Meera Sodha’s Vegan Recipe For Gochujang And Tofu Ragu With Gnocchi And Pickled Cucumber | The New Vegan

I americium a ragu-fancier and akheema fanatic. Unlike pinch astir foods, however, it doesn’t do to rationalise this emotion for ragu, because it is simply a mash of things chopped up truthful mini that they each suffer their texture. This mightiness sound a spot woo-woo, but nan joyousness of ragu comes from emotion your measurement done it, from nan chopping and opinionated pinch your thoughts, to stirring a bubbling cookware and nan smell creeping nether nan door. A ragu isn’t conscionable a ragu, it’s a coming-together of bully things: thoughts, feelings, ingredients, clip and effort.

Gochujang and tofu ragu pinch gnocchi and pickled cucumber

The greens of nan outpouring onions will request a due wash. Slice nan full outpouring onions from apical to bottom, past put them successful a sieve resting successful a vessel of acold water, swoosh pinch your manus to dislodge immoderate dirt, past assistance retired to drain erstwhile you request them. You’ll request a nutrient processor to blitz nan tofu.

Prep 20 min
Cook 40 min
Serves 2-3

For nan pickled cucumber
200g cucumber, very thinly sliced
½ tsp good oversea salt
2 tbsp atom vinegar
1 tbsp toasted black or achromatic sesame seeds

For nan gnocchi
Fine oversea salt
500g gnocchi
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
200g outpouring onions, whites and greens, finely sliced and rinsed
2 ail cloves, peeled and grated
2cm x 2cm portion caller ginger, peeled and grated
280g patient tofu, drained and blitzed to a good mince
1½ tbsp chilli legume sauce – I for illustration Lee Kum Kee
1 tbsp gochujang paste
2 tbsp herb puree
1 tbsp ray soy sauce
2 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 tsp ray agave syrup

Bring a saucepan of h2o to a boil, and adhd a spoon of brackish per litre of water. Boil nan gnocchi according to nan packet instructions, past drain.

To make nan pickle, put nan cucumber slices successful a bowl, sprinkle complete a half-teaspoon of brackish and mix. Tip into a sieve group complete a vessel and time off to drain.

Put 2 tablespoons of lipid successful a wide frying cookware connected a mean power and, erstwhile it’s hot, adhd two-thirds of nan drained outpouring onions (whites and greens) and each nan ail and ginger. Cook for astir 5 minutes, until nan ail nary longer smells earthy and nan outpouring onions person wilted nicely.

Add nan tofu mince, move up nan power to precocious and fry, stirring, for astir 8 minutes, until aureate and browned successful places. Stir successful nan chilli legume sauce, gochujang, herb puree, soy sauce, sesame lipid and agave syrup, past adhd nan cooked gnocchi and 200ml acold water, and bring to a boil. Take disconnected nan power and flip done nan remaining outpouring onions.

Drain nan salted cucumber, put it successful a mini vessel and operation successful nan atom vinegar and sesame seeds.

Transfer nan gnocchi to a platter, put nan cucumber pickle connected apical and service astatine once.

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