Ingredients

Makes 1 side dish

 

Produce

1 courgette cut in half moon pieces (Namaste! :D)

½ diagonally sliced scallion

½ diagonally sliced red chili pepper

 

Condiments

1 tbsp soy sauce

 

Baking & Spices

½ tsp salt

 

Oils & Vinegars

1 tbsp sesame oil

½ tbsp vegetable oil

 

Directions

1. Heat up vegetable oil in a pan on a medium high heat.

2. Once ready, toss in the courgette and salt. Stir gently and infrequently. Be patient. Like a Jedi.

3. Slowly courgette will turn light yellow and mildly translucent - that’s when it’s ready. Remove it from the pan.

4. Toss in chili pepper in the same pan. Gently saute for 2-3 min, this is done only to remove extra water from the pepper and bring out its natural flavor.

5. Remove from the pan and add pepper to courgette.

6. Throw in scallion into the same pan and saute for about 30 sec.*

7. Once ready, add scallion to the courgette and red pepper mixture. Add soy sauce, sesame oil and give them a good stir. Best to use your hands, because courgette pieces tend to stick together. Enjoy!**

 

Tips

*Because courgette has a very subtle flavor, and chili pepper and scallion have a strong one, we need to balance them out through sauteing the latter.

**Here are some devouring ideas! It’s great to throw into a poke bowl and awesome to have with sushi. Goes really well as a side dish to any grain. Also good with a steak. And of course Kimchi!