Discover how to make quick and easy trending Turkish pasta that’s both gluten-free and vegan. A delicious dish for everyone!
Deliciously Simple Recipe for a Healthy Meal in Minutes!
Turkish Pasta, commonly referred to as “Cheat Manti,” has gained immense popularity on platforms like TikTok, and now it can be enjoyed in a completely vegan and gluten-free version. This delicious recipe takes a beloved traditional dish and transforms it into a plant-based delight that is also allergy-friendly. The dish features tender gluten-free pasta paired with a creamy vegan yogurt sauce and a drizzle of spiced oil, making it a flavorful option for any occasion.
This recipe not only retains the authentic flavors of traditional Turkish cuisine but also provides easy tips for recreating those rich taste profiles in a modern, health-conscious way. With a step-by-step guide, anyone can learn to prepare this trendy dish quickly and efficiently, making it an excellent choice for food enthusiasts and those eager to try new recipes.
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I know a lot of people have mixed feelings about the fake meats and I promise this is a cooking video and not a lecture about fake Meats I’ll explain in a minute today I’m making Turkish pasta this recipe is currently trending on Tik Tok it’s a uh version of what’s called Monty and it’s often referred to as.
Cheat Monty Monty is a Turkish recipe that is uh a type of dump involving a meat filling and apparently it’s extremely labor intensive and this recipe U basically uses those flavors of Monte and just makes it um into a pasta version which is much easier to prepare I’ve been following the Tik Tock Trend called uh Turkish pasta it’s a.
It’s It looks interesting it uh looks like a delicious pasta made with a uh well has a a yogurt sauce with garlic and it has a buttery paprika sauce and then um typically it has lamb gr it’s ground meat like ground lamb or ground beef um I haven’t seen many vegan uh bloggers or uh YouTubers who have made a vegan version I did see I watched one of.
My favorite creators her name is Lauren toy Toyota she runs the hot for Food Channel and I did see that she did make this but she used uh an artificial uh or the one of the fake ground meats and so I know a lot of people have mixed feelings about the fake Meats I personally I the ground Meats for some strange reason I have an aversion to.
Them um the texture just bothers me and I I don’t know I just I don’t feel well after eating them so um I don’t want to hate on anybody who likes them but anyway I thought of trying to make a version without the fake meat I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to use in its place um one meat I do like it’s called abbots so I think that’s what.
Lauren Toyota used is abbots which I’ve tried in the past and I do use it occasionally so maybe I’ll try that but anyway I’m going to the store so uh on the way I’m going to think about some options and maybe as I’m in the store I’ll come with up I’ll come up with some ideas it snowed here yesterday in the DC area.
So this will be a fun adventure to drive in the snow well the streets are cleared but in the DC area if it snows one8 of an inch people panic here but um as I said the roads are are cleared so we should be good to go I think I figured out what I’m going to do I think I’m going to mix uh mushrooms.
And walnuts together I think this will create a texture that I I will enjoy it’s not quite meat like but it’ll create a nice texture and I certainly love walnuts and mushrooms I have most of what I need so uh I know I need some parsley so I’ll grab some of that and then like I said.
I’m going to grab some mushrooms I have the walnuts but let me check out the parsley and mushrooms okay I’ll go with that the Italian parsley also need to get uh some cherry tomatoes so I’ll see what they have here by way of.
Tomatoes oh here they are over here I like to buy organic so unfortunately they they’re out of the organic cherry tomatoes so I think I’m going to go with these uh they’re slightly larger compari tomatoes and I can just cut them up so the recipes I’ve been looking at.
Um call for using about a pound of ground meat and um so I want to make an equivalent amount so um I I think first of all I’m going to use these portabello mushrooms cuz they’re they’re meaty and uh okay I want to highlight the fact that portabello mushrooms have very dark gills and many chefs recommend that you scrape away the gills because it can.
Darken your food or um another option is to use another uh type of mushroom I don’t mind that that it darkened the food a bit uh I like the nutritional value of the mushrooms but it’s up to you if you don’t want your to turn out a darkish color and you’d rather have that bright paprika red Hue then use a lighter mushroom like perhaps button.
Mushrooms or if you really like the uh the the the meat substitutes then just use a meat substitute and Skip using the walnuts and the mushrooms and uh I think I’ll get two packs of these These are pre- sliced that’s nice I’m going to slice them further but then uh I think I’ll add.
About one cup of walnuts to these I was just looking at my shopping list and I realized I need a red onion so uh I’m going to go find that okay now I’m on to find the pasta and I think I need some tomato paste I think I’m going to go with uh this pasta I do like this brand it’s.
Rumo it doesn’t have uh you know high protein content but okay it’s all right it has brown rice and corn go with that for tonight okay I’m looking for we need to get some type of vegan Greek yogurt the store is actually um kind of empty on supplies or low on supplies because of.
The storm so I hope I find what I’m looking for yeah I think this will do uh kulina it’s a Greek style okay I think I’m ready to check out okay I got everything I need let’s go home and make this pasta a that puppy loves the snow.
to make the Turkish pasta recipe you’re going to need one cup of walnuts and about 12 oz of uh mushrooms as I said you can replace these with one pound of a ground meat alternative um you’ll need the gluten-free pasta uh 1/ half of a red onion some parsley you’ll need uh 2 teaspoons.
Of paprika 1 teaspoon of cumin 1 teaspoon of onion powder 1 tbspoon of tomato paste you’ll need a lemon for about 1 teaspoon of uh lemon juice you’ll also need some Tomatoes either the cherry tomatoes or if a larger tomato just cut them into smaller slices um you need about two cloves of garlic and you need uh vegan butter I think you.
Need about 4 tablespoons and then about one cup or one container of uh vegan yogurt that is Greek style dice two cloves of garlic add the garlic to the container of uh vegan Greek yogurt squeeze in about 1 teaspoon of lemon juice add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and then give everything a good.
Stir cover and place in the fridge for about an hour wash your mushrooms you can scrape out the black gills if you’d like or if you don’t care just leave them on and use them as as they are using a food processor pulse the mushrooms until they’re finally ground you don’t want it to become too mushy um I think I.
Actually over pulsed mine but um you you really like a fine ground texture place the mushrooms in a large bowl and then you’re going to want to pulse the uh walnuts into a fine ground texture as well mix the walnuts into the mushroom mixture as you can see here this uh mixture is quite dark and that’s due to the black gills of the Portell mushrooms.
Again if you use a lighter mushroom you’ll have a lighter looking mix chop up a handful of parsley and set aside slice the tomatoes into smaller pieces and set aside clean and slice one half of the Red Onion measure 2 teaspoons of sweet paprika 1 teaspoon of cumin 1 teaspoon of onion powder 1/2 teaspoon of kosher.
Salt and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper to heated skillet add 2 tbspoon of olive oil if you don’t want to use olive oil just use about 1 half2 cup of water add the onions and sauté them for about 2 minutes to allow them to slightly soften in the meantime get your pasta water started and start boiling your pasta add 1 tblspoon of tomato paste to.
The onions and then also add all of your spices to that mixture and give it a good stir to incorporate everything together then add your Walnut and mushroom mixture or if you’re using the alternative meat add that and stir everything to combine and cook for about 5 minutes to allow all the flavors to blend add 4 tablespoons of vegan butter.
To a separate pan and start melting that on the stove once that is melted add one teaspoon of the uh sweet paprika stir the butter and paprika together and allow it to warm and slightly Brown Okay so so look at this I think it looks beautiful first you have the uh.
Pasta on the bottom and then uh you top it with the the Walnut and mushroom meat mixture and then uh layer over some of that delicious uh paprika butter and then top it with um some of the garlic yogurt uh and lemon topping and then uh put some more of that delicious paprika butter on it and then top with some parsley and.
Tomatoes uh this is for uh presentation purposes but I understand you’re supposed to mix it all together to enjoy so that’s exactly what I’m going to do and we’ll see how it tastes give that a good mix mix it all together does look like ground meat almost looks like.
A type of bolog but um we’ll see how it tastes okay you get to hear me chewing on the camera I’m not going to turn the camera around though but this is quite good yeah you can taste the butter you can.
Taste the um the garlic and coconut it’s really good it’s it’s really delicious um it’s not spicy at all you could add more red pepper than than what I added and uh I don’t know I thought about adding cinnamon but then that’s taking in the direction of the bologan and um this is this is its own flavor it’s really good it’s it’s super.
Easy to make um and again like I said you can you can use the uh the meat Alternatives like abid’s meat or um Beyond or impossible Burger um I like this I like the mushroom and the uh the walnuts that simulates a meatiness for me that satisfies me but you know everyone has different preferences I also like this.
Because it’s just simple easy uh ingredients um I mean it’s just mushrooms and and walnuts no additional additives or preservatives um anyway I hope you enjoy this recipe let me know if you try it and as I always say in every uh video please let me know if there’s something you’d like me to recreate something that you’re craving.
But you don’t know how to make because you want to eat gluten-free and vegan and I’d be happy to recreate that for you oh and by the way check out these next videos for some more gluten-free and vegan takes
