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Borek Recipe (Vegan Borek)

Vegan soya borek is a delicious, crispy savoury pastry made with phyllo sheets, olive oil and soya filling. The soya is cooked with spices like onion, garlic, spice powders to create a comforting and delicious flavor. When baked with phyllo pastry sheets, it turns super crunchy.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
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Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Turkish
Servings 8 servings
Calories 392 kcal

Equipment

  • Baking tray or pan
  • Cooking Skillet

Ingredients
  

For filling

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 large onions peeled and sliced thinly
  • 4 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
  • 4 cups soya chunks granules cooked (check notes)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 2 teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
  • 2 teaspoon coriander powder
  • salt to taste
  • ¼ cup tomato sauce or ketchup
  • ½ cup water
  • 4 tablespoon cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a skillet. Add in onions and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes. Add in garlic and mix well. Cook until fragrant. Now add in cooked soya granules and toss that through. Cook for 2 more mins.
  • Now add in all spice powders, salt, pepper, tomato sauce and water. Mix well. Cook for 2 more mins. Now add in cilantro and mix well. Soya filling is ready. Set aside to cool.
  • Now let’s assemble borek. Preheat oven to. 180 degree c. Take a large plate or pan and grease generously with oil. Set this aside.
  • Take 2 sheets of phyllo and brush it with oil generously. Now spread the filling on it evenly. Start rolling from one side tightly like a log. Now place this over the greased pan and Coil into a spiral. Prepare second log exactly like the first one. Join a second log to the first by stuffing the ends inside each other. Continue forming the spiral. Log sides should be in contact but not tightly squished.
  • Once it is all rolled. Brush top with oil or melted butter generously. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Place this into the oven and bake for 40 minutes until golden brown.
  • Remove from oven, let it cool slightly. Slice and serve.

Notes

How to cook soya granules

For 4 cups of cooked soya kheema. Take 200 grams of soya granules in a bowl. Pour over hot water over it and give a quick mix. Let it sit for 4 minutes. Strain this through a fine sieve. Rinse under cold water. Squeeze and extract as much liquid as possible. Use as required

Notes

  • Instead of soya granules you can use any crumbled vegan meat substitute. You can use any ground meat like chicken, turkey, lamb also.
  • You can use any filling of your choice in this. Cheese would be perfect too.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 392kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 25gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gSodium: 108mgPotassium: 114mgFiber: 9gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 158IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 196mgIron: 7mg
Keyword borek, turkish recipe
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