West Indian
Sev Tameta Nu Shaak (Tomato-Sev Curry)
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Sev Tameta Nu Shaak (Tomato-Sev Curry) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oil in a pan and let the mustard and cumin seeds crackle.
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Add the chopped onion and green chilies and saute until soft.
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Stir in the grated ginger, turmeric, chili powder, and coriander powder, and cook for a minute.
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Add the chopped tomatoes, sugar, and salt, and cook until the tomatoes break down into a soft, jammy gravy, about 10 minutes.
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Loosen with the water and simmer 5 minutes more.
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Just before serving, scatter the sev generously over the top so it stays a little crisp, finish with cilantro, and serve right away with roti.
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Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sev Tameta Nu Shaak (Tomato-Sev Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Sev Tameta Nu Shaak (Tomato-Sev Curry) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 280 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sev Tameta Nu Shaak (Tomato-Sev Curry) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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