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Vegan lentil meatballs (mercimek koftesi)

Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 5

Ingredients

  • 1 cup red lentils
  • 1.5 cup bulgur (fine)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 bunch of parsley
  • 5-6 pcs green onion
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • to taste red chilli flakes
  • 1/3 cup olive oil

Instructions 

  • Put well-washed lentils in a pot with 3 cups of water and cook. It will take about 20 minutes.
  • When it is cooked and the water is completely absorbed, turn off the heat, add bulgur to the lentils, mix, cover with a lid, and let it stand for 30 minutes.
  • Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, saute finely chopped onion and garlic, when they turn golden, add tomato paste, mix well and remove from heat in a few minutes.
  • Place the red lentil and bulgur mixture in a large bowl. Add the sautéed onion and garlic, finely chopped parsley and green onion, cumin, salt, black pepper and red chilli flakes, and finally 1/3 cup of olive oil and mix well.
  • Make balls of the desired size, and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  • Add lemon juice and serve with letuce.
    Bon Appetit!
Course: vegan
Cuisine: Turkish