Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, vegan moussaka 🇬🇷. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Layers of lentils with roasted vegetables, all topped with a creamy flavoursome sauce, this easy vegan moussaka is a winner. This vegan moussaka is Greek comfort food at its finest. It's loaded with flavor from layers of roasted eggplant, fluffy mashed potatoes, nutrition-packed lentils and chickpeas, and a creamy vegan Bechamel sauce. Moussaka is a popular dish found all over the Mediterranean and Middle East, with many variations depending on the country where it's served.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook vegan moussaka 🇬🇷 using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Moussaka 🇬🇷:
- Get 1 Aubergine
- Get 1 Courgette
- Make ready 1 Onion, Finely Sliced
- Take 1 Carrot
- Prepare 2 Tomatoes
- Prepare 2 Garlic Cloves
- Take 1 Tin Green Lentils
- Make ready 2 Medium Potatoes
- Get 1 Tbsp Tomato Puree
- Make ready 60 g Plain Flour
- Take 60 g Vegan Butter
- Get 50 ml Vegan Milk
- Make ready 50 g Vegan Feta Cheese
- Get 50 g Vegan Cheese
- Take 3 Tsp Paprika
- Prepare 1 Tsp Cinnamon
- Make ready 1 Tsp Nutmeg
- Prepare 2 Tsp Garlic Granules
- Prepare To Taste Salt and Pepper
- Get Olive Oil
I've been itching to experiment with vegan-ising the totally luscious Greek dish, Moussaka, for some time but it isn't the speediest dish to make and it took a week's 'staycation' over. This vegan moussaka recipe swaps the white sauce normally used in this Greek favourite for an equally creamy, yet dairy-free butternut squash topping. The hearty sauce is bolstered with filling lentils and layered between tender slices of aubergine, courgette and tomato. Vegan moussaka is like a lower carb version of a vegan shepherd's pie!
Steps to make Vegan Moussaka 🇬🇷:
- Slice the Aubergine and sprinkle with some salt, pepper and oil. Bake in the oven for 25 mins at gas mark 4 (180 degrees), until they are soft (you may need to turn them).
- Finely slice the remaining vegetables. Chop the tomatoes. Peel and slice the potatoes into flat disks. Boil in a pot of salted water until they are just soft. In a large pot fry the onion and garlic over a medium heat with a good glug of olive oil.
- Add the courgette and carrot, fry for a few minutes until they start to soften. Add the chopped tomatoes and cinnamon, paprika and garlic granules. Add the 2 tablespoons of tomato puree. Open the lentils and add 2 tablespoons of the lentil water to the vegetables. Drain the rest of the lentils and add to the vegetables. Cook for a few minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- In the pot the potatoes were boiling in make a white sauce. Over a gentle heat melt the butter, then add the flour. Add the milk and whisk together until you get a smooth, glossy sauce. Season with salt and pepper and some nutmeg.
- In a casserole dish layer up the potatoes. Then add the lentil mixture and top with the aubergine. Add the white sauce and top with the vegan cheese and feta. Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes until the top is golden-brown and enjoy!
The hearty sauce is bolstered with filling lentils and layered between tender slices of aubergine, courgette and tomato. Vegan moussaka is like a lower carb version of a vegan shepherd's pie! Instead of mashed potatoes on the top you have bechamel sauce. It's also a little like lasagna in that you have layers. It starts off with a layer of roasted eggplant and then you have a layer of homemade vegan mince, then more eggplant, and it's topped off with a thick layer of bechamel sauce.
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