Vegetable Moqueca
Recipe
A Brazilian vegetable coconut stew.
Serves: 4 people | Prep time: 15 minutes | Cooking time: 30 minutes
Brazillian | Main | Vegetarian | Vegan
Ingredients
- 200g Sweet Potato
- 200g Carrots
- 200g Green Beans
- 1 x Red and 1 x Green Chilli – approx. 30g in total
- 1 x Aubergine
- 1 x White Onion
- 3 x Cloves Garlic
- 20g Fresh Ginger
- 1 x Vegetable Stock Cube
- 1 x 400g Tin Chickpeas
- 1 x 400g Chopped Tomatoes with Herbs
- 1 x 400ml Coconut Milk
- 60ml Rapeseed Oil
- 1 x Teaspoon Paprika
- Sea Salt and Black Pepper
Method
- Peel and chop the potatoes and carrots into small chunks.
- Peel, halve and finely chop the onion.
- Chop the aubergine into small chunks.
- In a wok heat the oil, add the chopped onion and the aubergine.
- Saute for about 10 minutes until the onion is translucent and the aubergine softened.
- Add the coconut milk and the chopped tomatoes.
- Dissolve the stock cube in 100ml boiling water and add to the wok.
- Peel and grate the ginger.
- Cut the chillies into quarters lengthways and finely chop them along with the seeds.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic.
- Put the chillies, ginger, garlic, sweet potatoes, drained chickpeas and carrots in the wok - season with some salt and pepper.
- Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Trim the beans and cut into thirds.
- Add to the wok and cook a further 5 minutes then serve.