Fenugreek: Just Add Greens

May 22, 2012

 

We’re always proponents for outside-of-the-box uses for spices, but let’s get back to the cooking: fenugreek takes a break from helping to keep your vegetables fresh, and makes an appearance in a bright, refreshing salad.

Often used in curries and other Indian dishes, the spice has a deep, maple-like scent and an accompanying savory-sweet flavor. We like it in everything from pickles to vegetable purees. Once you've made those, try it in this quick salad with fenugreek-scented goat cheese and bitter arugula. We bet it’d make for a perfect picnic, with a crusty loaf of bread and a bottle of Prosecco.

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Kenzi Wilbur

Written by: Kenzi Wilbur

I have a thing for most foods topped with a fried egg, a strange disdain for overly soupy tomato sauce, and I can never make it home without ripping off the end of a newly-bought baguette. I like spoons very much.

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Nozlee S. May 22, 2012
Iranians braise fenugreek with other herbs, lamb, and black-eyed peas for a delicious stew called ghormeh sabzi -- I've never eaten it plain, though!
 
Nozlee S. May 22, 2012
Also it has an awesome name in Farsi: shanbalileh!