Spiced Lentil ‘Meatballs’ With Ben’s Plant Powered

These Spiced Lentil ‘Meatballs’ are packed full of flavour, spice and of course Ben’s Plant Powered Lentils!

Done in 30 minutes

Dish by Tom Jackson

Ingredients

400gplant based mince

1x 285gBen's Plant Powered Spicy Lentil Stew

10gmint

10gcoriander

90gbreadcrumbs

2 tspgaram masala

3 clovesgarlic

1 thumbginger

3 tbspmango chutney

2 tbsptomato paste

70mlwater

1x250gBen's Original Wholegrain Rice

1 pinchcoriander

1lime juice

Make Callum's Spiced Lentil 'Meatballs' made using Ben's Plant Powered Spicy Lentil as well as lots of other delicious ingredients. They're super easy to make and the perfect mid week dinner!

Method

Blitz the pouch of Ben’s Plant Powered Spicy Lentil Stew with the plant-based mince, spices and salt and pepper in a food processor. Shape that mix into balls, however big you’d like, size doesn’t matter, then put it in the oven for 20 minutes at 200°C.

Whilst that’s happening, grate the garlic and the ginger and fry that in a large frying pan on a low heat until golden. Dollop in the mango chutney and tomato paste along with about 70ml of water. Let it reduce to a sticky, tomato-ey sauce and pop it into a small jar.

Get the “meatballs" out of the oven and pop into the large frying pan. Crank the heat up to a medium and pour the mango-ey sauce over them, turning gently to make sure they’re all evenly coated.

Finally, pop your Ben’s Wholegrain Rice pouch in the microwave and cook per on-pack instructions.

Serve it up. Rice in bowls first, then the sticky “meatballs”, a few sprigs of fresh coriander and a squeeze of lime juice completes this. And go enjoy it, especially if your name is Ben.

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Originally hailing from Birmingham, England and with a culinary heritage sprawling around Britain, Tom, the host of Shelf Life and Alphabetti, is a cook from nowhere that takes inspiration from everywhere. Passionate about the shared food experience and the commonalities between supposedly separate cuisines, Tom showcases broad and thorough references in his cooking and has a particular love for spices. He is also obsessed with pasta salads and is currently waiting for Mr. Naga to get in touch regarding his Ambassadorship.