots with 5-minutes cashew feta dip. Flavorful, unusual and easy-to-make entree/side dish/main course. Vegan recipe provided as well. Cuisine: Indian Serves: 2-3 servings

Ingredients

For the carrots:

• 10-12 medium-sized carrots
• 1 teaspoon coriander
• ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• ½ teaspoon ground paprika
• ½ teaspoon garam masala
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic
• 6 leaves sage
• 2 teaspoons grinded fresh ginger
• salt
• black pepper

For the cashew feta dip:

• 100 grams or 1 cup cashew nuts
• 80 grams (3 oz) feta cheese or 40 grams (1.5 oz) coconut flakes
• 1 clove garlic
• 5-6 tablespoons Greek yoghurt or coconut milk
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

To make the roasted carrots:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC or 355 ºF. Wash your carrots. If you have young carrots, they don't need to be peeled. Otherwise, peel them. I left small tail leaves, as they are beautiful and give their flavor while roasting. Cut each carrot in halves lengthwise.
2. Over medium-high heat, dry-roast coriander, fenugreek seeds in a pan for about 1 minute or until aromatic. Process in a spice grinder or use a mortar and a pestle to make powder. Chop garlic and sage. In a bowl, combine coriander and fenugreek powder with paprika, garam masala, honey, olive oil, ginger, salt and pepper.
3. Put carrots in a baking dish and pour the spicy mixture over them. Massage it into carrots until they are evenly coated. Put them in the oven for 30-40 minutes. The smaller your carrots are, the less time they need. If you like them to be more tender and caramelized, give them more time. Check the readiness with a fork.

To make the cashew feta dip:

1. Meanwhile, prepare the dip. With a mortar and a pestle, crush cashew nuts. Break feta with your fingers (if not vegan. Otherwise, use coconut flakes). Check the full recipe here: Roasted Carrots with Indian Spices and Cashew Feta Dip

bon appetit