Lentil Cakes with Garlic Sauce. A versatile vegan recipe for lentil cakes that may be used for hamburgers and a garlic sauce recipe.
Lentil Cakes with Garlic Sauce.
The ingredients for the lentil cakes and how to make them as per recipe below.
How to make the lentil cakes
Once the lentils are cooked then Sauté the onion, garlic and mushrooms in olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add a little water if it gets too dry. Turn heat down to low and cook until very tender and cooked through. Set aside.
Blend the walnuts into a coarse flour. Pour that flour into a medium bowl.
Add half of the lentils and the mushroom mixture, salt, spices, flax egg.
Mix everything until it’s well combined and forms a thick dough using a hand blender.
Stir in the remaining whole lentils.
Using wet hands form into 12-15 little cakes.
Sear in a skillet, in a little oil, over medium heat, taking care to let them brown and form a crust, before flipping.
The Garlic Sauce
Pour into a heated pan all the ingredients whisking all the time until thickened, about 3-5 minutes, then remove from heat.
Serve with the garlic sauce.
The printable recipe below.
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minutesLentil Cakes with Garlic Sauce. A versatile vegan recipe for lentil cakes that may be used for hamburgers and a garlic sauce recipe.
Ingredients
2 cups cooked lentils
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, rough chopped
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
½ cup cooked quinoa
½ cup walnuts (or cashews)
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon dry or fresh parsley
¾ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground flax (+2 tbsp of water)
3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons soy sauce
- Garlic sauce
1 cup of soy milk
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 chopped garlic or 1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp cornstarch (or another thickener)
salt and lemon to taste
Directions
- Cook dry lentils in simmering water until tender. Drain. You will need 2 cups cooked.
- Sauté the onion, garlic and mushrooms in olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add a little water if it gets too dry. Turn heat down to low and cook until very tender and cooked through. Set aside.
- Blend the walnuts into a coarse flour. Pour that flour into a medium bowl.
- Add half of the lentils and the mushroom mixture, salt, spices, flax egg. Mix everything until it’s well combined and forms a thick dough using a hand blender. Stir in the remaining whole lentils.
- Using wet hands form into 12-15 little cakes.
- Sear in a skillet, in a little oil, over medium heat, taking care to let them brown and form a crust, before flipping.
- Serve with the garlic sauce.
- Instructions for Garlic Sauce
- Pour into a heated pan all the ingredients whisking all the time until thickened, about 3-5 minutes, then remove from heat.
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