BAKED ASPARAGUS

Baked Asparagus

Edited: - My this post was featured as one of the best posts at-

1. Hearth and soul blog hop on 26th may 2015,

2  My Two favourite things at cooking and craft weekly party on May 28th, 2015.

3.Also featured at Bake of the week on 5th June 2015

4. This recipe was published in the local Newspaper "Here's the Scoop " of  Airdrie on 23rd of July 2015.

I have hardly seen asparagus in my long stay in Africa. Only in South Africa, they were available for a very short time and very small in size, as compared to what we got in North America. Even in my youth, when I was in India, I had not seen asparagus available in vegetable shops or with vegetable vendors.

Now here in Canada, I am amazed to see this vegetable is available in plenty and in all seasons. I think everybody knows the enormous health benefits of eating asparagus.

In the Hindi language it is called “shatavari”, In Ayurveda (Traditional Healing system of India) it is considered as the queen of herbs and used as a divine medicine. The list of benefits of eating this vegetable in Ayurveda is very long, and it is considered very good for women because shatavari supports reproductive health by toning and nourishing the female reproductive organ and maintains healthy hormonal balance.(Source).

This vegetable can be used in many recipes and in many ways. This is a very simple and nice recipe because asparagus is not over cooked. As we know, in a case of all vegetables, overcooking can destroy the nutrients of the vegetables.

RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

• 500 grams asparagus
• Himalayan pink salt to taste *OR kala namak
• black pepper powder to taste
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 2 tbs orange juice
• 2 tbs orange zest
• 2 tbs olive oil
  * Himalayan pink salt is available in Indian grocery shops or any specialized food shop.

METHOD

• Rinse asparagus and remove the hard end/stem of all the sticks.
• Sprinkle salt, black pepper powder, coriander powder and mix well.
• Mix orange juice and olive oil.
• Sprinkle orange zest and mixture of orange juice and olive all.
• Spread asparagus in a single line on a baking tray.
• Heat oven to 200 degrees C
• Bake for 10-15 minutes till they are soft.
• Serve hot as a side dish.

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