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Cabbage rolls stuffed with lentils, served with herb-fried potatoes (vegan)

 

 

Ingredients for approx. 4 people:

For the fried potatoes:
500 g potatoes
Whole sea salt
Rapeseed oil
Herb salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Smoked paprika powder
Chopped rosemary needles
Thyme
Marjoram
For the white cabbage rolls:
1 white cabbage
Whole sea salt
For the lentil filling:
200 g beluga lentils
1 clove of garlic
2 shallots
Rapeseed oil
Herb salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Cumin
Marjoram
Curry powder
Paprika powder
A little tamari or shoyu
Sesame oil
A little turmeric gomasio
For the sauce:
3-4 tablespoons tamari or shoyu
2 teaspoons cornflour for the soy sauce
In addition:
A little vegetable margarine for greasing the baking dish
Sesame oil for brushing the cabbage rolls

 

Preparation:

1. For the herb-fried potatoes, scrub the potatoes with a vegetable brush, wash them, peel them if necessary, and boil them in a little whole sea salt water until soft. Then drain, dry and slice them.
2. In the meantime, clean and wash the white cabbage and remove or cut off about 8-10 leaves. Cut the remaining cabbage in half, remove the stalk and finely chop or slice the remaining cabbage.
3. Blanch the 8-10 cabbage leaves in boiling water for a few minutes, drain and rinse with cold water. Cut the stalks off the cabbage leaves and leave to drain on a cloth.
4. Grease a flat baking dish with a little vegetable margarine.
5. For the lentil filling, rinse the Beluga lentils with cold water and cook until soft for 20-30 minutes. Then drain.
6. Peel the garlic, remove the germ and chop finely.
7. Peel and finely dice the shallots.
8. Sauté the shallots and finely chopped garlic in rapeseed oil in a pan. Then add the chopped white cabbage and cooked lentils and fry gently for a few minutes. Season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper, cumin, marjoram, curry powder, paprika and a little tamari.
9. Place this lentil filling in the prepared white cabbage leaves. To do this, place 1-2 tablespoons of filling in the centre of each white cabbage leaf, fold in the sides and roll up carefully. Place them seam-side down in the greased baking dish. Brush each cabbage roll with a little sesame oil, sprinkle with turmeric gomasio and bake in the middle of the oven at 180 degrees C for about 10 minutes.
10. Slice the potatoes and fry in rapeseed oil in a deep pan until crispy. A few minutes before serving, season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper, smoked paprika powder and chopped rosemary needles, thyme and marjoram, and fry briefly.
11. For the sauce, mix 2 teaspoons of cornflour with cold water in a saucepan, add a little tamari or shoyu, bring to the boil briefly and season with freshly ground black pepper.
12. To serve, brush a flat plate with a little tamari or shoyu, top with 1 or 2 cabbage rolls and the herb-fried potatoes, and add a little sauce to the rolls.

 

My tips:

  • The white cabbage leaves can also be replaced with other cabbage leaves, e.g. savoy cabbage, red cabbage, pointed cabbage.
  • Another variety of lentils is also suitable for the lentil filling, e.g. mountain lentils or Puy lentils.
  • If you don’t have any turmeric gomasio to hand, gomasio without turmeric seeds is also suitable, of course.

 

 

Product description:

Gomasio is an important part of Japanese and Korean food culture. It consists of goma (= sesame) and shio (= salt), which in our culture usually means sesame salt. Gomasio is made from roasted sesame seeds (traditionally black sesame) and whole sea salt. Outside Japan, it is usually made with light sesame seeds. Due to its spicy flavour and health benefits, this seasoning is gaining more and more fans. Turmeric seeds are also ground into turmeric gomasio.

Pointed cabbage and seitan gnocchi with red lentils (vegan)

 

 

Ingredients for 4 people:

1 pointed cabbage
2 red onions
3 cloves of garlic
sesame oil
approx. 120 g red lentils
1 packet of gnocchi
approx. ½ l vegetable stock
250 g seitan
rapeseed oil
approx. 2 tablespoons tamari or shoyu
Herb salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Smoked paprika powder
¼ litre coconut milk
Cumin
Curry powder
Coriander powder
Cardamom powder
Ginger powder

 

Preparation:

1. For the gnocchi, clean and wash the pointed cabbage, quarter it and cut it into finger-thick pieces.
2. Peel the red onions, halve them and slice them.
3. Peel the garlic, remove the germ and chop it.
4. Heat the sesame oil in a wok pan. Fry the pointed cabbage with the red onions and garlic for a few minutes, stirring frequently.
5. Rinse the red lentils with cold water and add to the pan.
6. Remove the gnocchi from the packet and add to the wok pan. Mix everything together well.
7. Add the vegetable stock and simmer for about 10 minutes.
8. In the meantime, cut the seitan into strips and fry in rapeseed oil until crispy. Deglaze with tamari and season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper and smoked paprika powder.
9. Pour the coconut milk and, if necessary, a little vegetable stock into the gnocchi. Mix in the fried seitan.
10. Season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper, cumin, curry powder, coriander, cardamom and ginger powder and simmer for another 5 minutes.
11. Serve immediately.

 

My recommendations:

    • The red lentils can also be replaced with another type of lentil, e.g. mountain, beluga or puy lentils. However, these should be cooked until half done beforehand.
    • The pointed cabbage can also be replaced with another type of cabbage, e.g. savoy, Chinese or white cabbage.

 

 

Product description:

With its characteristic cone shape, pointed cabbage is easy to tell apart from other types of cabbage. Whether sautéed, baked in the oven or eaten raw, pointed cabbage is very versatile.It is the earliest type of cabbage to be harvested each year. Pointed cabbage tastes particularly mild in spring and summer, but has a stronger flavour in autumn. Like all other types of cabbage, pointed cabbage is a very healthy vegetable, particularly rich in vitamin C.

 

 

Cauliflower and mushroom vegetables accompanied by thyme potatoes (vegan)

 

 

Ingredients for about 4 people:

500 g potatoes
1 cauliflower
400 g fresh mushrooms (mixed)
1 onion
4 cloves of garlic
rapeseed oil
herb salt
freshly ground black pepper
caraway
chilli flakes
ginger powder
curry powder
mustard oil
In addition:
a few stalks of fresh thyme

 

Preparation:

1. For the thyme potatoes, scrub the potatoes with a vegetable brush, wash, clean if necessary and boil in a little salted water until soft.
2 In the meantime, clean and wash the cauliflower and cut into florets. Roughly chop the stalk. Blanch the chopped cauliflower in water with granulated vegetable stock. Then drain, collect the cooking water and set aside.
3 Wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth, clean and cut into slices or quarters.
4 Peel and finely dice the onion.
5 Peel the garlic, remove the centre and chop very finely.
6. heat the rapeseed oil in a deep pan, fry the diced onion until translucent, then add the garlic and fry briefly.
7. Add the drained cauliflower florets with the chopped mushrooms and fry lightly.
8. Add a little of the cauliflower water and simmer everything together for about 15 minutes.
9. Season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper, cumin, chilli flakes, ginger powder and curry powder.
10. Peel the potatoes and toss briefly in a pan with a little mustard oil and fresh thyme.
11. To serve, arrange the cauliflower and mushroom pan with the thyme potatoes on flat plates and sprinkle with some fresh thyme leaves.

 

My suggestion:

      • For those who don’t like thyme, try this dish with marjoram. Naturally gives it a completely different flavour!

 

Product description:

Thyme is native to the Mediterranean region. People have been using thyme as a medicinal plant for thousands of years, as it can help with coughs, bronchitis, hoarseness and sore throats. If you rub the thyme leaves in your fingers when cooking, the typical, intense odour wafts into your nose, as the small leaves on the woody stalk are full of essential oils.