Mango Basil Wraps

December 28, 2013

I know that non everyone is comfortable amongst fruit inward salads. It's 1 affair to sideslip unopen to dried fruit into the rice or couscous together with possibly non equally good far a stretch to pair a fig or quince amongst unopen to fancy cheese, but these practices tin progress to introducing apples, citrus fruits, grapes, strawberries together with fifty-fifty watermelon to the dinner table. Salad-wise, the syrupy sweetness mango is sure enough the in conclusion frontier. 

I convey crossed that frontier. I convey mixed mango amongst avocado, cucumber, herbs, sprouts together with kokosnoot inward a sub-tropical wind published inward Vegan Sandwiches Save The Day. And I'll do it in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than together with again, for equally long equally I tin access mangos together with creamed coconut.

I picked upward this piddling box of creamed kokosnoot in conclusion twelvemonth for a duo of dollars at an Indian grocery, amongst piddling sentiment of what to do amongst it. It's a thick, obese glue that I assemble is mostly used to brand curries, soups together with South-east Asian desserts creamier; Steen together with Noyes repurpose it for condiments together with vegan cheese inward their sandwich book. In this wind they laid the savoury musical note yesteryear adding onion, garlic, chilli together with ginger to their creamy kokosnoot spread.

There's lot of the spread left afterwards all the wrapping's done. It sets to a firm, crumbly consistency inward the refrigerator but softens downwardly to something spreadable when it makes contact amongst a warm tortilla or spell of toast. I'll hold upward taking unopen to other tip from the already-evidently-brilliant Steen together with Noyes, together with endeavour melting unopen to to a greater extent than of it over steamed rice.

Mango basil wraps
(very slightly adapted from Celine Steen & Tamasin Noyes'
Vegan Sandwiches Save The Day)

coconut spread
200g creamed coconut
1 loving cup warm water
juice of 1 lemon
two teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes
1 teaspoon soil ginger
1/2 teaspoon dark pepper

wraps
half dozen flour tortillas
1 cucumber, sliced into sparse circles
1 large mango, sliced into cubes
two avocados, sliced into cubes
24 fresh basil leaves
four tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves
60g sprouts of your pick

To brand the spread, blend all the ingredients together inward a blender or nutrient processor until smooth. Refrigerate the spread for at to the lowest degree two hours, until firm.

Heat upward the tortillas inward a frypan until they're warm together with pliable. Spread two tablespoons of the kokosnoot spread over the centre of each tortilla, together with thence stack upward the cucumber, mango, avocado, basil, coriander together with sprouts. Wrap upward the tortillas tightly together with swallow them immediately.