In celebration of the #NationalVegetarianWeek, the lovely team at Bio D challenged me to create recipes inspired by the ingredients in Bio-D products. Sandhya’s Kitchen being a Vegetarian blog, it was a pleasure to be a part of the challenge and create this { Halloumi Asparagus Puff Pastry } wonderful seasonal recipe inspired by Rosemary & Lime. This year National Vegetarian Week runs between 14th- 20th May and Its all about creating and indulging in delicious veggie food. If you fancy going veggie this week, you really don’t have to look away for vegetarian/vegan recipes. We have a whole load of them right here.. If you feel Vegetarian recipes are intimidating as there are too many ingredients needed than your usual ones, Not to worry! There are so many easy peasy flat bread recipes. The base recipe only requires 4 ingredients - whole flour, water, salt and oil.Do you fancy making Yeast Free Instant Garlic Nan with Paneer Butter Masala? How about some Vegetable Biryani ? How about some Appetizer -Vegetables like Feta Stuffed mini peppers? British Asparagus is in season currently and I was pretty certain on using them while recipe testing. The other ingredient that I wanted to use was Halloumi Cheese! This Cyprus origin salty cheese was recently introduced to me at a food photography shoot. I actually loved it ! Have you tried Halloumi cheese before? How do you like to pair them? Well, when I tried it for the first time, Halloumi Cheese was grilled on the pan and we enjoyed it with Spicy Tomato Chutney. Keeping the flavors in mind, I decided to put together a no fail Puff Pastry recipe that can be enjoyed as an appetiser or even for supper. After trimming the woody edges of Asparagus, I roasted them in the pan with rosemary and garlic for briefly 2-3 minutes and set them aside. Heyy, don’t discard the rosemary! You are going to use them while cooking the puff pastry. Yes, Add them to the same baking tray as the Asparagus Puff Pastry and you actually notice how much they infuse the flavors:) When the gorgeous Asparagus Puff Pastry was baking, I quickly whipped a Vegetarian Rosemary Aioli. We are quite lucky off-late to have ready made Vegan Mayonnaise, available in stores. With this as the base for the recipe, I have added some finely chopped rosemary, lime juice, garlic powder and salt/pepper to taste. Add a few drops of water to thin the Aioli down, if needed.Refrigerate until use! How simple can it get 🙂 Disclosure: This post is sponsored by bioD.
