Hello my lovely Steemian!
As you know, as I am the Steemit Iron Chef organizer, I am not eligible to participate in the contest! That's really sad for me, but on the other hand I am very happy to be supporting all these wonderful foodies who are participating and sending amazing entries each week!
But this does not stop me from sending an entry , even it will be a non-valid one! So here I am with my non-valid entry for week 2 of Steemit Iron Chef 2017!
We are in the second week of the contest and the second product that we have to transform is another commonly used product in all kitchens of the world :
CARROTS
So let's check out how I sublimated/transformed/elevated this wonderful product!
Carrots Mania!!!
It's a shame that in Mauritius we only have the orange carrots and hence I had to do my dish around this variety only!
So I started by cleaning and cutting the carrots in different sizes for the different preps that I have planned!
I kept the peel too which I dried up to make a crumble with!
I firstly put the peel in the oven and let it dry till crispy.
Then crush it with my hand to have a crumble like texture.
This is how it was after drying up!
Then I deep fried the julienne again till crispy, make sure to control the temperature as it can turn black quickly!
This is the fried carrots julienne! Simply season lightly with salt and reserve!
With the bits and pieces of the remaining carrots, I made a cream!
Simply put it in little water with cardamom, coriander seeds, onion and garlic, let cook till tender.
Blend till a nice semi-smooth texture!
As the carrots taste was just lovely, i simply season with just some salt.
And the whole carrots, I steamed them till tender.
Once well steamed and tender, glaze the carrots with a yogurt-mint-olive oil and salt mixture!
Now that all the preps are over, gather all of them!
- Carrots crumble
- Carrots cream
- Crispy carrots julienne
- Glazed carrots
- Gherkins
- Olives
- Onion
- Lettuce
- Mint leaves
- Tomato
I started my plate by putting the cream first as you can see below!
I put the carrots crumble on the whole glazed carrots to give it a nice look and also bring a crispy texture to it!
Place the carrots delicately on the sauce!
And finish off by adding the rest of the ingredients...don't forget always with LOVE!!!
And here you are with the final dish!
Let's have a closer shot!
The addition of gherkins and olives is mainly to bring that touch of acidity to the dish!
It was just amazingly super delicious and very light! I simply loved it!
Even as a non-valid entry...I did not forget the proof photo! Lol!
This is really very important to valid your entry my friends! Please always remember to do this!
So here we are my dear friend, if I was eligible in this contest, this would have been my entry for week 2!
How do you find the dish?
I hope this post help all those wishing to join the contest and get an idea of how to make your entries.
I have respected all the rules to give an example of how your entry will be validated!
IMPORTANT NOTE
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Anyone wishing to grow the prizes and be a sponsor of this unique contest, please do let me know! You are most welcomed!
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Thank you!
@progressivechef
