Welcome to the Virtual Vegan Potluck: bringing vegan food bloggers together to share a virtual potluck, linked by a blog circle – and our love of cooking, eating and sharing. Participating bloggers will be posting recipes – from appetizers to desserts. Many Blessings to Annie from the wonderful blog an unrefined vegan for bringing us all together.
Links for the entire Potluck at the bottom of this post. You don’t have to be a vegan to join in – the Potluck is all about fantastic healthy recipes celebrating plant-based foods. Something for everyone!
I have served this vegan recipe at my spiritual and psychic workshops for many years, where it is lovingly referred to as ‘Slop in a Pot’. No matter how big a quantity I make it is always gobbled up.
This dish is great grounding food (not sure what grounding is, or how to do it – click here), and it really nurtures your base, sacral and solar plexus chakras. It is also light enough energetically to allow you to make strong psychic connection while staying in that grounded space. Needless to say, I eat this kind of food often when I am working!
It’s one of those fantastic recipes, where, once you get the hang of it, can be easily modified to suit whatever ingredients you have to hand. I have often served it to great compliment from people who had no idea (and still probably don’t!) that it was meat-free.
Note to those people with peanut allergies: I have also made this recipe with roasted macadamia nut paste in place of peanut butter. It still tasted heavenly, and the macadamias bring out a real sweetness in the dish. If you choose to use macadamias don’t use strong flavoured beans, tempeh or chick peas as the macadamia flavour will be overpowered.
Ingredients to serve four:
Sauce: One can of coconut cream, 1/2 can of water (you may need a little more), 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 heaped tablespoons peanut butter, 1 tablespoon palm sugar or equivalent sweetener, 2 tablespoons of your favourite curry powder, 2 large garlic cloves chopped finely, 1/2 inch of fresh root ginger grated (or use powdered ginger to taste), juice of half a lemon or lime, one sliced chilli or chilli powder to your taste (optional for those who prefer a milder flavour), one tablespoon of oil – coconut is great, but use whatever you have to hand.
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed saucepan, add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant. Add curry powder and stir well, then pour in coconut cream. Mix well. Add all other sauce ingredients, stirring well after each addition. Adjust seasoning if required. Then add water to thin down sauce. (Hint – this sauce is also delicious on its own, drizzled over steamed, baked or barbequed vegetables, or cooled and spooned over a crunchy salad – just don’t add the extra water, so that it stays thick and rich.)
Vegetables: Two washed potatoes – skin on, one large carrot, one onion, one cup each (or your best guess) of sweet potato and pumpkin, 2 cups of quick cooking fresh seasonal vegetables such as capsicum (peppers) corn, beans, snow peas, broccoli, cauliflower etc
Additional protein: You can add a cup of cubed tofu or tempeh to this dish if you are looking to add more protein. Chickpeas also work delightfully well.
Chop all vegetables. Add root vegetables to the pot and cook for fifteen to twenty minutes on a slow simmer. Add more water if needed. Stir pot occasionally to prevent mixture sticking on the bottom. Check that the root vegetables are almost cooked before adding remainder of vegetables and any proteins that need to heat through. Cook for another five minutes or so until everything is done to your linking. Remove from heat.
Garnish: While root vegetables are cooking dry roast a cupful of raw cashew nuts and set aside. Cut the other half of the lemon or lime into wedges. Chop some fresh coriander (cilantro) and a chilli (if you like things hot!)
Place a generous serve of rice in the bottom of a bowl, and then spoon the satay vegetables over the top. Garnish with the toasted cashews, some coriander (cilantro) and chilli slices, and a wedge of lemon or lime. Enjoy! Namaste ♥ xx
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I love that this dish is grounding, and that you often use it to ground yourself and others. About six weeks ago I started a cleanse to ground myself– to revise my life so I could revise my novel– and I have noticed all kinds of amazing benefits. Therefore, a) I hope you will be my new best friend, b) I am totally going to follow your blog AND read everything you have posted before, and c) Make this hot pot ASAP!
IF You have time . . . what it is about this dish that is grounding? is the earthiness of the root veggies, for example? The heat of the spice bringing clarity? I’m absolutely fascinated.
Seriously, I’m so excited to discover you through this potluck. ANd thank you for the kind comment on my offering as well! Much, much, MUCH love and light to you!
Jen
Root vegetables are always grounding, and the colours, herbs and spices I’ve listed all work well with your lower three chakras (I taught a whole course on this last year, and we spent a lot of time talking about ways to feed your chakras.) Coconut is also great for all forms of spiritual work. Perfect combo!
Thanks for all your kind words.
So glad to have you joining us on the journey.
🙂 xx
You had me at Satay, then the recipe made me drool! I’ve bookmarked it and can’t wait to make it. Cheers!
OH you made me laugh! 😀 xx
Yay! 🙂
Oh my gosh I need to make this immediately!
Melanie, this is super for you! Great comfort food, can be so detox-friendly, and yet at the same time ooooh so naughty nice. PS Loving your blog
I bet! I actually really love detox friendly food – it is the booze that lets me down time and time again!!! When will they invent detox friendly champagne!?!
Thank you re my blog – loving yours too 😀
x
This looks beautiful and delicious! Thank you for sharing, this is definitely being added to my “to make” list!
Thanks Barb. I hope you enjoy this yummy dish. It’s one of my favourites 😀 xx
Thanks Nic🌸
The hotpot is absolutely beautiful.. I love it.. Made it tonight for dinner🍲 It’s exactly what I need at the moment .(really settling for my anxious sore lower chakra areas) Thanks again… Been lovin your recipes.. Love to you all.. 😊xxxxxxooooo
This looks like an amazing recipe – what an awesome contribution 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you! I hope everyone goes and visits your blog for more of the yummy good stuff too! xx
I’ve been wanting to try hotpot. This looks delicious!
It’s well worth it. By the way, your blog is DELISH! 😀
Impressive! Your dish looks so soulful, my kind of food 🙂 Would love to try this.
I hope you do try it! Thanks for dropping by. 😀 We all need soul food, hey? ♥ xx
Wow! Looks so tasty! Thanks!
Thank you. Do hope you try it! 😀 xx
Nothing wrong with sloppy looks if the food tastes good, right 🙂
Nup, nothing at all wrong with sloppy! 😀 {{{HUGS}}} to you xx
What a hearty meal. I love the use of curry in the sauce, that certainly makes an impact in terms of taste. I would love to feature any of your recipe posts for VBU. Let me know if you’d like this. Thanks! Lidia
Hi Lidia! I’d be happy to share my recipes with VBU. Thanks so much for asking! 😀 xx
Yum! These are some of my favorite flavors. I love the idea of using this sauce to dress a crunchy salad, maybe one with soba noodles and tofu! Thank you for sharing this recipe. 🙂
That would be an outstanding combination of flavours and textures. Thanks for dropping by! 🙂 xx
I would love to order the sauce with the peanuts please…I’m no vegan,the sauce sounds so yummy, how tasty it will be in reality!!!Deliciousssss…….
The sauce is great with just about everything. Must admit, haven’t tried it with ice-cream though LOL
Just making my way through the virtual vegan potluck and wanted to say hello 🙂
Hello right back! 😀 Thanks for dropping by xx
Four servings? No, just gave me a spoon and I will take care of the whole thing. ;-p This looks fantastic!
LOL 😉 Seriously know what you mean…
At least it’s good for you!
Anything with mushrooms, yes, please!
Yep – I totally agree! 😀
Oh yes, that sauce would be good on all the veggies with cashews and chili on top! Thanks for sharing!
It really is. I sometimes make a double batch of sauce, and then pour half off to freeze or store in the fridge for other meals. 🙂
Very nurturing food! That sauce looks especially yummy.
Nurturing food is both a simple and profound act of self-love, don’t you think? 😀
Oh my, this look so yummy!
It is Kammie! Enjoy 😀
This looks really wonderful! What beautiful colors and flavors. It definitely looks like food for the soul.
Well, it makes my soul happy! 🙂
Very well done! I am enjoying more and more soups, stews, and now hot pots… this may be out Monday night dinner!
Thanks Jason – I hope you enjoy it!
I kept “mmmming” out loud while reading this. I love creamy curries, and I like that you pointed out that the sauce is good on it’s own. That’s generally how I prefer to eat delicious sauces like that. Right off the spoon. 😉
I must admit so do I – and there is a fair amount of ‘taste testing’ whenever I make this, just so I can get a strong preview of the delicious sauce. Such coconuty, creamy goodness. Mmmmmmm 😀
Nicole, this is wonderful! I kid you not, when I read through your recipe, I got the clear image of being wrapped in a warm sweater. So comforting and nourishing. Happy to have you along for this Potluck. Thank you!
Yay! That’s exactly how it makes you feel. Thanks so much for inviting me. It’s been the funnest day, and I have found so many new friends, and so many good new recipes to try. Mwah :* Kisses to you!
MWAHHH back at ya!
Oh my WOW, this looks amazing and I lurrrve satay! I can’t wait to try it! 🙂
I hope you find it as yummy as we do! Thanks for stopping by xoxo
This sounds absolutely superb and the colours are gorgeous! I love all the nuttiness, and the addition of the roasted cashews on top. Mmmm, one portion for me for lunch please, Nicole, I’m planning a busy afternoon.x
Always a place for you at our table, Lorna 🙂
Thank you 🙂
This looks like the ultimate “soul food” – comforting and nourishing for both body and mind! I am totally bookmarking this as we are heading into Winter, and I can just imagine tucking into a big cosy bowl on a cold night 🙂
I even eat this in the middle of Summer, but yes, it’s great cold night food too! Thanks for visiting 😀
Looks yummy!
Tis yummy! 🙂