Sticky Sriracha-Lime Cauliflower

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Delicious piled high on a wrap with all of your favourite vegetables, these cauliflower bites are intensely flavoursome. This uses a whole cauliflower, and serves 4. The recipe for the minty coconut yogurt dip is below.

Ingredients:

1 cauliflower, chopped into bite-sized florets

For the batter:
1 cup flour (I used wholemeal spelt)
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp onion salt
Pinch allspice
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup soy (or other all-plant) milk

For the glaze:
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp lime pickle
1 tbsp mango chutney
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp sriracha
1 tbsp maple syrup

For the Minty Coconut Yogurt:
250g all-plant coconut yogurt
1 bunch mint, finely chopped
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
Salt to taste

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 220C and line a baking tray with a silicone sheet.
2. Mix all of the batter ingredients together. Toss the cauliflower in the batter, spread on the baking tray, and bake 20 minutes, flipping once.
3. Meanwhile, make the glaze by mixing all ingredients together.
4. When the cauliflower has baked for 20 minutes, toss in the glaze. Return to the baking tray and bake for 5 minutes more.
5. Combine all of the minty coconut yogurt ingredients well.
5. Serving suggestion: suitable-for-vegans wholegrain tortilla wrap, Moroccan-Spiced Hummus, lightly sautéed mushrooms, bell peppers, and mangetout, steamed kale.

Sri Lankan-style Romano Bean Curry

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This curry is moderately spicy (but can be easily adjusted) and very bright in flavour. It takes under 15 minutes to make and serves 2.

Romano beans are long, flat green beans, but you can substitute them for French green beans, sugar snap peas, mangetout, etc.

Ingredients

1/2 yellow onion, sliced
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp black onion seeds
6 curry leaves
400ml can coconut milk
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp garlic-ginger paste
Pinch ground cloves
Pinch red chilli flakes
2 tsp hot or medium curry powder
Pinch ground cardamom
1 tsp lemon juice
Pinch suitable-for-vegans sugar
400g Romano beans, topped, tailed, and sliced on the diagonal into 2cm lengths

Directions

  1. In a large, stainless steel pan over a medium-low heat, sauté the onions until starting to soften. Remove from the pan and set aside.
  2. Add the mustard seeds, black onion seeds, and curry powder. Cook until the seeds start to turn fragrant.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook, covered for 8 minutes.
  4. Season with salt to taste. Serve with rice, if desired.

Diner-Style Bean Burger with Classic Sauce

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Have a knife and fork, or a stack of napkins, on hand, because this could get messy! This burger serves 2 very hungry people, but if there are sides we’d recommend 4 smaller patties. The fixings are up to you; we went with lettuce, tomato, sauerkraut, pickled cucumber, and lightly fried onion.

For the Burger

Ingredients
1 red onion, finely chopped
180g mushrooms, finely chopped
1 can haricot beans
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp tomato purée
2 tbsp suitable-for-vegans Worcester sauce
1 tsp liquid smoke (or smoked paprika)
1 tbsp herbes de Provence
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp tamari
1/2 cup vital wheat gluten

 

Directions
1. Sauté the onion and mushrooms over a medium heat until the onions are lightly caramelised. Add the garlic, and sauté for 30 seconds.
2. Mash the beans in a large bowl. Add in the rest of the ingredients.
3. Form the mixture into patties, wrap in foil, and steam for about 30 minutes.
4. Allow to cool for about 30 minutes more. Fry and serve.

For the Sauce

Ingredients
6 tbsp Creamy Potato Dressing, or other neutral-flavoured creamy vegan sandwich spread
1/2 tsp tamarind paste
3 tbsp suitable-for-vegans ketchup
1 tbsp yellow mustard
1 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder

Directions:
Mix all ingredients. Serve with the burger and enjoy.

Creamy Red Curry Soup

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This soup couldn’t possibly be any silkier. The beautiful texture is down to the quantity of coconut milk in the recipe, and the flavours are lively and bright. This serves six.

Ingredients

1 onion, roughly diced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks
1 cauliflower, in florets
2 x 400ml cans coconut milk
2 cups vegetable broth
1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
2 tbsp soy sauce

Directions

1. In a large soup pot over a medium-low heat, sauté the onion until aromatic and starting to turn golden. Add the garlic cloves, and stir for 30 seconds.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot, bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for 20 minutes.
3. Blend.
3. Season, taste, and serve.

Brinjal Bhaji (Aubergine Curry)

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Pleasantly spicy, incredibly fragrant, and full of textural contrasts, this aubergine curry serves 4 with rice.

Ingredients

3 medium aubergines, cubed
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp black onion seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 red onions, chopped
1 inch piece ginger, peeled and minced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp soy sauce
3/4 cup vegetable broth
100g frozen peas
1 tsp garam masala

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a baking tray with a silicone sheet or baking parchment, and spread the aubergine out in a single layer. Roast for 20 minutes, turning once.
2. Meanwhile, preheat a large pot, and add the seeds. When they start to move about, remove from the pan and set aside.
3. Dry-sauté the onion until softened, adding a splash of water if they start to stick. Add the garlic, ginger, chilli flakes, and turmeric for 30 seconds more. Stir the seeds back in.
4. Add the tomatoes, soy sauce, vegetable broth, peas, garam masala, and aubergine to the pot. Simmer until the liquid is mostly thick and evaporated and the aubergines are soft.

Sweet Potato Pizza with Barbecue Tempeh and Bean Béchamel

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With a soft and dense base, this isn’t like traditional pizza dough, but it’s filling, satisfying, full of flavour, and probably too nice to share. But if you insist on sharing, this will serve 2.

Ingredients

For the Base

700g sweet potato, peeled, cooked, and cooled until tender
100g rolled oats
100g coarse wholemeal flour (or flour of your choice)
2 tbsp ground flaxseeds
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt

For the Béchamel

1 cup white beans (I used butter beans)
11/2 cup soy milk
2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
1/2 tbsp yellow miso
1/2 tbsp rice vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder

For the Tempeh

150g tempeh, steamed for 15 minutes, and chopped small
2 tbsp barbecue sauce
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp soy sauce (or to taste)
1 tbsp maple syrup

To assemble

Steamed kale, as desired

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200C. Line a 9″ dish with silicone or parchment (I used a loose-bottomed flan tin for easy removal).
2. In a food processor, blend the sweet potato. Add the oats, flour, flaxseeds, garlic powder, and salt until potatoes are smooth and all ingredients are well combined.
3. Place the potato mixture into the prepared dish and smooth out. Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the top starts to turn golden.
4. Meanwhile, make the béchamel by blending all the ingredients.
5. Mix the barbecue sauce, water, soy sauce, and maple syrup in a shallow dish. Add the tempeh and toss.
6. When the potato is ready, invert onto a baking tray and return to the oven for 5-10 minutes more until what is now the top is lightly golden.
7. Remove from the oven, spread with béchamel, add kale, top with tempeh, and bake for 10 minutes more. Cut and serve.