Meera Sodha’s Vegan Recipe For Sweetheart Cabbage And Caramelised Onion Spaghetti | The New Veganmeera Sodha Recipes

Last year, nan comedian Nish Kumar accused maine of being successful nan pouch of “big cabbage”, because I was waxing lyrical astir it. But look here, Nish, everyone is cabbage obsessed. It’s not conscionable nan Guardian; nan net is awash pinch “best cabbage” recipes and there’s a batch to love: it’s cheap, generous and genuinely delicious cooked and wilted down pinch onions (or shallots), arsenic successful this spaghetti. The inspiration down nan crockery was a jar of Taiwanese Bullshead shallot sauce, a sweet, steaming and savoury condiment that I emotion to dollop into and connected to each things eggs, noodles, vegetables and rice, but that I ran retired of recently, prompting maine to make a simple, store-cupboard alternative.

Sweetheart cabbage and caramelised bulb spaghetti

You’ll request a ample cookware pinch a lid.

Prep 10 min
Cook 40 min
Serves 4

5 tbsp rapeseed oil
400g banana shallots (about 6), peeled, halved lengthways and finely sliced
2½ tsp good oversea salt
300g dried spaghetti
3 ail cloves, peeled and finely sliced
1 mini sweetheart cabbage (700g), halved and very finely shredded
3 tbsp Shaoxing wine
2 tbsp ray soy sauce
2 tsp toasted sesame oil
1 tsp caster sugar
Crispy onions (shop-bought), to serve

Put nan lipid successful a wide cookware connected a mean heat. When hot, adhd nan shallots and half a spoon of nan salt, and navigator gently, stirring, for 15-20 minutes, until very jammy and caramelised.

While nan shallots are cooking, bring 2 litres of h2o to a boil successful a ample pan, play pinch nan remaining 2 teaspoons of oversea salt, past navigator nan spaghetti according to nan packet instructions. When it’s adjacent to being done, scoop retired and group speech a mugful of nan cooking water, past drain nan pasta.

Stir nan ail into nan shallots, navigator for 2 aliases 3 minutes, until it smells fragrant, past adhd nan cabbage and 4 tablespoons of nan reserved pasta water. Mix arsenic good arsenic you tin (the cookware will beryllium beautiful chock-a-block), popular connected nan lid and time off to cook, still connected a mean heat, for 5 minutes.

When nan cabbage has wilted and softened but is still agleam green, operation successful nan Shaoxing, soy sauce, sesame lipid and sugar, past adhd nan drained spaghetti and operation well, adding a scatter other of nan reserved pasta water, if request be.

Take disconnected nan heat, disagreement betwixt 4 shallow bowls and apical pinch nan crispy onions.