Chilli bean parcels recipe

The simplest things are the accompaniments, so let's start there.

You will need grated beetroot, roast it rather than boil it for a better flavour. Simply wash it and put it in foil, put into the oven at 200 C and leave for an hour or so. Let it cool and you should be able to slip the skin straight off under the tap. Scare your kids with your bloody hands.

You could leave the beetroot raw if you like, and mix it with the rocket.

The dressing is simplicity itself. Yogurt, salt and pepper and lemon juice. For the vegan dressing we use Alpro soya yoghurt.

The filling is a strong chilli base using fried onions and mushrooms, then adding the chilli powder to cook it out. Try adding some cumin, bay leaves, dried lime zest and fresh or dried oregano to a shop bought mild chilli powder.

Next chop some fresh tomatoes and add them to the chilli, let it sit.

The beans we use are butter beans and kidney beans, soaked and boiled. At home I'd use tinned.

The last ingredient is the roasted vegetables; any will do although we used sweet potato, pumpkin and Swede. Roast the swede separately as it takes longer. Mix the chilli and roasted veg together, season, add lime juice and the leaves from some coriander, no stalks unless you love the taste. This is the filling.


The pancakes were a labour of love. I'd never made vegan pancakes before last week, imagining that without eggs they would be dry, wouldn't look like pancakes nor taste like them. That is what's so satisfying about this journey, finding new routes you never saw.

Pancake ingredients (makes 20 ish)

6oz plain flour
5oz masa harina
1 lt. soy milk
1tbs orgran egg replacer (this is completely unnecessary, I think, but this is what I did)
1 tsp salt
2 heaped tbs. smoked paprika
1 tbs. powdered ginger
1 tbs. cumin


Put into large jug and blend, we use a Bamix. add water to achieve the desired consistency.

Fry in veg oil in large pan. Allow to cool and then form parcels.

Hope you enjoy, and if you can't be bothered come and eat ours!

Another recipe from Canteen on Clifton Street, Cardiff CF24 1LR

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