Cabbage Casserole

Intro

I have always loved cabbage. No matter if its raw, cooked or on what ever flavour it comes :) Some years a go I had to find a way to make dish that I love as vegetarian. It was an challenge, but I believe that this recipe did the job. Its not copy of taste of the original meat version, but its tasty and I believe its also nutritious.  Also please note that I'm new on wrinting recipies. So please fix my mistakes while you are cooking.

Pre requirements:

• Some oil

• 1,2 kg white cabbage chopped (also any cabage works and they can be mixed if wanted)

• 1 vegetable broth cube

• 1-1,5 l water

• 2 dl Textured vegetable protein (TVP)

• 1 dl red lentils

• 2 dl short-grain rice

• 0,5 dl syrup

• 1-2 cm ginger chopped

• 1 chili (e.g. Bird's eye, Prairie fire, Lemon drop... depending on wanted heat level. Also its posible to replace fresh chilli by using powder. About 1/3 tsp of medium strong chilli powder should be enough.)

• 1 onion chopped

• 3 garlic cloves chopped

• salt to taste (1 tsp or more)

• pepper to taste (0,5 tsp or more)

• 1 tbsp ground coriander 

• 1 tsp paprika powder

Build:

• Place chopped cabbage to saucepan with bit of oil. Fry about 5-10 minutes.

• Boil water on separate saucepan. Add TVP, vegetable broth cube, syrup, ginger, chili, onion, garlic and spices. Let it boil for ~5 minutes for everything mix up and so that TVP soaks up the taste.

• Add TVP broth to cabbage saucepan and mix. 

• Rinse rise and add it saucepan. Mix and boil until rice is close to ready.

• Rinse red lentils and add them to the mix.

• Heat oven to 175-200 celsius.

• Place cabbage/rise/TVP/lentil/spice mix in baking dish and bake in oven about an hour.