Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie

Submitted by HELEN PEAGRAM

• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 4 ounces adzuki beans, soaked
• 2 ounces brown rice, soaked
• to taste water, for boiling
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 8 ounces carrots, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon marjoram
• 275 ml bean stock
• salt & pepper
• 1 lb potato, Mashed

directions

1. Wash the beans and rice in plenty of cold water. Combine about 4 cups of water with beans and rice and cook for 5o minutes or until the beans are soft. Drain, reserving the stock for later.
2. Heat oil in a skillet. Fry the onions for 3 minutes.
3. Add the carrots and cook covered for 5 minutes.
4. Add the cooked beans and rice. Stir well and let saute for a few minutes, ensuring that the mixture does not burn.
5. Combine the soy sauce, tomato paste, herbs and stock.
6. Mix well and pour into the skillet. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to very low, partially cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent it burning. Add more stock if necessary.
7. Transfer into a casserole. Top the cooked vegetables with mashed potatoes.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 350F for 40 minutes, or until the potatoes are browned.
9. Serve with vegetables or a green salad.

Reviews

[JustLookintodosomeC]

recipe is hard to read. Odd flavor. Not appealing to look at.

 

[beacelotti]

Delicious!!Very filling and not too complicated to make!

 

[Ollin]

I've just made it for dinner tonight, and was really nice...this recipe made me get the aduki beans that i've never heard of before. I reall enjoyed it and was quite fullfilling and well, i add a few vegetables more: zucchini, mushrooms & celery, to be fried with the other ingredients and when it was in the skillet, i put a layer of corn out of a can and then the mashed potatoes. Thanks a lot for this recipe is already in my favorites :)

 

[honeydue]

when i was in the hospital the only meal i would eat was the veggie shepperds pie... i made this in hopes that it would be the same, or at least close,a nd it wasnt, so i wa dissappointed. i made it EXACTLY to the recipe and i found it to be bland, and texturally not right. maybe my expectations were just too high?

 

[littlelinn_1948]

I soaked the beans for approx 12 hours changing water occasionally (means less gas!)I omitted the rice but added a tin of chunky chopped tomatoes, didn't have any tomato paste so used tomato sauce to personal taste and two tablespoons of balsamic red wine vinigar. Wow, my husband who is a trad' chips/bacon/sausage man who rarely tries and likes anything new liked it better than ordinary sheperd's pie. Also brilliant with rice instead of potatoes. Great recipe, Thanks