Vegan Maple Soy Roasted Goodness

Vegan Maple Soy Roasted Goodness

A cozy, nourishing roasted veggie dish perfect for cooler nights in New Zealand. Packed with eggplant, capsicum, zucchini, and cashews, all soaked in a rich maple-soy marinade and simmered in spiced vegetable stock. Simple to make, full of flavor - serve with rice and fresh coriander for the ultimate comfort meal.

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🍽 Serves 4-5 🕘  1 hour Difficulty: Beginner

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Ingredients:

• 1 eggplant

• 2 medium capsicums – red and yellow

• 1 medium zucchini/ 2 small courgettes

• ½ red onion

Marinade:

• 1 tsp neutral veg oil

• 3 Tbsp maple syrup

• 4 Tbsp soy sauce

• 1 cm grated ginger

• 2 diced/crushed cloves of garlic

• 1 cup vegetable stock

• ½ tsp turmeric

• Pinch of cracked pepper

• 1 cup cashews

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Instructions:

1. Prepare all the ingredients. Chop eggplant, capsicum, zucchini, and red onion into 1 cm cubes. Grate the ginger. Dice or crush the garlic and place all the vegetables in a large bowl/container.

2. In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients for the marinade. Pour the marinade on the vegetables and mix well.

3. Refrigerate to let the vegetables absorb the marinade for 1h.

4. Preheat the oven to 180’C.

5. Place the vegetables into an oven dish and roast for 30 min.

6. 5 min before the roasting time is over, dry roast the cashews in a large pot.

7. Remove the vegetables from the oven and add them to the pot with roasted cashews, add vegetable stock mixed with turmeric and pepper. Mix well and simmer for 15 min.

8. Serve with rice and fresh coriander

9. Enjoy!

   
   

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Watch a short tutorial on Instagram

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