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🍽️ Vegan Zucchini Gyros with Tomato Rice and Tzatziki

495 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Zucchini 2 pc
• Salt pinch
• Garlic cloves 1 pc
• Onions, red 1 pc
• Vine tomatoes 4 pc
• Basil, fresh 40 g
• Thyme, fresh 5 g
• Oil 2 tbsp
• Tomato paste 1 tbsp
• Long grain rice 300 g
• Soy yogurt 150 g
• Pepper, black ground pinch
• Vemondo vegan Gyros with onions 400 g

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the zucchini thoroughly under running water.
2. 2. Cut off the hard ends of the zucchini.
3. 3. Grate half of the zucchini coarsely into a bowl.
4. 4. Salt the grated zucchini and set it aside for a moment.
5. 5. Cut the remaining zucchini into pieces about 1 cm in size.
6. 6. Peel the garlic and dice it finely.
7. 7. Halve the onion, peel it, and dice it as well.
8. 8. Wash the tomatoes and chop them finely.
9. 9. Wash the basil and dry the leaves.
10. 10. Pluck the basil leaves from the stems and chop them coarsely.
11. 11. Wash the thyme and dry it.
12. 12. Heat the oil in a pot over high heat.
13. 13. Fry half of the garlic together with the tomatoes for about 2 minutes.
14. 14. Stir in the tomato paste and roast it for approx. 1 minute.
15. 15. Stir the rice into the pan.
16. 16. Deglaze everything with around 700 ml of salted water.
17. 17. Cook the rice covered for about 10 minutes.
18. 18. Stir the rice occasionally during the cooking time.
19. 19. Squeeze the grated zucchini well.
20. 20. Pour off the pressed-out water.
21. 21. Mix the zucchini with the remaining garlic and the soy yogurt.
22. 22. Season the tzatziki with salt and pepper.
23. 23. Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium to high heat.
24. 24. Fry the onions, zucchini, soy gyros, and thyme in it for approx. 5-6 minutes.
25. 25. Remove the thyme from the pan.
26. 26. Mix the zucchini gyros with the basil.
27. 27. Plate the zucchini gyros together with the tomato rice and tzatziki.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 495
• Protein: 18 g · Fett/Fat: 18 g · Carbs: 65 g