Fenugreek recipes

Thakkali isso is a Sri Lankan prawn and tomato curry simmered in two rounds of coconut milk with lemongrass, cardamom, fenugreek, and curry leaves. Finished with lime and curry powder.

Toast cumin, cardamom, and fenugreek until fragrant, then grind with dried chilies and shallots for an aromatic Ethiopian spice blend that's ready in minutes.

Cubed potatoes and cauliflower sizzled with popping black mustard seeds, fenugreek, turmeric, and fresh serrano chiles. A bold, vegan Indian side dish ready in 30 minutes with a bright cilantro-lemon finish.

Aromatic Hyderabadi curry powder with 14 dry-roasted spices including cardamom, coriander, cumin, fenugreek, curry leaves, and dried red chilies. Stores up to 6 months.

Kakuluwo (Sri Lankan crab curry) simmered in two stages of coconut milk with shallots, ginger, garlic, fenugreek, turmeric, curry leaves, and a finishing splash of lime. Bold, fragrant, deeply spiced.

A rich vegan stew simmered in coconut milk and tangy tamarind with cauliflower, chickpeas, mushrooms, and warming spices. Deeply layered and satisfying.

Pork vindaloo is the Goan classic where cubes of pork braise in a fiery spice paste of cumin, mustard, fenugreek, cinnamon, and red chilies bound with white wine vinegar. A hot-and-sour curry that gets better the day after.

Fragrant Sri Lankan beef curry slow-simmered in coconut milk with cardamom, cinnamon, lemongrass, and fenugreek creates complex island flavors.

Goan pork vindaloo built from scratch: whole spices toasted and ground, fried onion purée, ginger-garlic paste, and a sharp wine vinegar kick. The real coastal Indian version, not the curry-house imitation.

Kukul mas is the classic Sri Lankan chicken curry. Chicken rubbed with tamarind, cardamom, and curry powder simmers in thick coconut milk with lemongrass and fenugreek until fall-off-the-bone tender.

This Sri Lankan kakuluwo simmers blanched crab in a spiced coconut gravy thickened with grated coconut and ground rice. Fenugreek, curry leaves, and lime make it unmistakably island-style.

Sri Lankan beef meatballs spiced with curry powder, ginger, and cloves get deep-fried then simmered in coconut curry gravy with lemongrass and curry leaves.

Toast whole spices until smoky, grind with dried chilies and aromatics, then blend with oil and wine for a thick Ethiopian berbere paste that clings to meats and vegetables.

Hearty vegetarian Indian curry with potatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, turnips, and green beans in a chickpea flour gravy spiced with ginger, tamarind, and fresh coriander.

Cajun lamb curry blends Louisiana heat with Indian spice. Coconut cream, cayenne, jalapeno, ripe banana, and toasted pecans build a sweet-hot curry served over rice.

This dish is very, very hot. It may not seem so at first, but the spices have a cumulative effect that builds up over the course of the meal.