Sultan's Delight

You’ll never be insultin’ the Sultan when you feed him this classic Turkish dish, adapted for vegetarian cuisine, and enhanced with ramp wine.

The texturized vegetable protein gets its meat flavor through a combination of chopped fresh ginger, garlic, and chili paste -- the very same combination I used on lamb chops before I became a vegetarian -- plus Bragg’s liquid aminos, which supplies necessary salt with some additional meat flavor.

3 cups texturized vegetable protein chunks
3 cups boiling vegetable stock or water
2 tbs. olive oil
8 shallots, sliced
2 tbs. fresh ginger, finely chopped
7 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 tbs. chili paste
2 tsp. rosemary, ground
1 tsp. black pepper, ground
2 tbs. Bragg’s liquid aminos
3 small tomatoes, diced
2 tbs. ramp wine or white wine
1/4 cup fresh parsley for garnish
5 cups eggplant purée

1. Pour the stock over the texturized vegetable protein and let it sit, away from the heat, 30 minutes, to reconstitute. Drain the stock and reserve it for other recipes.

2. Sauté the drained TVP with the shallots, ginger, garlic, chili paste, rosemary, black pepper, and Bragg’s liquid aminos in the olive oil 10 minutes.

3. Add the tomatoes and wine and sauté another 10 minutes.

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		Sultan's Delight photo by "Wildman"

You’ll never be insultin’ the Sultan when you feed him this classic Turkish dish, adapted for vegetarian cuisine, and enhanced with ramp wine. The texturized vegetable protein gets its meat flavor through a combination of chopped fresh ginger, garlic, and chili paste -- the very same combination I used on lamb chops before I became a vegetarian -- plus Bragg’s liquid aminos, which supplies necessary salt with some additional meat flavor. 3 cups texturized vegetable protein chunks 3 cups boiling vegetable stock or water 2 tbs. olive oil 8 shallots, sliced 2 tbs. fresh ginger, finely chopped 7 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 1 tbs. chili paste 2 tsp. rosemary, ground 1 tsp. black pepper, ground 2 tbs. Bragg’s liquid aminos 3 small tomatoes, diced 2 tbs. ramp wine or white wine 1/4 cup fresh parsley for garnish 5 cups eggplant purée 1. Pour the stock over the texturized vegetable protein and let it sit, away from the heat, 30 minutes, to reconstitute. Drain the stock and reserve it for other recipes. 2. Sauté the drained TVP with the shallots, ginger, garlic, chili paste, rosemary, black pepper, and Bragg’s liquid aminos in the olive oil 10 minutes. 3. Add the tomatoes and wine and sauté another 10 minutes.

	Sultan's Delight -- Sautéeing the Ingredients photo by "Wildman"

4. Arrange on a platter surrounded by the eggplant purée and garnished with the parsley. Serves 6-8 Preparation Time: 30 minutes More Recipes, Home, Back to the Top