VEGETARIAN RECIPES
Mexican food is open to all, reguardless of dietry requirements. All of these recipes are suitable for vegetarins.
Vegetarian Recipes
Cauliflower Fritters
From 'The Road to Mexico' by Rick Stein
These vegan fritters make the perfect accompaniment to any vegan dish, and paired with the cashew sauce they unlock even more flavour depth.Ingredients
- 1 large cauliflower, cut into florets
- 750ml corn oil, for frying
- Lemon wedges, to serve
- For the Sauce
- 300g cashew nuts
- 60g pumpkin seeds
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 jalapeno pepper, roughly chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- Juice of a lemon
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
Recipe
- Start by making the sauce. Soak the cashew nuts in 400ml water for a couple of hours.
- Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry frying pan until they start to pop.
- Put the cashew nuts and their soaking water into a blender with the garlic, jalapeno, 50g of the pumpkin seeds, salt, lemon juice, and paprika and whizz to make a thick sauce.
- Heat the oil to 180°C in a large saucepan and fry the cauliflower florets until golden and crispy. Drain them on kitchen paper.
- Toss them in the sauce, garnish with the remaining pumpkin seeds and serve with lemon wedges.
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