The decade younger me would have asked why the steamed vegetables? I think I have a reasonable answer for him. Perhaps The Family, nor me, has shed the Diwali weight, but I haven’t. And we have a trip coming up tomorrow (that means that for a few days my posts will be automated). We plan to visit a place where we will not want to limit our eating too strictly, so we have been on a low-calorie diet this week. Also, I now have a steamer to play with.
It is a simple matter to cut up a head of pak choi and load it into one tray of the steamer. Some capsicum, string beans, and onion had to be cubed for the other tray. Shall I toss in a bit of sweet potato? Why not? Add a bit of star anise too, while I’m at it. After fifteen minutes it was done. Decrease the time if you want the veggies crunchier. The sweet potato was also cooked, so that experiment succeeded. I’d steamed and stored some carrots before, so I chopped in a bit of that. The Family had just sauteed some broccoli. That would have garam masala. Throw it in. Drizzle a spoonful of light soya sauce for an umami flavour, and it is done. Another quick-cook.