Swiss Chard and Crisp Shallot Rolls with Cilantro Raita

Name: Swiss Chard and Crisp Shallot Rolls with Cilantro Raita
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian, Asian
Ingredients: 118 milliliters chopped fresh cilantro; 1 small garlic clove; 1 teaspoons fine sea salt; 473 milliliters 1/2 pound shallots, thinly sliced; 237 milliliters whole-milk yogurt; 8 mediums Swiss chard leaves, stems trimmed flush with leaves; 237 milliliters vegetable oil

The recipe Swiss Chard and Crisp Shallot Rolls with Cilantro Raita could satisfy your Indian craving in around 45 minutes. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 105 calories, 5g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have cilantro, garlic clove, sea salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oil in a 1-quart saucepan over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking (365°F on deep-fat thermometer), then fry shallots in 3 batches, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.

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Shallot

Cooking Oil

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Kitchen Thermometer

Sauce Pan

Transfer as fried with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, spreading evenly, then cool.

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Paper Towels

Cook chard leaves in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 2 minutes.

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Swiss Chard

Water

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Pot

Transfer with tongs to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking.

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Water

Ice

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Drain well and pat dry with paper towels.

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Halve each leaf lengthwise, discarding rib.

Place 1 tablespoon shallots at 1 end of a chard strip and firmly roll up, forming a cigar shape. Make 15 more rolls in same manner.

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Shallot

Swiss Chard

Roll

Mash garlic to a paste with sea salt using a mortar and pestle (or mince and mash with a large heavy knife). Purée cilantro with garlic paste and 1/4 cup yogurt in a blender, scraping down sides occasionally.

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Garlic Paste

Cilantro

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Garlic

Yogurt

Ground Meat

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Transfer to a bowl and stir in remaining 3/4 cup yogurt.

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Yogurt

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Serve chard rolls with raita.

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Swiss Chard

Raita

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Servings:

118milliliters

chopped fresh cilantro 1small

garlic clove 1teaspoons

fine sea salt 473milliliters

1/2 pound shallots, thinly sliced 237milliliters

whole-milk yogurt 8mediums

Swiss chard leaves, stems trimmed flush with leaves 237milliliters

vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Gruener Veltliner, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

Indian on the menu? Try pairing with Gruener Veltliner, Riesling, and Sparkling rosé. The best wine for Indian food will depending on the dish, of course, but these picks can be served chilled and have some sweetness to complement the spiciness and complex flavors of a wide variety of traditional dishes. You could try Cadre Band of Stones Gruner Veltliner. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 22 dollars per bottle.