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Mexican-style roasted veg ragù
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Spiced roasted vegetables paired with tangy mint salsa and chipotle heat, served with fluffy rice. A taste explosion in every bite!
Ingredients:
  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 300 g butternut squash or pumpkin
  • 2 carrots
  • 150 g frozen sweetcorn
  • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • ½ tablespoon dried oregano
  • olive oil
  • 2 onions
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 fresh red chilli
  • 1 green pepper
  • 2 sticks of celery
  • 2 x 400 g tins of black beans
  • 1 x 400 g tin of quality plum tomatoes
  • 1 bunch of fresh mint (30g)
  • 8 spring onions
  • 4 limes
  • 1-2 teaspoons chipotle Tabasco sauce
  • 300 g brown rice
Instructions:
  • - Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. - Scrub the sweet potatoes, chop them into 2.5cm cubes, peel the butternut squash or pumpkin, and 2 carrots, then cut into wedges. - Mix the chopped veggies with sweetcorn in a roasting tray. - Crush coriander seeds, oregano, salt, and pepper in a mortar, sprinkle over the veggies. - Drizzle with olive oil, toss, roast for 35 minutes until golden and soft, shaking the tray halfway. - Meanwhile, finely chop onions, garlic, red chili, green pepper, and celery. - Cook the chopped vegetables in olive oil for 10 minutes. - Add black beans, plum tomatoes, season, bring to boil, simmer for 30 minutes. - Make salsa with mint, spring onions, lime juice, and Tabasco. - Cook rice, set aside. - When the veggies turn golden, remove from the oven, make space in the middle. - Add beans to the tray, return to oven for 20 minutes until sticky. - Mix roasted veggies with beans, serve with rice and salsa.