I present to you: vegetable boat full of vegetables

Smoked oat battered fried zucchini; lotus chips; bbq zucchini; steamed carrots; smoked roasted cauliflower mousse; spicy tomato sauce

what's inside

Smoked oat battered fried zucchini; lotus chips; bbq zucchini; steamed carrots; smoked roasted cauliflower mousse; spicy tomato sauce; Spring onion

Smoked oat battered fried zucchini:

I am a big fan of smoking stuff, I believe it enhances the savoury element of a element. As we all who, many people don't eat as much vege as they eat meat mostly because it lacks of the meaty flavour. Knowing that smoking ingredient can boost the meaty flavour, so why not just smoke the vege. In this case I smoked the long slice of zucchini before battering it with oat and frying it. I love using oat as a batter mostly because of its nutty flavour which in my opinion compliment a smoky flavour well.

lotus chips:

my mom would usually cook her Chinese soup every weekend with lotus roots, red dates, lotus seeds, barley, and mushrooms. She claims it's the world healthiest soup. No doubt I agree it's healthy, but at the end of the meal there is whole lot of the vegetable used to cook the soup left in the pot ready to be discarded. It's rather tasteless as the vegetable have give all its flavour and nutrition to the liquid part of the soup. However, I believe that there is still used for it, thus I have collected them and used it as a texture element... A crispy element. I simply baked it in a oven with convection until it's crispy and dried. It works well as a snack by its own too.

bbq zucchini:

instead of using it only for the bread part, I decided the grilled some up to make it as a filling as well. I grilled it with some olive oil and salt until charred on one side.

steamed carrots:

when carrot are well cook it sweet , flavourful, and gives out a cheerful colour. I simply steam it until soft but still holds its shape and then sautéed in a pan.

smoked cauliflower mouse:

Like I said I love smoking stuff. I first baked the cauliflower to intensify its flavour only then I smoked it. When there is a good punch of hickory flavour, I then purée it and mix with whipped soy cream.

spicy tomato sauce:

This sauce covers all the important taste, sweet, sour, salty, and spicy. The saltiness come from the preserved chille I used, sweetness comes from honey, sourness comes from the tomato. This sauce is made by puréeing all the ingredients, then extracting it's juice by squeezing the purée though a muslin cloth. Lastly it's thicken with corn starch.

Spring onion:

Mainly for colour !

how did it come together

1. Start with the smoked oat battered zucchini

2. Pipe smoked cauliflower mousse

3. Add carrots and bbq zucchini

4. Add lotus chips and spicy tomato sauce

and lastly garnish with spring onions, WALLA

That's all I have for now, hope all of you enjoyed it.
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