Asparagus with Indian Spices

Name: Asparagus with Indian Spices
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves; 3cm piece ginger; 500g Asparagus, chopped; 3 tsp rapeseed oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; half tsp fennel seeds; 1 onion, sliced; 1 green chillies, finely chopped; 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; half tsp amchoor powder (dried mango powder); 3 tomatoes, chopped finely; Salt to taste

Instructions

Asparagus is a beautiful vegetable that only has a very short season, but when it is fresh, it’s perfect. Asparagus starts to appear in May until about July and I know it's a vegetable that needs very little to be done to it. The more simply it's cooked, the more tasty it is. That being said I like to experiment and try new things and although this was a tricky one to put with some spices, by using the lovely aromas of fennel seeds I found that it really worked. I decided that keeping it simple with a couple of flavours worked well…so here you have my Asparagus with Indian spices - make the most of it while it’s in season. If you can’t get hold of amchoor, just use a little squeeze of lemon instead.

Updated at: Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:01:20 GMT