Prep Time: 03 Hours

Cook Time: 01 Hour

Servings: 2 Servings

Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. My daughter sent me a link of a potato au gratin made of milk, cheese and butter and said she trusts me to make a similar dish suitable to our food choices. Not wanting to let her down, I attempted this dish. It’s a meal-in-a-dish! Do try it and share your feedback.

Ingredients

• Cashew nuts: ½ cup
• Cauliflower: 2 cups (florets)
• Coconut milk:3/4 cup
• Potatoes: 4 nos( Big)
• Capsicum: ¼ cup (chopped into tiny cubes)
• Carrot: ¼ cup (chopped into tiny cubes)
• Green chili: 1 no(minced finely)
• Pepper: 1 tsp
• Mixed herbs: 1 tsp
• Garlic: 3 cloves(crushed)
• Dairy free Parmesan cheese: 2 tbsp
• Lime juice: ½ tbsp
• Rock salt: to taste
• Cold pressed coconut oil: to rub over the potatoes

Method

• Soak cashew nuts for at least two hours.
• Blend the soaked cashew nuts with minimal water to get a smooth cashew cream and keep it aside.

• Scrub potatoes well to remove soil and apply coconut oil and salt all over them and place in an oven and bake for around 40 minutes, at 220° deg centigrade.

• Steam cauliflower florets until soft.
• Cool the steamed cauliflower and blend with coconut milk, salt and crushed garlic to get a sauce of pouring consistency. Add a little water if you think you need to.
• Poke a needle to check if the potatoes are well cooked.
• Remove the potatoes and cool.
• Peel two potatoes and mash well with salt and pepper.
• Slice the remaining 2 potatoes to remove a part of it to reveal the pulp. Carefully scoop the pulp out of the potatoes to create a potato shell. Refer to the pic.

• Make a filling for the potato using the scooped potato, chopped capsicum, chopped carrots, minced green chilli, herbs, salt, lime juice and cashew cream.

• Fill the potato shells with the filling.

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• In a baking dish spread a layer of spiced mashed potatoes.
• Invert the filled potato and place on top of the mashed potato layer.

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• Pour cauliflower sauce over the potato to cover it fully.
• Sprinkle parmesan on top and bake for 20 minutes.

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• Serve with a big serving of green salad.

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Wellcure Tip

• The minced green chilli can be skipped or substituted with pepper.
• I used individual serving bowls of each serving portion. You could arrange them all in a single big baking dish.
• Cauliflower sauce can be spiced and flavoured in any way one likes.

Eating guide:

• Food group: Vegetables

• Can be easily consumed during meals, combined with other food groups.

• Lightly cooked/steamed veggies ensure the water content and enzymes are retained, both a must for good digestion and overall nourishment through food!

• Mixing nuts to vegetables helps increase the satiety index of the meal.

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