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Oven baked soya mince and brown rice spinach parcels

Oven baked soya mince and brown rice spinach parcels

To prepare this oven- baked vegetarian meal, soya mince is used. Cook in less than 30 minutes.

  • Serves: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

    • 15 ml (3 tbsp) olive oil
    • 1 small onion, finely diced
    • 3 red chillies, finely chopped
    • 5 ml (1tsp) smoked paprika
    • 5 ml (1 tsp) cumin powder
    • ½ tsp turmeric
    • 5 ml (1 tsp) thyme
    • 5 ml (1 tsp) coriander
    • 5 ml (1tsp) crushed ginger and garlic
    • 250 g soya mince
    • 3 plum tomatoes, diced
    • 250 ml (1 cup) cooked Spekko Saman Brown Rice
    • 1 bunch large spinach leaves
    • 100 g butter
    • 7,5 ml (1 ½ tsp) crushed garlic
    • salt and pepper to taste

Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
    2. Sauté onion, red chilli and pepper in olive oil until caramelised. Stir in spices and herbs along with ginger and garlic for 30 seconds,
    3. Add soya mince and allow to cook for a further 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and simmer for 30 minutes until cooked. Remove from heat and stir in cooked brown rice and season with salt and pepper.
    4. Remove stalks from spinach leaves, blanch for 1 minute to soften and drain off all excess water. Lay spinach leaf face down on a clean surface.
    5. Place 2 to 3 tablespoons of the mince filling in the centre of each leaf.
    6. Fold the sides of the leaf over the filling to form a parcel.
    7. Repeat with remaining leaves and filling.
    8. Place parcels loose side down in a deep casserole dish.
    9. Melt together butter and crushed garlic. Pour over the spinach parcels and bake for 20 minutes.