No-meatballs

Hi guys! Today I'll show you how to make some delicious no-meatballs with lentils and seitan with a earthy and tasty gravy! This recipes is packed with proteins so nutritionally speaking you will not miss your meat!

For the no-meatballs

• ¼ Cup wheat flour
• 1 Tbsp maggi sauce (or soy sauce)
• 3 Tbsp water
• ¼ Tsp garlic powder
• ¼ Tsp smoked paprika
• 1 Cup of cooked lentils
• 2-3 Tbsp chopped parsley
• 2 Slices of whole wheat bread
• 1 Tbsp tomato puree
• 1 Minced garlic clove
• Olive oil
• A little flour

For the gravy

• 1/2 Cup green peas
• 1 Minced garlic clove
• 1 Small chopped onion
• A little flour
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• A little flour
• 6 Hazelnuts and 6 Almonds
• Olive oil

Process

• First we are going to prepare the seitan, of course if you have store bought seitan you can skip this sept. In a bowl put the gluten flour, then add the maggi sauce (or soy sauce) and 3 the water. Then add some garlic powder, smoked paprika and mix everything until you get aweird texture dough. Put that in a pot and cover it with water and cook for about 20 minutes on medium-high heat.
• Put the gluten in a container to process it until it has a consistency similar to ground beef. In a bowl, put the lentils and smash them roughly, then add the chopped parsley, the bread in tiny, some tomato paste, the seitan and finally the minced garlic. Mix everything together until a homogeneous paste is formed, taste it to see if it needs salt.
• Now check the paste's consistency, make a ball and if it’s too soft, then add some flour, I added maybe two tablespoons until I got a good consistency, but this will depend on how much water your lentils and your seitan had at the beginning, make another ball and check the consistency again to see if it's right.
• Now that we have the balls, we need to fry them using olive oil, flip them and brown them evenly.
• In a pot cook the green peas, and cook them.
• Finally let’s make the gravy in a saucepan add a drizzle of olive oil, and stir fry the garlic, quickly and before it gets burnt add the onion, stir fry it until translucent and a little golden brown and then add the tomato paste, if it is too dry add a little water and continue stirring until the paste is well distributed.
• Now to make the sauce thicker, add some flour stir and transfer this to a container to be processed together with the cooking juice from the green peas and also some nuts. Process everything until a gravy consistency.
• Put the gravy in a pot, add a little cinnamon powder, a clove and the no-meatballs, also don’t forget the green peas, stir and serve!