Description
Juicy baked tomatoes filled with a warmly spiced vegetable and breadcrumb stuffing, served with fragrant cinnamon-allspice basmati rice—an easy and satisfying vegan dinner.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced (for rice)
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 120 g basmati rice
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- 300 ml vegetable stock
- 4 large ripe tomatoes
- 1 small onion, finely chopped (for stuffing)
- 1 medium courgette, finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon harissa paste or tomato purée
- 40 g fresh breadcrumbs
- 30 g raisins
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
- ½ lemon, zest and juice
- Salt, to taste
- 2–4 tablespoons water, if needed
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add sliced onion and black pepper; cook for 10 minutes until golden.
- Add rice, cinnamon, and allspice. Stir for 1 minute, then add vegetable stock. Simmer covered for 20 minutes until tender. Remove from heat and let sit covered for 5 minutes.
- Cut tops off tomatoes and scoop out insides. Drain pulp in sieve and finely chop it. Set tomato shells and tops aside.
- Heat remaining olive oil in a pan. Add chopped onion; cook 3–4 minutes. Add courgette and chopped pulp; cook 5–7 minutes until soft.
- Stir in harissa or tomato purée and garlic. Cook 1 minute more. Transfer mixture to a bowl.
- Add breadcrumbs, raisins, parsley, lemon zest and juice. Season with salt. Add water if mixture is too dry.
- Preheat oven to 190°C. Stuff tomatoes evenly and place tops back on. Bake for 18–20 minutes until tender but still holding shape.
- Serve warm with the spiced rice.
Notes
- Use gluten-free breadcrumbs to make this dish gluten-free.
- Trim the tomato base slightly so they sit flat while baking.
- For extra texture, add chopped mushrooms or peppers to the stuffing.
- Make stuffing and rice ahead for quick assembly at dinner time.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 420mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 63g
- Fiber: 7g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
