Sautéed Tindora with Ginger, Mint, and Cashews

Preparation info
  • Serves

    3 to 4

    as a side dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 2001

  • About

Vivid green oval slices, extremely crunchy, are a perky accent to simple seafood dishes—salmon, shrimp, or fish fillets—in fact, all the foods that complement cucumbers, which tindora resembles. Substitute cilantro or dill (in lesser quantity) for mint, if preferred. Cashews add a sweet richness, but they are not strictly required.

Ingredients

  • ¾ pound tindora
  • 2 narrow scallions (green onions)
  • 1-inch <

Method

  1. Cut tindora crosswise at a sharp angle to form thin (-inch) oblongs. Discard the tips, which have too much skin. Trim scallions and cut into thin diagonals, separating light parts from dark. Cut enough ginger into hair-thin strips to yield 1