Ingredients
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- 8 corn tortillas (cut into strips)
Enchilada sauce
- 3/4 cup tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (grated)
- 200 ml vegetable stock (1 cube)
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp pink salt
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Juice of half a lemon
Cheese sauce
- 1/3 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp white pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 medium carrot (boiled)
- 1 small potato (boiled)
- 1 cup cashews (soaked in boiling water for 1 hour)
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 tbsp jalapeno brine
Veggie mixture
- 2 bell peppers (red and green)
- 1 box of beans 230g (drained and rinsed)
- 1/2 cup sweetcorn
- 1 onion diced
- 3/4 cup walnuts (chopped)
- 1/3 cup jalapeños
- 1 tbsp chipotle chilli paste
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
Instructions
Enchilada sauce
- Heat 1tbsp oil over medium heat.
- Add chopped onion. Saute until translucent.
- Add grated garlic cloves. Saute for 30 seconds. Stirring often.
- Add tinned chopped tomatoes. Stir and cook for 45 seconds.
- Add tomato puree. Stir and cook for another 45 seconds.
- Add pink salt, cumin powder, chilli powder, black pepper, brown sugar and lemon juice. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
- Add vegetable stock. And simmer for 1 minute.
- With a hand blender, blend the sauce until smooth. Set aside.
Cheese sauce
- Soak 1 Cup cashews in boiling water for 1hr, then drain.
- Boil 2 medium carrots and 1 small potato until fork-tender, then drain.
- In a high speed blender add boiled carrots and potato. Along with soaked cashews, onion powder, white pepper, garlic cloves, nutritional yeast, apple cider vinegar and jalapeno brine.
- Blend until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
- Veggie mixture
- Heat 1tbsp oil over medium heat.
- Add diced onion, . Saute until translucent.
- Add diced bell peppers and sweetcorn. Saute for 3-4 minutes. Stirring often.
- Add black beans, walnuts, jalapenos, cumin powder, cayenne powder and chipotle chilli paste.Saute for another 3-4 minutes.
Assemble
- Assemble in a 7 x 11 inch baking dish.
- Add enchilada sauce, tortillas, veggie mixture, enchilada sauce, cheese sauce. And repeat one more time.
- Cover with foil and bake for 15-20mins 200 °C /180 °C fan
- Once done, add fresh coriander, onion and some olives to garnish.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Mexican