The courgette teams up with fettuccine and sundried tomatoes to give you a dreamy dollop
The courgette teams up with fettuccine and sundried tomatoes to give you a dreamy dollop...
Mumbai: When it comes to raw food, there’s nothing like zucchini/courgette to replace regular pastas; be it zucchini lasagna, flat zucchini noodles, or if you have a fancy spiraliser tool, zucchini spaghetti! It’s the one vegetable, which when combined with a creamy raw sauce, has that perfect al-dente pasta texture. It’s something that you just have to taste to believe!
Since it is of utmost importance that the zucchini pasta is super thin, I use a vegetable peeler to quickly scrape it into flat, fettuccine-like noodles. This whole dish takes five minutes to put together but tastes like a laborious work of art!
In the summer I make real sun dried tomatoes. However, I made the batch used in this recipe by dehydrating cherry tomato halves in the oven at 70°C. If you don’t want to make your own, you can buy them locally at grocery stores that carry speciality goods. But sun dried tomatoes have a significantly richer flavour and better texture, so if you are able to get your hands on them, you should definitely use them.
The nutritional yeast makes the sauce mind-blowingly flavourful. In India, you can currently order it online from i2cook.
RAW CREAMY ZUCCHINI PASTA
Raw zucchini fettuccine and sun dried tomatoes in cashew sour cream sauce
Ingredients
• 1 small zucchini
• 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes
• 1/4 cup cashews
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp nutritional yeast
• 5 raisins
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• Salt to taste
Method
Wash the zucchini well and using a vegetable peeler, scrape it into flat, fettuccine noodles (including the peel) and keep them aside.
When you reach the soft, seed portion at the heart of the zucchini, chop it up roughly and pop it into a mixie jar.
Add the cashews, garlic, raisins and salt give the grinder a quick whirr.
Squeeze in the lime juice and add a splash of clean, filtered water. Blend into a smooth, creamy sauce, adding more water as required. Place the zucchini noodles in a serving dish and add the sun dried tomatoes.
Pour the cashew sour cream sauce over everything and mix well.
Nature on my plate: Every month food bloggers and enthusiasts get a theme on this site to contribute yummy and healthy recipes from their kitchens. And there are so many foodies posting some unique and refreshing recipes for you to try out this summer. This recipe was originally published on the Veganosaurus blog.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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