Savoury Meat-Free Mince

Ingredients

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1 tbspn oil	1 tspn dried fenugreek leaves (methi) (optional)
50 gm meat free mince
60 gm celery (prepared weight)	1 stock cube
60 gm onions (prepared weight)	100 ml water
1 clove garlic	1 tspn mixed herbs
1 tbspn tomato puree	100 gm peas
3 tbspn chopped tomatoes
4 button mushrooms

Preparation

Thinly slice the onions.
Finely chop the celery.
Finely chop the garlic.
Chop the mushrooms.

Cooking

Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion over a low heat until dark golden colour.
Add the celery and fry over a low to medium heat for 10 min.
Add the garlic and tomato purée and stir fry for 2 min.
Add the chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, methi (if using), mixed herbs and mince and stir well, cooking for 2 min.
Add the stock cube, 100ml of water and simmer for 10 min.
Stir in the peas and continue to simmer for 5 min, adding water if the mixture becomes too dry.

Serving

Serve with rice.

Notes

The savoury flavour is enhanced by the caramalised onions and this can take up to 1 hour if the heat is very low. Methi is dried fenugreek leaves and can be purchased from Indian supermarkets.