Goulash is a specialty from Hungary. Gulyás literally means meat. But this is a Segedínsky Gulyás without meat, because this is a vegan food blog.
By the way: Segedínsky Gulyás does not come from Szeged. The rumour has it, a writer named József Székely had the idea to add some sauerkraut to his goulash. My substitute for the meat are mushrooms. It turned out so well...
Mush(room Goulash) it up!
My inspiration for this dish comes from a Hungarian restaurant in Düsseldorf, The Csikos, which had offerd a vegetarian version of their famous original Hungarian goulash and their hot goulash soup: A mushroom goulash, which was very good.
I was curious to try the Szeged version of it, because I had some sauerkraut left in my fridge as well as half a sweet potato, that went into my goulash, too. Normally, you take one regular potato for it.
I like my goulash with rice, so I prepared some organic, whole grain basmati rice first, because it needs the longest time to cook.
This recipe serves two persons well.
I heated up 1 cup of water for half a cup of rice to cook 40 minutes on low heat.
When the rice is being cooked, continue preparing your veggies. Wash then and peel the potato. I took one Hungarian red pepper and 12 brown organic mushrooms. Basically, you may take one small to medium potato, but I went for half a sweet potato, because it was left in my fridge waiting to be consumed. Add one onion and one or two cloves of garlic.
Cut all your veggies into small pieces aka dice them. Get rid of the inner stuff in the peppers.
Heat 50 g of butter in a pan. The best pans you can get your hands on are ceramic coated or even cookware made from solid ceramics.
Start frying your veggies on medium heat. Add salt to taste.
Now quarter your mushrooms and add them to your veggies in the pan. Now It's also time for seasoning: Add some pepper to taste, some special goulash seasoning mixture or just some Hungarian pepper seasoning.
If you use some ready-to-use seasoning mixed spices, please take a closer look on the ingredients list. There might be some unwanted, artificial stuff in it, no-one wants to have in their food!
After a few minutes lower the heat.
Add 350 g of tomato sauce. You can make your own tomato sauce or you may take some high quality convenience like I did. Mix it well and let it stew.
About 5 minutes before the rice is ready, add 3 table spoons of sauerkraut to your dish and mix it well, too.
When your rice is ready to serve, put it on a deep plate first. Then add your mushroom goulash. If you like, add one spoon of sour cream on top of your goulash. Bon appétit - Jó étvágyat!
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