Dinner with a Numan Being

As we stocked up on farm fresh foods at the Pasadena farmer's market this Saturday, we decided to make a feast. Our friend Steve Neumann from San Francisco was visiting and we thought of treating him to a home-cooked meal.

The menu for the evening:

Inari - Japanese tofu pouches filled with white rice, dill, and roasted sesame oil.
Japanese Curry - with Azuki beans, carrots, celery, red onion, Seitan, and zucchini.
Rice - sticky white rice seasoned with pickled vegetables and roasted sesame oil.
Salad - of celery, chopped parsley, cucumber, tomato, red onion, and romaine lettuce.
Orange Juice - oranges picked fresh from our orange tree that day, squeezed, and sprinkled with cinnamon.




Our beautiful orange tree. Source of our cinnamon orange juice.


The Seitan was initially pan-fried with sesame oil, caramelized onions, dark mushroom sauce, and teriyaki. The rest of the ingredients were thrown in (Azuki beans, celery, red onion, boiled carrots and zucchini) before the curry was introduced to the mix.


The curry mixed all together. I also added honey, salt, pepper, and a touch more teriyaki. In the end it had a semi-sweet bite to it.


Inari and rice.


Ana putting the finishing touches on our plates.


And, voilà!