Discover vegan dishes in Spanish cuisine that are sure to amaze

Southern Spain is the place of origin of many recipes for cold soups to combat the intense heat of this region. Most of them are light and very nutritious, made mostly from vegetables! When summer arrives, Spanish bars serve ajoblanco (cold cream of garlic, almonds and bread), gazpacho andaluz or salmorejo cordobés. Gazpacho is very easy to make and with basic ingredients in every fridge, such as tomato, cucumber, pepper, garlic and onion. Eggs and ham are usually added as garnish to salmorejo, although you can always warn the waiter not to add any accompaniment to the soup!

But what if you want to enjoy a good Spanish omelette? Don't worry, because an omelette can taste just as good without eggs! Chickpea flour can be used instead. The taste of this legume will hardly be noticeable in the omelette, but as it is a rather dense ingredient, you can compensate by adding cassava starch and water. And you can always add onion to make your omelette tastier!If you want to cook a traditional Spanish dish, you can make homemade meatballs and replace the animal ingredients. There are many recipes for vegan meatballs, for example, based on textured soya (in tomato sauces, or with wine, etc.).