Spicy Meat Free Meatballs

Name: Spicy Meat Free Meatballs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 x 400 gram can lentils; 1 shallot finely chopped; 1 green chili finely chopped; 3 cloves crushed garlic; 1 thumb size piece grated ginger; 6 tbsp chopped mint; 1 slice seed bread; 3 tbsp whole-wheat flour; 1 squeeze lemon juice; 1 cup vegan yogurt

4 steps

Prep:5minCook:15min

You won’t believe these fluffy juicy meat free meatballs are made from nutritious lentils . They are delicious quick and can be used the same way you would eat regular meatballs so a great vegan swap for those who don’t eat meat

Updated at: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:11:06 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories551.4 kcal (28%)

Total Fat17.3 g (25%)

Carbs79.2 g (30%)

Sugars13.7 g (15%)

Protein23.9 g (48%)

Sodium747 mg (37%)

Fiber19.2 g (69%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

1 x 400 gramcan lentils

thumb size piece, grated

6 Tbspmint

chopped

1 sliceseed bread

3 Tbspwhole-wheat flour

1squeeze lemon juice

1 cupvegan yogurt

Instructions

Step 1

Wash and drain brown lentils then add to a bowl . Pour a little water over high fiber seed bread and let it sit 2 minutes then squeeze out the liquid and add it to the lentils

can lentils400 gram

seed bread1 slice

Step 2

Add chopped shallot green chili with seeds in for extra spice 2 of the garlic cloves ginger 4 tbsp of the mint flour salt and pepper then squeeze the mixture together with your hands until fully combined . Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes

shallot1

green chili1

cloves garlic3

ginger1

mint6 Tbsp

whole-wheat flour3 Tbsp

Step 3

Once chilled make meatballs then fry in a pan on medium high heat until golden then flip and fry another two minutes on the other side

Step 4

Add yogurt the remaining clove of garlic the remainder of the mint a drizzle of olive oil salt and pepper to a bowl then stir and get dunking those meat free meatballs . Enjoy !

cloves garlic3

mint6 Tbsp