Healthy Living Platform Mushroom Meat Balls

|These delicious mushroom €œmeat€ balls are suitable for vegans and contain a healthy portion of vegetables. Mandy Mazliah from Healthy Living Platform came up with this recipe because they had a lot of tinned mushrooms that needed to be used up. However this recipe works well with fresh mushrooms. You will need about 150g of mushrooms. A food processor makes this recipe easier. If you dont have one you can use a hand held stick blender instead or mash the ingredients together very well. |mushrooms|1 tbsp olive oil1 small onion finely chopped2 cloves garlic peeled and chopped1 tin mushrooms drained rinsed and finely chopped OR 150g fresh mushrooms100g breadcrumbs (bought or make your own)salt and pepper to taste2 tbsp chickpea flour mixed with water (or 1 beaten egg)Optional: 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp nutritional yeast 1 tbsp tomato puree 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tbsp chopped parsley 1 tsp mixed dried herbs or oregano you can add any of all of these items for extra flavour but theyre not essential|Heat up 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan.Add the chopped onion stir with a wooden spoon and fry for 10-15 minutes over a medium heat until soft. Stir often.Add the chopped garlic and fry for two more minutes.Next add the chopped mushrooms stir well and fry for a further 10 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked.If you have any of the following add them now (dont worry if you dont you can leave them out) 1 tsp dried herbs 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp nutritional yeast 1 tbsp tomato puree 1 tbsp chopped parsley. Stir well.Transfer your mushroom mixture to a food processor if you have one and process until the ingredients have broken down into a thick paste. If you dont have a food processor put it in a mixing bowl and blend with a handheld blender or use a potato masher to mash the mixture together as well as you can.Mix 2 tbsp chickpea flour with 2 tbsp cold water until you have a thick paste (alternatively you could use a beaten egg). Add this to the mushroom mixture with 100g breadcrumbs and a little salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6. Line a baking tray with non stick paper. Use your hands to roll the mixture into 10 small balls. You can press the mixture firmly with your hands to help it stick together. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes turning halfway until turning brown.Serve with pasta or rice and tomato sauce.|25.00 minutes|4|Healthy Living Platform