Vegan Egyptian Hawawshi
A plant-based Egyptian style Hawawshi of soft pita stuffed with tomato and peppers infused spiced vegan meat.
Ingredients
Hawawshi Seasoning
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp all spice
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp cardamon
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Hawawshi
- 1 package vegan ground meat or canned black beans
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 green bell pepper chopped into large chunks
- 1 small jalapeno halved and seeded (omit seeds if preferred less spicy)
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley
- 3 Tbsp tomato paste or strained tomatoes
- salt to taste
- 3 loaves pita bread each loaf cut in 2
- olive oil for frying
- vegan cheese optional
Instructions
Hawawshi
- In a small bowl, add the spices and mix to combine.
- Place the onion, garlic, bell pepper, jalapeno, and parsley in a bowl and pulse a few times with a hand blender until finely chopped. (Or place in food processor only until finely chopped, or use pestle and mortar).
- Transfer the onion mixture to a large mixing bowl. Add the vegan beef (or black beans). the spice mixture and a dash of salt. Mix until well combined and spices are evenly distributed within the vegan meat mixture.
- Heat a large pan and cook the vegan beef (or black bean) mixture until golden brown ( 5-7 minutes), adding the tomato paste half way through.
- Cut the pita loafs into halves to create 6 pita pockets.
- Heat another large pan on the stove top with a generous drizzle of olive oil.
- Stuff each pita pocket with the vegan meat mixture. Using the back of a spoon, spread the meat mixture inside the pita pockets.
- Arrange the pitas in the prepared frying pan and cook each side on medium low for 6 minutes each until golden brown.