Roasted carrots with harissa yogurt
45 min · 13 g protein · 191 cals / serving
Whole carrots roasted hot with cumin until they are sweet, tender and blistered at the edges, with a thin glaze of honey for the last few minutes, laid over a cool, brick-red ripple of harissa yogurt and scattered with mint, cilantro and toasted pistachios. Smoky, sweet, hot and fresh on one platter.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb (about 10 medium) carrot, scrubbed, halved lengthwise if thick
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp ground cumin, or whole seeds
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp honey
Harissa yogurt
- 1 2/3 cups nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp harissa
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 small clove garlic, grated
To finish
- 1 tbsp pistachios, roughly chopped
- a small handful fresh mint, leaves
- a small handful fresh cilantro, leaves
Steps
- Heat the oven to 425°F. Toss the carrots with the oil, cumin and salt on a large sheet pan and spread them out so they do not touch.
- Roast 25 minutes, turning once, then drizzle with the honey, toss and roast another 8–10 minutes, until tender, glazed and charred at the tips.
- Stir the yogurt with half the harissa, the lemon juice and the garlic, then swirl the rest of the harissa through it without mixing completely.
- Spread the yogurt over a platter, lay the hot carrots on top and finish with the pistachios, mint and cilantro.
Good to know
How hot is harissa?
It varies a lot by brand. Start with 2 tsp, taste, and add more; rose harissa is milder and fragrant.
Vegan?
Use a thick plain soy or coconut yogurt and maple syrup instead of honey; with soy yogurt it scores about 58 instead of 71.
Per
- Calories
- 75
- Protein
- (28%)
- 5 g
- Fat
- (25%)
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- (47%)
- 9 g
- of which sugar
- 5 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 193 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 764 kcal goes into the pot and 1170 g of ingredients comes out as about 1025 g of food: 75 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.