Cut into reasonably sized chunks.
In a saucepan of cold water, lightly salted, bring the potatoes to the boil on a high heat, and then reduce heat, cover and simmer until tender.
Drain well and then mash. Add creme frâiche (or non-dairy cream), combine, and season to taste.
Peel, wash and coarsely grate the carrots.
Slice the mushrooms approx. 3-5ml. thick.
Grind the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, chilli powder and salt together.
Finely slice tomatoes for decoration.
In a wide pan, on a high heat add 2 tbs. olive oil and sauté the sliced mushrooms for 5 mins. on each side. Add a little extra oil if needed.
In a deep pan, on a medium high heat, add 2 tbs. olive oil.
Sautè onions for 5 mins.
Add crushed garlic and grated ginger, stir in and sauté for 1 min.
Add spice/salt blend, stir in and sauté for 30 secs.
Add grated carrot, stir to combine and sauté for 2 mins.
Reduce heat a little, and add pre-cooked beans and sweetcorn and warm through for 2-3 mins.
Add tomato passata and warm through for 3 mins. Stir regularly.
Finally add the sautéed mushrooms. Stir to combine.
Remove from heat and taste. Adjust seasonings as desired.
Transfer the carrot mix to a lightly-oiled baking dish. My dish is 32cm. x 25cm. x 5cm. You need quite a big dish.
Spread the mix evenly in the dish.
Spoon the mashed potato gently over the dish and spread evenly to cover the carrot mix.
Lightly fork the potato so it goes nice and crispy in the oven.
Decorate with sliced tomato, and drizzle with a dash of olive oil, and a few twists of ground black pepper.
Bake in a pre-heated oven Gas Mk. 6 / 200C for 40-45 mins. until golden on top.
Serve immediately with steamed greens or something.
I totally sympathise, sometimes it’s easy to blog a lot, and then others it’s such a struggle to do one post every 2 weeks!
Great recipe, I tried that oatly cream fraiche at VegFeast, now I just need to find it in a store!!!
🙂 thanks! I agree…maybe I just need to wait for time to open up again…without berating myself! As for Oatly creme fraiche…if you’re in the UK then tescos have it…otherwise, I don’t know….. good luck!
well thank you so much … 🙂 it tastes good too!