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Bamboo Steamed Vegetables

Catherine BarclayCatherine Barclay
**Bamboo Steamed Vegetables** are a simple, healthy way to enjoy a colourful variety of veggies. Using a bamboo steamer, you can cook potatoes, sweet potatoes (kumara), pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower, among others. The gentle steam preserves the natural flavours, textures, and nutrients, encouraging you to get creative and try new vegetable combinations for a delicious and nutritious meal.
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Course Main Course
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • 1 bamboo steamer

Ingredients
  

  • 4 medium potatoes
  • 2 kumara (sweet potato)
  • ½ pumpkin
  • ½ head broccoli
  • ½ head caulifllower

Instructions
 

  • Other ingredients to consider steaming
    Yams, silverbeet, frozen peas and corn, beans, asparagus, carrot, kale, cabbage, zucchini, artichokes, baby bok choy, spinach, snow peas, to name just a few.
  • Chop the potatoes, kumara and pumpkin into small bite-size wedges. Keep all the same size. Place them into one of the baskets.
  • Cut the broccoli and cauliflower into individual not to small, or they will get too soft. Place them out in the other basket.
  • Place the basket containing the broccoli and cauliflower on top of the basket containing the other vegetables.
  • Always make sure that the vegetables that will take the longest to cook are on the bottom tier.
  • Place the bamboo steamer into a wok or frying pan that is large enough that the sides of the steamers don't touch the edges.
  • Add at least four cups of water or stock to the base of the wok or pan. Keep more water available to add when you see the water declining.
  • Turn wok or pan on high and steam the vegetables for around 20 mins. Check both tiers occasionally, piercing the vegetables to see how soft they are. Once at the softness you desire, remove the steamers from the heat.
  • Server as they are, with a little pepper or with your favourite sauce.
  • Some tips for steaming
    • Layer fresh herbs between vegetables for added flavour or squeeze lemon over the vegetables before steaming.
    • Place foods that will take longest to cook on the bottom basket closest to the heat.
    • Try using different liquids to steam like vegetable stock, tea or miso broth.
Keyword bamboo steamer, plant-based, vegan, wfpb
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