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Vegan Nut Koftas

Vegan

Ingredients

Vegetables

  • 1.5 Pound Potatoes, 5 medium-sized
  • 1.5 Pound Cauliflower, 1 small head
  • 1 Pound Peas
  • 1/2 Pound Carrots, 4 largish

Seasoning

  • 3 T. Ginger, peeled and grated
  • 5 Chillies (Jalapinos), finely minced
  • 1 T. Cumin seeds
  • 2 t. Salt
  • 1/2 Cup Cilantro leaves, chopped fine

Binding agent

  • 4 T. Besan (garbanzo flour)

Nuts

  • 1 Cup Pistachios
  • 1 Cup Cashews
  • 1 Cup Almonds
  • 1 Cup Pignolia (Pine) Nuts

Steps

  1. These are rich-tasting but healthy, particularly for special diets. They are: all-vegetarian, gluten-free, wheat-free, and dairy-free. They are baked, so they are easier to make than the usual deep-fried koftas, and unbelievably, they taste better.
  2. Cook potatoes: bring water to boil with 1 tsp salt, add potatoes, boil for 30 minutes or more until soft. Keep the water for the next steps.
  3. Cook the cauliflower: wash, cut into large florets, boil water and add florets, boil for 15 minutes or until soft
  4. Cook peas: boil water, add peas, bring to a second boil, lower heat cook covered for 8 to 10 minutes
  5. Remove vegetables from water as soon as they are cooked.
  6. Peel the boiled potatoes.
  7. Powder the nuts coarsely using the smaller container of the food processor.
  8. Grate the raw Carrots using the larger container of the food processor.
  9. Put potatoes, cauliflower and peas in a large vessel and mash by hand with a potato masher
  10. Mix grated carrots in with the vegetables using the masher
  11. Add Ginger, Chillies, Cumin, Salt and Cilantro to the mix and continue to mash
  12. Add the nuts to the vegetable mash and mix in thoroughly using the masher
  13. Add Besan (Garbanzo flour) and mix in thoroughly with the masher
  14. Preheat oven to 375 F.
  15. Oil two baking sheets.
  16. Oil your hands, using about 3 T of mash for each form the vegetable mash into Koftas and place them on the baking sheet. Makes approx 48 Koftas.
  17. Bake the Koftas for 45 minutes
  18. Take the baking sheets out and flip the Koftas
  19. Bake the Koftas again for 45 minutes
  20. These may be frozen until needed. They may be reheated in VeganTomato Nut Cream Sauce for a sumptious vegan, gluten free dish, or reheated and served with catsup.