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Vegetarian Eggplant Sushi
Total time70 min
Prep25 min
Cook45 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Vegetarian mains

ChefNicole Maawad

Vegetarian Eggplant Sushi

For sushi lovers, you won't need to include any animal ingredients or seafood in sushi anymore! Here's a strictly vegetarian recipe to make eggplant sushi with boiled pieces... an innovative and wonderful dish.

Ingredients

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  • Eggplant
  • Beetroot
  • Fresh mushrooms
  • Small can of whole canned corn
  • Boiled carrots
  • Boiled potatoes
  • To make crab or imitation crab sushi, here is the following link: Sushi

Method

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  1. Cut the eggplant lengthwise with its skin on and leave a little of the flesh inside to help the eggplant hold together.
  2. Boil the eggplant slices for about 10 minutes in water with salt. Remove them from the water and set them aside until they cool and dry well.
    Timers: 10 min
  3. Prepare the beetroot and boil it, then set aside. Also boil the carrots and potatoes and cut the vegetables into slices. You can add any other vegetables available as desired.
  4. Lay out the eggplant slices and place inside them the vegetables: boiled beetroot cut lengthwise, fresh mushrooms, corn, and the boiled carrots and potatoes cut into slices...
  5. Roll the eggplant around the various vegetables. Arrange the eggplant sushi on a serving plate and serve with lemon-garlic sauce and olive oil.
  6. To make crab sushi, here is the following link: Sushi

Recipe tags

Vegetarian mainsInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeMediumLong cook

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