Ready in 15 minutes, these veggie ceviche tostadas with heart of palm and avocado are light, fresh and tangy. Perfect in the summer when you don't want to cook, tostadas with plant-based ceviche are seafood-free, fish-free and 100 percent tasty.
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You're gonna love these heart of palm avocado ceviche tostadas!
🧄 Very useful ingredient notes
- Tostada shells - store-bought, look for oil-free baked ones or make your own tostada shells at home in the oven or air fryer)
- Heart of palm - look for it in a jar or can. Heart of palm texture and color serves as an excellent vegan alternative to seafood, such as scallops or white fish in this ceviche dish. Heart of palm has a very mild flavor and is tender to the bite without cooking it.
- Avocado - look for avocados that are ripe but not mushy
- Dulse flakes - Dulse is a type of seaweed. The tiny brown flakes have a mild seafood flavor. You don't need much. This gives the dish a hint of ocean or sea flavor. It's optional, but I highly recommend it.
📋 Substitutions and variations
- Heart of palm - Substitute with extra avocado, chopped cauliflower, chickpeas or cubed tofu (soya)
- Dulse flakes - If you can't find dulse flakes (I got mine at Whole Foods), you could possibly substitute it with 1 teaspoon of other tender seaweed, like:
- a sprinkle of vegan furikake rice seasoning
- minced nori
- finely crumbled or minced seaweed snacks
- minced wakame seaweed that has already been rehydrated in water
- minced seaweed salad
- a dash of vegan fish sauce
Here are some ideas for alternate versions:
- Serve with tortilla chips, plantain chips or saltine crackers instead of the tostada shells
- Add jicama or red bell pepper for some crunch
🔪 Instructions
This recipe requires no cooking or heating your kitchen up, so it's perfect for summertime. All you need to do is chop your ingredients, mix them up in a bowl and serve on tostadas!
- Step 1: Combine all spices into a large bowl and combine thoroughly with mixture
- Step 2: Form into ball shape with your hands
- Step 3: Press into patties
- Step 4: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl first, then gently fold in your avocado, so it doesn't get too mushy.
👨👩👦👦 Serving suggestions
Serve these vegan ceviche tostadas on a hot summer day with:
- Mango popsicles
- Pineapple popsicles
- Vegan dairy free horchata
- Limeade
- Lemonade
- Fruit punch or sangria
- Hibiscus (jamaica) tea
- Black iced tea
- Pineapple green tea
❓ FAQ
Vegan ceviche with heart of palm and avocado can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Store tostadas separately, at room temperature, in an airtight bag or container. But, ceviche really is best eaten right away.
No, it is not, because it contains seafood. However, you can make a vegan version of ceviche using heart of palm and dulse flakes that is delicious!
🗺 Cultural influences
Ceviche, a cold seafood dish where the fish is "cooked" by the acid in the lime juice, originates in South America, with Peruvian ceviche considered to be the original.
It is often served in a glass cup or bowl with plantain chips, sweet potato (in Peru), saltine crackers or tortilla chips.
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Ceviche Tostadas with Heart of Palm and Avocado
Ingredients
- 8 cherry tomatoes quartered
- ¼ cup red onion minced
- ¼ cup lime juice (juice of 2 limes)
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro minced
- ⅛ teaspoon dulse flakes optional, for the taste of sea
- 1 tablespoon jalapeño minced or dash of hot sauce (optional)
- 7 ounces heart of palm about 3 pieces from a jar/can, quartered lengthwise and sliced into ½-inch pieces
- 1 avocado diced (select one that is ripe but firm)
- sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 4 tostada shells
Instructions
- Add tomato, onion, lime juice, cilantro, dulse flakes, jalapeño, salt and pepper to a medium-large bowl. Stir to combine.8 cherry tomatoes, ¼ cup red onion, ¼ cup lime juice, 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, ⅛ teaspoon dulse flakes, 1 tablespoon jalapeño, sea salt and black pepper
- Gently fold in heart of palm and avocado. Stir gently with a metal spoon to combine, without breaking the heart or palm or crushing the avocado too much.7 ounces heart of palm, 1 avocado
- Taste and add more salt, pepper or lime juice, as needed.
- Divide vegan ceviche between the four tostadas. Serve immediately and enjoy!4 tostada shells
Heirloom cookbooks says
This vegan ceviche tostada recipe looks amazing!