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Easy Vegan Lentil Balls

Vegan Lentil Meatballs

This amazing recipe to keeps alive the positive momentum of these leguminous plants that are healthy, nutritious and an excellent source of plant- based protein.
by Julie Anne
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Main Dinner, starter
Cuisine Arabic
Servings 4

Equipment

Ingredients   

  • 240 g cooked lentils
  • 1 large mushroom or 2 small
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • ½ zucchini
  • 1 slice wholemeal bread to blend into breadcrumbs
  • ½ tea spoon salt
  • 1 tea spoon Ra's el hanout spice
  • 60g whole corn flour
  • Aquafaba liquid from the lentils
  • Olive oil for cooking
  • For the sauce:
  • 300 g tomato sauce
  • 3 table spoons of water
  • 1 table spoons nutritional yeast

Instructions  

  • Chop the onion, garlic, zucchini, carrot and mushrooms into very small pieces.
  • Heat a pan with a small amount of oil and gently fry the onion, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms and garlic for 5 minutes until the carrots and zucchini softens.
  • Drain the liquid (aquafaba from the lentils and set aside.
  • 4.. Transfer the vegetables to a mixing ball then pour in the organic cooked lentils, salt and spices and mix well.
  • Add the slice of bread and aquafaba to a blender and blend it into a smooth paste, add the paste to the lentils and vegetables. Fold in the flour and give it a final mix to combine all the ingredients.
  • Pop the mixture in the fridge for approximately 2 hours so the mixture forms a dough kind of consistancy.
  • Using a medium spoon scoop out mixture into the hand and roll it into a ball, place them onto a plate ready to cook.
  • Lightly fry them until the gain colour and add the tomate sauce, ready to serve.

Notes & Suggestions

These vegan meatballs take just 20 minutes to prepare and cook, it states 2 hours + because they need to be stored in the fridge between cooking.

                   These balls are:

  • NUT FREE

  • VEGAN

  • DAIRY-FREE

  • HIGH IN PROTEIN

  • EASY TO PUT TOGETHER

  • TASTE DELICIOUS

  • NUTRITIOUS

 

 

 

The nutritional information is an estimate, calculated automatically per serving, with all values, including calories, based on one serving.

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