Roasted fennel with mango salsa

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Roasted fennel with mango salsa

Roasted fennel with mango salsa is an explosion of flavors and textures into your mouth. The fenne bulb is pan-roasted till caramelized then served with a mango salsa. A dish for two when you want to enjoy a calm evening with a special person.

Prep Time8

Cook Time40

Total Time48

Course: entree, Side Dish

Cuisine: healthy, Mediterranean, plantbased, Vegan, vegetarian

Keyword: fennel bulb, fennel recipe, mango salsa, roasted fennel

Servings: people

Calories:

Author: Githu

Ingredients

Caramelized fennel and onions

1 tablespoon fennel & cumin seeds
2 big onions or 3 medium size
4 cloves of garlic
1 thumb of ginger
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 fennel bulb
pinch salt and pepper
1 tablespoon capers (optional)

Mango salsa

thumb ginger
2 cloves of garlic
1 handful fresh cilantro
1 handful fresh chives
1 cup mango
1 medium size tomatoes
1 fresh chili
1 lemon
1 tablespoon olive oil
pinch of salt

Instructions

In a large pan with a lid bring fennel & cumin seeds on low heat, cover.
Dice ginger and garlic finely. Cut onions into halves then slice them, not too thinly.
Bring all these into the pan, spread, and cover.
Clean and trim by cutting off the hard and green part of the fennel. (take off the outer skin and slice it then add to the onions. Keep the greens to decorate the fennel after serving.)
Cut it into halves.
Add olive oil in the pan, stir well. Push the onions on the side of the pan and lay each half fennel in the pan.
Now spread the onions all over.
Sprinkle with salt. Cover the pan
Now increase the heat to medium-high. Cook for about ten minutes then bring the heat to medium-low.
Stir the onions only, and cover to cook for 30 mins
During this time make your cilantro-mango salsa by Dicing, chopping and then adding all the ingredients in a serving bowl and set aside.
Stir ONLY the onions now and then, not too often though. Don't move the fennel bulbs.
After 30 minutes check if the cooking is done by inserting a toothpick. If the toothpick goes through cut the heat, if not so, continue till cooked.
Add capers and pepper then stir gently.
Serve the fennel on a plate, the caramelized side facing up. Add cilantro-mango salsa on the top.
Enjoy this awesomely delicious dish
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Notes

Depending on the size of the fennel bulb, the cooking time will vary.
If you cook at high heat the fennel and the onions will burn instead of caramelizing

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