Collard Green Wraps
Course Vegetable Dishes
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 head of cabbage finely shredded
- 1 large mango julienned
- 1 red pepper thinly sliced
- 0.25 cup raw tahini
- 0.25 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup for added sweetness; optional
- 0.25 cup lime juice
- 2 tablespoons tamari
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 1 Serrano chili minced
- 1 tablespoon sesame or olive oil
- 6 organic collard green leaves blanched
- 2 cups watercress
- 0.5 cup hemp seeds
- 1 fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Combine the mango, red pepper and cabbage in a large bowl and set aside. Blend tahini, orange juice, maple syrup, lime juice, tamari, ginger, chili and oil. Pour blended mixture on mango, pepper and cabbage. Mix well.Cut center rib out of each blanched collard green leaf. Set ½ of leaf on a flat surface, underside facing up, cut side towards you. Spoon a few tablespoons of the fruit and vegetable mixture onto the leaf, filling all but the bottom 1½". Top the fruit and vegetables with a small amount of watercress and sprinkle with hemp seeds. Fold the bottom of the leaf up, keep it tight and continue folding it up to make a nice wrap. Set wrap seam-side down on a platter and garnish with chopped cilantro. Follow the same directions for the remaining leaves, and serve immediately or chill before serving. (Recipe♦311)