Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, lentil loaf. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
I wanted to keep this lentil loaf recipe (aka vegan meatloaf) easy, with ingredients you may already have in your pantry. After doing a little digging, I was able to piece this together from a few resources. Most lentil loaf or other vegan meatloaf recipes rely on breadcrumbs to counteract the natural I might not be the first person to make a lentil loaf recipe but I think this is the only one you'll find that's made.
Lentil Loaf is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Lentil Loaf is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lentil loaf using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lentil Loaf:
- Prepare 2 cup cooked lentils (Masoor dal, moon dal rajma, chana)
- Make ready 1 onion chopped
- Prepare 1 carrots diced
- Make ready 2 celery stalks diced
- Get 1/2 cup bell pepper diced
- Make ready 3-3 mushrooms diced
- Prepare 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Get 1 tbsp bbq sauce
- Take 2 cloves garlic minced
- Get 1 tbsp flax meal
- Get 1 tbsp dried parsley
- Make ready 1/4 tsp pepper powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Get 1/2 cup quick rolled oats
- Prepare 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- Get Pinch brown or a simple sugar
- Get as needed Tomato ketchup
For the loaf: Cook the lentils according to the package instructions. Press the lentil mixture firmly and evenly into the prepared loaf pan. Use a pastry roller to roll it out smooth and compact the mixture. The original recipe calls for a cup of cooked lentils, but I know that I had more than that.
Instructions to make Lentil Loaf:
- Preheat oven to 350°¢ and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- In a large pan saute onion, carrots, celery,, mushrooms, bell paper with a pinch of salt and pepper until softened on medium heat.
- Add the garlic and saute another minute.
- In a food processor pluse together the lentils, cooked vegetables, tomato paste, bbq sauce, flax meal, parsley, salt, pepper, oats and breadcrumbs.
- Do not puree but blend into a chunky dough.
- Place mixture on the prepared baking sheet and spread into a loaf shape.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and spread the ketchup on top or a garnish with your choice.
This is a base recipe for a lentil loaf, a plant-based alternative to a meatloaf. It's moist and meaty but at the same time light and nutritious and fairly easy to make. It is high in protein, fiber and iron. In addition, this vegan lentil loaf recipe fits perfectly on a festive table like vegan Thanksgiving or Christmas as well as ordinary business week dinner table. In fact, you can make a bigger batch (if.
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