Spiced Carrots with Raisins
"Exotic flavours combining to make a refreshing dish that is a welcome side to a simple roast."
photo by BarbryT
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup sultana raisin
- 1 1⁄2 lbs carrots, peeled and sliced crosswise ¼ inch thick
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 cup Greek yogurt
directions
- In a small bowl, cover the raisins with boiling water and let stand 15 minutes.
- In a large saucepan, combine carrots with enough boiling, salted water to cover by 2 inches and boil 2 minutes.
- Drain.
- In the same saucepan, saute the garlic in the oil over moderately-low heat until fragrant and add carrots.
- Cover and cook 1 minute.
- Add raisins, drained, brown sugar, spices and season to taste.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, 5-6 minutes longer, or until carrots are just tender.
- Remove from heat, allow to cool for 2-3 minutes and stir in yoghurt.
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Reviews
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Very good! The usual carrot-raisin combination with the striking flavors of coriander, cumin and ginger. I made the recipe as directed. Even though I removed my pan from the heat,it was still too hot and the yogurt curdled. I served the carrots with Beer Marinate Beef Roast #61921. Four stars = Very good, will make again, needs no changes. -
A nice salad we had at room temperature. I used golden raisins as I think that is the version meant, unrefined extra virgin olive oil, dark brown sugar, freshly ground coriander, sea salt, thick yogurt, plus the rest of the ingredients. Made for ZWT7 Africa, for my team, Food.Commandos -
Really good! Good hot, room temperature, cold. I keep snacking on them. I certainly shall make these carrots again. The spices, sugar and garlic are a perfect complement to the carrots. They are as good without the yogurt as with. -
We loved this! and we had real Greek yogurt to mix at the end. If anything I would increase the spices a bit, thought it was a bit bland but DH said that allowed the flavor of the carrots & raisins to come through. -
Just loved this. I just discovered Greek yogurt! I must say that I had made carrots, onions and raisins the day before and saw this recipe so I added the remaining ingredients. This is very good! The spices really make this!Yes along with the thick rich Greek yogurt! Thanks!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
