Summer Vegetable Ragout with Exotic Curry Sauce

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
• 1 small onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
• 1 small carrot, peeled, chopped
• 1 stalk lemongrass, coarsely chopped and pounded with meat mallet to flatten slightly
• 1 1-inch piece unpeeled fresh ginger, thinly sliced
• 1 small granny smith apple, peeled, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
• 2 tablespoons curry powder (preferably madras)
• 2 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 2 cups fresh carrot juice
• 1 1/2 pounds eggplants (about 2 medium), peeled, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
• 1 pound assorted summer squash (such as zucchini, yellow crookneck, and pattypan), cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 pound green beans, haricots verts, and/or yellow wax beans, trimmed, cut into 2-inch lengths
• 4 ears of corn, husked
• 1 15- to 16-ounce can garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained
• 2 cups (packed) arugula
• 1/4 cup torn fresh basil

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