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Vegan Everything Butternut Squash Salad

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Butternut Squash Salad with Dukkah from Vegan Everything by Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer is a deliciously cozy cold weather salad. This easy vegan roasted squash salad recipe is perfect for lunch or dinner.

Vegan Everything

Do you ever find yourself with a hankering for comfort food from your pre-vegan days? I know I do! Fortunately, Vegan Everything by Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer is loaded with lots of recipes to satisfy just about every craving. With recipes for pizza, burgers, lasagna, tacos, and cupcakes, you’re sure to find a vegan version of your old favorites within its pages.

With 100 recipes to choose from,this cookbook will take you from breakfast to dinner, with lots of snacks and sweets to take care of any cravings you have between meals. The recipes are made with easy-to-find ingredients, so you won’t have to spend hours going from store to store looking for specialty ingredients. And they come together quickly, too, which means less time in the kitchen and more time spent eating!

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Chapters Include:

Healthy Start
Snacks & On the Go
Quick Meals
Wonder Bowls
Cooking for Friends and Family
Date-Night Dinners
Party Hits
Breads
Dips, Pesto, and More
Sweet Stuff

If you’re looking for vegan versions of your favorite comfort foods, you need this book!

Butternut Squash Salad with Dukkah

We love the nutty flavor of butternut squash, especially when seasoned with dukkah, a North African mix of nuts and spices.

Author:
Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer

Ingredients

1
small butternut squash
(about 1 pound/450 g)
¼
cup
(60 ml) olive oil
3
garlic cloves
1
red jalapeño or other fresh chile
½
bunch fresh parsley
1¼
cups
(250g) instant couscous
1¾
cups
(420 ml) boiling water
1
cup
(160 g) drained cooked chickpeas
Juice of 1 small lemon
3
tablespoons
Dukkah
see below

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Peel the squash, then halve it lengthwise and remove the seeds. Brush the cut sides with 1 tablespoon of the oil and place it cut side down on the baking sheet. Roast for 45 minutes, or until fork-tender.
While the squash is roasting, mince the garlic and jalapeño. Coarsely chop the parsley.
Combine the garlic and chile with the couscous in a large bowl. Cover with the boiling water and then cover with a plate or dish towel for 10 minutes.
Remove the squash from the oven. When it’s cool enough to handle, scoop the flesh from the skin with a large spoon. Cut into bite-sized pieces.
Fluff the couscous with a fork. Mix in the squash and chickpeas.
Whisk together the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, the lemon juice, parsley, and dukkah. Toss with the couscous mixture. Serve.

Recipe Notes

Tip: In this recipe we don’t use the skin of the squash, but in other dishes, like a stir-fry, you can leave the skin on.

Recipe from Vegan Everything: 100 Easy Recipes for Any Craving © Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer, 2019. Photographs © Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer, 2019. Translation © Luisa Weiss, 2019. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Experiment. Available wherever books are sold. theexperimentpublishing.com

Dukkah

Author:
Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer

Ingredients

½
cup
(75 g) mixed raw nuts
2
tablespoons
sesame seeds
2
tablespoons
coriander seed
1
tablespoon
cumin seeds
½
teaspoon
salt
½
teaspoon
freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Toast the nuts and the sesame, coriander, and cumin seeds in a dry pan over medium-high heat for 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until golden. Let cool, then transfer to a food processor.
Add the salt and pepper and pulse to combine. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Vegan

Tofu Kondattam (South Indian Spicy Crispy Tofu)

Tofu Kondattam, a South Indian crispy spicy tofu is a fantastic side or appetizer! Tofu is crisped with spices then tossed in a thick sauce of aromatics, four types of chilies – Kashmiri chili powder, pepper, red and green chilies, curry leaves and Garam masala! Try this regional Indian recipe.

tofu kondattam in the pan after cooking and adding garnishes

I love this spicy crispy kondattam. This southern Indian spicy dish usually has chicken is marinated and then fried. I’ve made a version before, see my crispy Soy Curls Kondattam. For this version, I make it saucier and use tofu that is marinated and baked to get it nice and crisp without. Then, we make the sauce and toss all of that together for this amazingly flavorful dish that you can serve as a starter, side or as an entree.

Chicken kondattam is a spicy dish from the southern Indian state of Kerala. Traditionally, for this dish, chicken is marinated in a fiery red marinade and then fried to crisp. Then it is tossed with thick sauce of dried chilies, curry leaves, ground spices, and Kashmiri chili powder.

Tofu kondattam is really hot with four types of chilis bringing the heat: Kashmiri chili powder, black pepper, dried red chilis and green chilies! If you want it to be less hot, you can reduce the amount of dried red and the green chilies or choose milder versions. You can cut down on the black pepper and Kashmiri chili powder, as well. The color will change a bit, because the Kashmiri chili powder adds a lot of color to the dish, but there’ll still be plenty of flavor, even if you need to cut it a little bit.

This dish definitely tastes the best if you use real Kashmiri chili powder, because the chilies have a specific flavor profile. It will work with paprika instead, but for the real deal, get some Kashmiri chili powder.