Vegan Protein Bravas with Avocado Sauce

 Vegan Protein Bravas with Avocado Sauce

By Namit Kathoria

 

Soaking time: Overnight

Preparation time: 20 min

Cooking time: 30 min

 

Serves 4-6 people

Ingredients:

Avocado Sauce

3 avocados pitted (peel removed and flesh taken from as close to the skin as possible) and chopped

2 tablespoons olive oil

½-1 teaspoon onion powder

2 garlic cloves grated

⅛ teaspoon Cayenne pepper

¼ teaspoon rock salt

⅛ teaspoon black pepper

Juice of ½ - 1 lemon

½ teaspoon lemon zest

1 cup oats milk

1 handful fresh coriander

2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard

 

Main ingredients

1 jar (600g) chickpeas drained and rinsed / 1 ½ cups dried chickpeas (cooked in pressure cooker or Instant pot)

1 kg potatoes chopped and steamed for about 15-20 min

2 tablespoons tamari sauce

1 ½ cups vegetable stock

1 ½ teaspoons sea salt

½ cup tomato puree

6 tablespoons olive oil

1 ½ teaspoons dried rosemary

3 teaspoons sweet paprika

2 teaspoons coriander powder

4 teaspoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

 

Garnish with some fresh chopped parsley

 

Preparation:

1. Rinse and drain the jar of chickpeas / cook the dried chickpeas in an Instant Pot (with 4 ½ cups of water for 18 to 22 minutes) or in a pressure cooker.
2. Chop the potatoes and steam them for about 15-20 minutes.
3. Whilst the potatoes are steaming and the chickpeas are cooking, add the rest of the main ingredients for the mixture together in a mixing bowl.
4. Preheat the oven to 170-180°C. Take two large baking trays and mix everything together in those two baking trays i.e., the chickpeas, the potatoes and the mixture that we have put together in step 3.
5. Once the oven is warm put in the two trays and cook for about 30 minutes or so.
6. Whilst the mixture is baking, blend the ingredients for the avocado sauce together for about a minute on a high speed setting.
7. Take the baking trays out from the oven and serve with the avocado sauce and some fresh chopped parsley.

 

Did you know?

Avocados area a good source of omega 3 and omega 6 oils.

 

Where does your protein come from?

It comes from the chickpeas. Also even though they are not high in protein, the potatoes are a complete protein so in this meal you get all of the essential amino acids that your body needs (from the potato) as well as a good amount of protein (from the chickpeas).

 

To get more inspiration for healthy plant-based recipes please see our new nutrition and recipe book “Life” which is due to come out in 2022.