Vegetarian 'Meat' balls

Ingredients

•  1 Med onion
•  ½ Yellow bell pepper
• 10 g Parsley
•  15 g Basil
•  200 g Brown lentils (cooked)
•  100 g Mushrooms
• 30 g Bread crumbs
•  50 g  Pea flour
•  20 g Sugar
•  200 g Sweet potato (roasted)
•  20 g Psyllium husk powder (obtained from a heath shop)
•  Crushed dried red chili (to taste)
• Salt (to taste)

Method

• Roast sweet potato and set aside.
•  Cook brown lentil until soft and set aside.
•  Dissolve the sugar in a little water and boil in a heavy saucepan.
•   Boil the sugar until the sugar is black and a thick syrup this will give the color. With a bit of practice the color will be right.
•  Mix the hot syrup with hot sweet potato to allow syrup to melt, the  sweet potato should be fine (from mixing) and dark (from sugar syrup).
•  Finely chop the onion, pepper, mushroom, basil and parsley and add to sweet potato.
•  Add the cooled lentils, bread crumbs and pea flour, psyllium husk powder and mix.
• Season with red chili and salt to taste and mix.
• The mixture should be of a stiff consistency and hold as balls when formed.
• Form balls and place on an oiled baking sheet.
• Bake at 180ºc shaking every 5 minutes to ensure even browning. The balls might stick the first time then loosen with a thin egg lifter be careful not to break balls. Bake until evenly brown about 30 minutes.

Serve hot as a side dish. Or can be used as a main course in a sauce (see recipe for spaghetti and balls on website) .

Make ± 30 Small balls.