Chickpea Meatballs In Tomato Sauce - A Step By Step Recipe With A Photo
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If you say that there is not an ounce of meat in these meatballs, I assure you - no one will believe it. An interesting variation on the famous dish of how to cook chickpea meatballs in tomato sauce.
Cooking description:
It looks like a dish from Italian cuisine. Serve these meatballs with sauce and pasta, porridge or mashed potatoes. These meatballs can also be served with pita bread. Make your own meatballs first, then the sauce. Place the prepared meatballs in the sauce and simmer for a while.
Purpose: For lunch / For dinner
Main ingredient: Vegetables / Legumes / Onions / Tomatoes / Garlic / Chickpeas
Dish: Hot dishes
Ingredients:
- Canned chickpeas - 900 Grams
- Red onion - 1 Piece
- Garlic - 2 Cloves
- Parsley - 1 Bunch
- Parmesan - 30 Grams
- Cayenne Pepper - To taste
- Salt - To taste
- Ground pepper - To taste
- Egg - 1 Piece
- Breadcrumbs - 0.5 Cups
- Vegetable oil - 4 Tbsp. spoons
- Onion - 1 Piece
- Tomato Paste - 170 Grams
- Tomatoes - 420 Grams
- Dried Basil - 0.5 Teaspoons
- Dried Oregano - 0.5 Teaspoons
- Brown sugar - 0.5 Teaspoons
Servings: 6
How to cook "Chickpea Meatballs in Tomato Sauce"
1. Rinse the chickpeas in a colander under running water, then shake off the water. 2. Wash the parsley, peel the red onion and garlic, and coarsely chop the onion. Grate the cheese. Place the chickpeas, parsley, red onion, garlic, parmesan, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper to taste in a blender. 3. Grind until a more or less homogeneous paste is obtained. Scrape the ingredients off the blender side as you grind. 4. Transfer the pasta from the blender to a bowl. Add the egg and breadcrumbs to the bowl and mix thoroughly. 5. Form balls from the mass, one ball equals one tablespoon. 6. Preheat a skillet with vegetable oil. Add the balls to the pan and fry until golden brown.
