Do you think that vegan cuisine is boring and monotonous? Not at all! With some little notions of cooking technique, some extra-Italian recipes from which to take inspiration and lots of imagination in the dish you can have fun making tasty and appetizing fusion dishes
. Let's see together some simple recipes for a fusion-vegan menu to be tested.
Hosomaki Veg
Rice rolls with avocado, to be enjoyed on the occasion of evenings where you want to be light, but at the same time satisfy sight and palate. To be accompanied strictly with wasabi, soy sauce and ginger.
Ingredients:
> 500 grams of sushi rice,
> 2 sheets of nori seaweed,
> an avocado
Procedure: Prepare the sushi rice according to the procedure indicated on the package. Peel the avocado and cut it into thick slices; take a sheet of nori seaweed and cut it in half. Arrange the nori seaweed on a bamboo mat base; take a handful of rice, put it on the seaweed without covering it completely, it must remain a free space. Place the avocado pieces in the center.
Roll the seaweed gently without pressing too much . Take a knife, wet it slightly and cut the roll in half. Bring the two halves side by side and cut the two sections into three parts. You will get six maks.
How to make vegan cheeses
Iceberg and seitan rolls
For a complete and protein-rich second course, to be enjoyed in joy: it is eaten with the hands and can be accompanied, if desired, with a Thai cashew- based sauce .
Ingredients :
> Seitan (a pair of "steaks"),
> a head of iceberg salad,
> white onion,
> soy sauce,
> fresh ginger (6 cubes),
> chilli,
> curry,
> extra virgin olive oil.
Procedure : sauté the diced seitan and the white onion and fresh ginger equally cut into small cubes in a pan. Add the curry, chilli and soy sauce. Continue cooking, adding warm water if necessary.
After about ten minutes turn off the heat, let it cool again for a couple of minutes and pour the small veg pieces into the iceberg salad leaves washed and put on the plate: eat it closing the salad as if it were a roll, all with your hands . It is a typical oriental dish, of Chinese inspiration.
Baked plane tree
There is nothing simpler to prepare as appetizer snacks, chips or bread. In addition it is healthy: the plane tree is in fact rich in nutrients and vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E and PP, it also contains a good dose of flavonoids, potassium, iron and calcium.
The most important thing is knowing how to choose the plane tree ! Take, at the South American or Oriental shops, a couple rather green, which are not too ripe, otherwise the taste would be too sweet.
Cut them into thin slices and lay them on the oven plate, with baking paper, a pinch of salt and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Cook for about 10 minutes at 180 °, turning the washers once upside down.
