Serve with Pinot Noir Reserve and Art of Pinot Noir

Yield:10

 

Kitchari 

Step one (to be done the day before)

1 cup split mung beans

1 cup quinoa  (half black and half white)

1 Tbsp coconut oil

1 Tbsp Creation olive oil

salt to taste

Soak beans and quinoa in cold water for 2 hours. Rinse well and drain. Place in a pot with both oils and just cover with cold water. Bring to a boil then simmer over low heat until most of the liquid is gone. Take off the heat but keep the lid firmly on and rest for at least 30 min without opening. Open up – the mixture should be sticky and all liquid absorbed. Add salt to taste and cool completely.

Step 2

1 Tbsp coconut oil

2 Tbsp finely grated fresh ginger

3 Tbsp cumin seeds

1 heaped Tbsp ground coriander

1 Tbsp finely grated fresh turmeric

10 kale leaves, chopped up roughly

300 g sweet potatoes, roasted until soft, peeled and mashed

3 heaped Tbsps ground flax seed

1 lime (zest and juice)

½ tsp chopped dried chilli

10 g nutritional yeast

1 Tbsp miso

In a pan, heat the coconut oil and add the ginger and turmeric. Sauté for about 1 minute, then add all the spices and sauté for another minute. Add the kale and sauté until most of the liquid has evaporated. Transfer to a tray to cool down quicker. Mix the kale in with the cooled mungbeans and quinoa (see above), adding all the rest of the ingredients as well.

Carrot, tofu and Miso puree

4 big carrots, peeled & chopped

250 ml water

1 Tbsp Miso

50 g silken tofu

salt to taste

Bring the carrots and water to a boil, then cook until soft and strain the water. Transfer it to blender and add the rest of the ingredients. Blend till smooth.

Carrot, Tofu and Miso Puree

500 g carrots, cut up roughly

200 ml vegetable stock

100 g silken tofu

50 g miso

Cook the carrots in vegetable stock till soft. Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Green oil

400 g parsley

1 liter vegetable oil

250 g spinach

Blend the parsley with oil on thermometer until it reaches 85°C, then add the spinach. Blend it very fast for about 5 minutes then strain the oil.

Carrot locs

4 carrots

100 ml tamari

1 tsp smoked paprika

1 clove garlic

4 limes, juice only

1 tbsp onion powder

35 g maple syrup

10 g kombu powder

Cut the carrot into julienne strips. Place all other ingredients together on a saucepan and bring it to the boil then transfer the the liquid to the carrot. Leave to cool completely.

King oyster mushroom

1 king oyster mushroom per 4 portions

Cut the mushrooms into slices and score each slice. Sauté with butter until golden brown, then add lime juice and salt.

Garnishes

Violet, cumin seeds, pecorino, mushroom dust.