Red Lentil Meatballs

Red Lentil Meatballs is a super easy and delicious recipe to enjoy in the cold winter season. Moreover, lentils are one of the ingredients used in the diet of each of us. So, you can cook this recipe with any lentil type you want.

Furthermore, for rich nutritional values, ​​lentils are an ingredient that is widely used in babies’ diets as they start solid foods after the age of 6-7 months.

So, this recipe is a recipe that you can cook for everyone in the family. Also, you can moderate it using less or no spices, salt, and pepper for young children,
And, in terms of nutritional value, it remains a healthy recipe.

Moreover, to make lentil meatballs, it is enough to boil the lentils first, like we do to cook a lentil soup. Or, we can use the ones that have been leftover from the soup of the day.

Also, you can try our Sausage Lentils Recipe.

Ingredients

• 200 g dry red lentils
• 2 eggs (one egg for breading)
• 1 small potato
• 1 carrot
• one small onion
• Rosemary, bay leaves, parsley
• salt, pepper, olive oil
• 2 tbsp of grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tbsp of cottage cheese
• Bread crumbs or one slice of bread for the meatball dought
• bread crumbs for breading
• 100 g of diced soft cheese

Directions

1. First, we will wash the lentils well. I prefer to leave it in the water overnight to boil it faster.
2. Once we have washed and drained them well, we will put them in a pot along with the potatoes, carrots, onions, and spices. Next, cover them with water and boil them well.
3. Then, when we have them ready, we drain them from the liquid they may have and put them dry together with the vegetables in a kitchen shredder.
4. Also, add the egg, cheese, cottage cheese, oil, and spices and grind them together. In the end, it will result in a not too soft dough.
5. Then, shape the dough into a round shape by hand and place a piece of soft cheese in the middle of it.
   
6. Next, pass the meatballs to the beaten egg. Then, roll over to the breadcrumbs, and place them in a baking pan with baking paper.
7. We will bake them in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
8. Finally, take them out of the oven, place them on a serving plate and serve warm with the sauce you like.
   
9. So, I prepared a sauce with white yogurt, mustard, salt, pepper, olive oil, red pepper.

Bon Appetit!

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