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Quinoa and Green Lentil Balls
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Quinoa and Green Lentil Balls

Fried quinoa and lentil balls — a healthy snack, rich in protein and perfect for entertaining.

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    In a large bowl, mix the zucchini, vegetable, onion, garlic, cilantro, egg, breadcrumbs, cumin, turmeric, salt and black pepper.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Put the mixture in the fridge for 20 minutes to firm up.
    Refrigerator
    💡A mixture of cooked grains and legumes firms up when chilled, and the fritters hold their shape when fried.
  3. 3
    Shape the mixture into 3 cm balls.
  4. 4
    Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and fry the balls 3 minutes on each side, until until golden.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  5. 5
    Serve with Tahini.
262calories
11 gprotein
32 gcarbs
9 gfat
● protein 17%● carbs 50%● fat 33%

Per serving (101 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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