Vegan Lentil Tots


Healthy Vegan Lentil Tot Recipe 


Today I will share with you a healthy and vegan recipe which is the one of the most favorite snack in Turkish cosine,called  Mercimek Koftesi. It is the sultan of the tea parties and brunches.



It is vegan, healthy and so yummy! 

Its ingredients is so nutritious and make you to feel full right after eating one or two tots.

I made is yesterday and my three year old guy liked it a lot! So if you have a picky eater kid then you should give it a try. One of best snack to feed a kid without any processed food or junk ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup  red lentil
  • 2 cups  water
  • 1⁄2cup fine bulgur
  • 1 teaspoon  sea salt
  • 2 tablespoons  olive oil
  • 1 medium  onion, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon  cumin
  • 1 tablespoon  tomato paste
  • 1 -2 teaspoon  lemon juice (juice of half or whole lemon to your taste)
  • 2 -3 tablespoons  fresh parsley(approx, divided)
  • 1⁄4cup  green onion, chopped (about 4-5 green onions, white parts cut off)

Directions

  1. Boil the lentils in the water, uncovered, until they soak up most of the water, about 25-30 minutes.
  2. Add the bulgar and salt. Mix once and loosely cover to let the bulgar expand, then remove from the heat and let rest on a potholder about 10 minutes to let it cool off.
  3. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add the chopped onion and cook until soft, about 10-15 minutes.
  4. Add the tomato paste and cook another 1-2 minutes.
  5. Add the cumin and remove pan from heat. Stir once the heat is off.
  6. Add the onion-tomato paste-cumin mixture to the pot with lentils and bulgar, which should be cool by now. Add a few shakes of cayenne pepper to heat it up if you like.
  7. Add half of your parsley (about 1-1.5 tablespoons worth), the green onions, and lemon juice to the pot, and mix well.
  8. Take pieces of the kofte out of the pot and form them into ball or tot shape. The same size and shape as a Twinkie works, though traditional kofte is about half the size of a Twinkie.
  9. You can then arrange the lettuce leaves on a big plate and serve that way, but the real deal way to eat them is wrapping each  tot up in a lettuce leaf.

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