Recipe: Delicious Celery & Carrot Kimpira Stir-fry

Recipe: Delicious Celery & Carrot Kimpira Stir-fry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Celery & Carrot Kimpira Stir-fry. It consists mostly of water, but it also provides antioxidants and fiber. Overview Information Celery is a plant that can be eaten raw or cooked. Some people use celery on the skin to repel mosquitos.

Celery has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves.

Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, leaves or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking.

Celery seed is also used as a spice and its extracts have been used in herbal medicine Antioxidants protect cells, blood vessels, and organs from oxidative damage.

You can cook Celery & Carrot Kimpira Stir-fry using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Celery & Carrot Kimpira Stir-fry

1. You need 2 stalks of celery with leaves.

2. It’s 1 of carrot.

3. It’s 1 of dried red chili (if you want spicy flavor).

4. You need 1 Tbsp of sesame oil (or veg. oil).

5. It’s 1 tsp of sugar.

6. It’s 2 tsp of mirin/sweet cooking sake.

7. Prepare 1 Tbsp of soy sauce.

8. It’s 1 pinch of salt.

9. Prepare 1 handful of katsuobushi/bonito flakes for dashi (Okay to leave out).

Celery can be more than a quick snack for dipping.

Try it in a salad or cooked alongside some fish.

Celery can be kept in the garden for up to a month if soil is built up around it to maintain an ideal temperature.

Celery will tolerate a light frost, but not consecutive frosts.

Celery & Carrot Kimpira Stir-fry instructions

1. Slice the celery stalks into 1 cm diagonal pieces. Mince the leaves and set aside. Cut the carrot into thin matchsticks..

2. Heat oil in a frying pan. Add the celery stalks and carrots. Stir fry for a few minutes on medium until the celery and carrots are starting to get a little softer..

3. Add the sugar, mirin, soy sauce and salt. Keep stir frying until almost all of the liquid evaporates..

4. Add the chopped up celery leaves and stir fry for another 1 - 2 minutes..

5. Lastly put in a handful of katsuobushi (if you have it), mix and its done 〜♪.

6. Enjoy! Sometimes I like to put some sesame seeds on top too ^^.

Tip: The darker the stalks become, the more nutrients they will contain.

Texture changes with color; dark green stalks will be tougher.

This makes it a universally loved low-calorie snack option.

Celery is low in calories, but eating it does not result in "negative calories." Although celery contains a minuscule amount of calories, the number of calories spent digesting it is probably even.

Celery may also be able to lower your blood pressure, even though it's fairly high in sodium — a fascinating paradox.