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In this nourishing vegan casserole, potatoes, cauliflower, and a medley of other veggies are baked to tender perfection, soaking up deliciously spiced sauce in the process. Make this Indian-inspired dish as hot or mild as you like: You control the amount of cayenne in its homemade spice mix.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup brown rice
- 1 lb. Yukon gold potatoes, cut into ¾-inch pieces
- 4 cups small cauliflower florets
- ½ cup thinly sliced carrot
- 1 15-oz. can no-salt-added chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 15-oz. can no-salt-added tomato sauce
- 1 14.5-oz. can no-salt-added fire-roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
- ½ cup frozen peas
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
Instructions
- In a small bowl stir together cumin, salt, ginger, turmeric, pepper, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. In a 6-qt. Dutch oven bring 10 cups of water to boiling. Stir in rice. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 15 minutes. Stir in potatoes; simmer 10 minutes. Stir in cauliflower and carrot; simmer 2 minutes more. (Vegetables will still be crisp.) Drain and return to Dutch oven.
- Stir in the next four ingredients (through peas). Stir in spice mix. Spread into a 3-qt. rectangular baking dish. Bake, covered, 25 to 30 minutes or until heated through and vegetables are tender.
- Let stand 10 minutes before serving. If desired, top with cilantro.
Nutritional Information:
Per serving (⅙ of recipe): 316 calories, 62 g carbohydrates, 11 g protein, 2.9 g total fat, 0.5 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 471 mg sodium, 11 g fiber, 9.3 g sugar
Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.
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Comments (39)
(5 from 19 votes)Is there an alternative to the canned tomato sauce ? I can’t find any
Delicious and easy! Win-win
I have made this over and over for company and family. So fun to make! It helps to have all the pieces the same size and with repeated practice everything turns out done at the same time. When venturing to white rice that has a longer shelf life in the pantry but zero fiber, you need to shorten rice cooking to 7 minutes. I like to add tart dried cranberries or cherries for color or chopped raisins for sweetness at the end. Not too much- just accent. I use up rice I have around and adjust this initial rice cooking to consider later baking time. I consistently double the spices except cayenne and I usually order mild at an indian restaurant. Recipe as is good for children not used to Indian spice. I add three minced cloves of garlic and triple the cinnamon. I also double the peas or substitute frozon soy beans from the freezer section.This is a wonderful meal if you want substantial flavor for vegan but easily cross over to carnivore feast with another 13 by 9 pan or garlic roasted chicken thighs at the same temperature on the upper rack og the oven. Nancy Lee
Can I use basmati rice in place of brown rice?
Yes, shorten rice cooking time to 6-7 minutes. Don’t let it get too done. Remember it will bake in the oven. If cooked too long it turns to mush. Keep a bit of bite and integrity in the rice form. Good luck Nancy Lee
When do you put in the peas?
Hi Belinda, The peas are added in step 3, along with chickpeas, tomato sauce, and diced tomatoes. "Stir in the next four ingredients (through peas)."
Thus one-pot-boil casserole is excellent in that the boiling times for each step were accurate. Loved how everything comes together in one pot and then dumped into a casserole dish. I blended cashews into my tomato sauce and added shredded coconut as well as a few garlic cloves. Came out creamy.
Love this and in Regular rotation
what would you have for a side of it it will be our next meal but I don't know what to have with it can you help me out
Made this today and loved it. I think I will double the spices next time. It makes alot; can I freeze it?
Do you have a freezer?
was very good followed directions as indicated will keep this as a staple meal in my home:)
We loved this dish, it’s a keeper. Next time I want to add a touch more liquids to create a little more sauce which will go great with homemade naan bread
This was quite tasty - we upped the cayenne. Cooked the rice separately from the first 3 veggies and then mixed everything together in a large bowl. Suggest serving with a cucumber raita and a mango chutney.
Can I use cooked rice? How should I adjust - maybe deduct the cup of water that I used to cook the rice?
I make this with quinoa and I steam the veggies instead of boiling them. And like someone else suggested, I double the seasonings. Great recipe!
So amazing! As per the comments here, I doubled the spices. I substituted black beans for chick peas and used twice as many peas. This was amazing! I was skeptical of the cooking method, but it worked perfectly. This will probably be a mainstay recipe for us.
In Step 2, it says to "Drain and return to Dutch oven." Does this mean you drain all the 10 cups of water off?
Love this recipe! It's very adaptable to personal tastes and preferences. I add onion, quinoa, garlic, jalapeños and portabella mushrooms to all the other ingredients. I make 2.5 times the recipe and end up with a lasagna pan, 3 qt and 1.5 qt casserole dish stuffed to capacity.
Kind of an awkward recipe but I followed the process and doubled the spices. Flavor was amazing and the dish was hearty, nourishing and satisfying. I baked in my dutch oven for 30 minutes and it was perfect
I put this together last night and refrigerated it overnight to bake this evening: 30 minutes covered + 20 minutes uncovered. As recommended by some of the comments I doubled the spices and added one 15 ounce can of light coconut milk. It was hearty and had a creamy mouth feel, good comfort food for a rainy cold day here. I served it with toasted naan. If I make this again I will make a half batch because this makes a huge amount of food (and I will be the only person in this household who will eat the leftovers).
We had this tonight and we all liked it very much. Will make it again. There was too much water in ours. It was very watery. Next time will use less water. Did anyone else have this issue?
Did you drain the water after cooking the veggies?
Has anyone cooked this in an instant pot?
I am wondering the same thing
I made this dish yesterday and we liked it very much. I didn’t put it in the oven but instead I let it in my Dutch oven for 10 more minutes and it was all tender and delicious! Thank you from Anja from the Netherlands.
How many servings in this dish (all women)?
I used sweet potatoes instead of white and it was very good.
I made this dish, followed the instructions. the ingredients had the making of a great dish but I was very disjointed, it was very bland to me. sorry open to suggestions as the ingredients are great.
hi! I added a can of lite coconut milk to the pot for the last twenty minutes. It really brought the flavors together and added a richness that otherwise was lacking.
I always double the spices in FOK recipes. That makes the whole difference in our family
Could russet potatoes stand in for yellow potatoes? I have russets on hand at home.
I used half russet and whatever other potatoes I had on hand. They didn’t seem to fall apart or anything. And I left the skins on all of the potatoes.
I will make this again. I thought it was delicious and full of flavor. Thank you.
This is the first "Forks and Knives" recipe that I have made. It tased good. I agree with another person's review, I probaby baked this about 45 minuts total and I precooked the rice.
Good meal with an interesting combination of ingredients. It sounded to me like a lot of work but the way the recipe is broken up into steps, while you're cooking one thing you have time to ready the next step so assembly goes quickly. I cooked it for an additional 20 minutes only because I wanted to delay dinner and it was perfect. We found the cilantro to be very complimentary
Is the rice cooked or uncooked? And when is it added?
The rice is uncooked. It's added in step 2. Here's part of it. Hope that helps. "In a 6-qt. Dutch oven bring 10 cups of water to boiling. Stir in rice. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 15 minutes."