Spaghetti with lentil balls (vegetarian). Spaghetti and tomato sauce, piled high with hearty and nutritious baked lentil balls. Vegetarian, gluten-free recipe thanks to tofu shirataki noodles. Lentils actually make for a great meat substitute - they mimic the texture of beef crumbles fairly well and add a certain earthy toothsome flair that makes you feel really good about every bite.
Please do me a solid and LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and ***SHARE*** with your besties. Lentils can make a boring, vegetarian spaghetti dinner exciting again. Tomatoes, artichoke hearts and a pinch of cayenne and sesame seeds make this a tasty one dish meal. You can have Spaghetti with lentil balls (vegetarian) using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Spaghetti with lentil balls (vegetarian)
- It's 1 of small onion chopped.
- Prepare 5 of garlic pearls chopped finely.
- It's of Oil for deep frying.
- Prepare 2 of tbn oil for sautéing.
- Prepare 100 gms of Mixed lentils pre soaked for 4 hours pre use.
- You need 1 of tbn black pepper powder.
- You need to taste of Salt.
- Prepare 2 of tbn Italian seasoning.
- It's 5 of tbn chopped parsley leaves.
- Prepare 50 gms of grated parmesan cheese.
- It's 100 of . Gms bread crumbs.
- You need 200 gms of or more spaghetti of your choice.
- It's as needed of Water.
- Prepare 100 gms of red pasta sauce of your choice.
Vegetarian Lentil Spaghetti. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. I use red lentils in it as they add texture but are not overly earthy like whole lentils. You can use whole brown or green lentils, chickpeas as well or skinned whole red lentils. There are not too many dishes that actually have the word MEAT right in the name, but this is one of them.
Spaghetti with lentil balls (vegetarian) step by step
- Heat 1 tbn oil in a wok and sauté chopped onions and garlic till you get the aroma from the garlic and onions are translucent. Switch off the stove and let cool.
- Strain the lentils soaking in water.
- In a blender, combine lentils, onion-garlic sautéed, 1 tbn oil, bread crumbs,2 tbn grated parmesan cheese, 2 tbn chopped parsley,Italian seasoning,salt to taste and black pepper powder.
- Blend till you get a thick paste without using much water.
- Scoop oil gold ball sized mixture and deep fry them in batches till brown and crisp. Alternatively you can bake them at 180 degrees celcius for 20 minutes or until done.
- Meanwhile cook/boil the spaghetti and keep ready.
- To plate, make each serving portions : enough spaghetti and douse it with about 2-3 tbn red pasta sauce and coat them well.
- Place 2-3 lentil balls on the spaghetti and pour in red pasta sauce on top (quantity of the sauce is as per your liking).
- Garnish with remaining chopped parsley and grated parmesan cheese.
- Enjoy while hot! Bon Appetit.
There is already a ton of plant-based pleasure to be had in a simple bowl of spaghetti with olive oil and basil and yummy red sauce, but a few lentil meatballs and. Italian Bean Balls And Spaghetti Squash Noodles. Lentil Mushroom Walnut Balls with Cranberry-Pear Sauce. This vegan Lentil Bolognese makes a great weeknight or Sunday dinner. Switching in lentils as the protein in the bolognese makes the sauce vegan yet still hearty.