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Pasta with vegan lentils no-meatballs in tomato sauce with basil

Vegan no-meatballs in tomato sauce with basil! They are delicious, fulfilling, vegan, vegetarian and fasting.
Course Main Dishes, Main Dish
Cuisine Vegan, Greek / Vegan, Modern Greek / Vegan, Italian vegan
Keyword vegan, basil, meatballs, tomato, tomatoes, sauce, lentils, lentil, vegetarian, plantbased
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Soaking 8 hours
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 5 portions
Calories 1114kcal
Author Thodoris Tibilis

Ingredients

Ingredients for vegan lentils no-meatballs

  • 1 cup raw lentils
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 small carrot
  • 1 small onion
  • ¾ cup oat flakes
  • ¼ cup rice for soup
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ Tbsp curry
  • ¼ Tbsp smoked or sweet paprika
  • ¼ Tbsp allspice
  • 1 Tbsp fresh basil
  • salt and pepper

Ingredients for the sauce

  • 4 Tbsp olive oil
  • 500  g mashed tomato
  • 2 Tbsp fresh basil
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ Tbsp curry
  • ½ Tbsp smoked or sweet paprika
  • ½ Tbsp allspice
  • salt and pepper

For the spaghetti

  • 500  g wholewheat pasta or gluten-free spaghetti

Instructions

No-meatballs (vegan and fasting)

  • Soak the lentils from the previous night.
  • Add the flaxseed with 2 Tbsp water in a cup, stir and leave for 10 minutes to absorb. Boil the rice with ½ cup of water and salt for 10 minutes.
  • Put all our ingredients in the blender (or food processor) and blend them. They don't need to be completely pureed as we need a little texture.
  • Line a baking pan with some parchment paper, shape the no-meatballs with oiled palms and place them in the baking pan.
  • Grill your no-meatballs for 15 minutes on one side and 5 on the other or until golden brown.

Tomato sauce

  • Heat the olive oil, garlic and spices in a pan at a medium temperature for 2 minutes (be careful not to burn the garlic). Add the tomato paste, stir for a minute and then add the tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Put the vegan no-meatballs in the sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave them on for another 5 minutes.

Serving

  • Serve with any kind of pasta you like, such as spaghetti, linguini, penne or rigatoni.
  • Alternatively, you can serve them with rice, french fries or potato puree.
  • Serve with any salad of your choice, such as Greek horiatiki or any green one.
  • You can sprinkle your dish with nutritional yeast or freshly ground pepper.
  • You can decorate your plate with fresh basil leaves.

Notes

  1. You can use rice for soup, for Greek gemista or brown.
  2. In your sauce we can add half a teaspoon of turmeric.
  3. To save time:
  • Start by soaking the flaxseed and boiling the rice, and while you wait you prepare the rest of the ingredients for the vegan no-meatballs.
  • While the no-meatballs are cooking, prepare the sauce.
  • While the sauce is simmering, boil your pasta so that they're ready the same time as your vegan no-meatballs.

Nutrition

Calories: 1114kcal | Carbohydrates: 230g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 318mg | Potassium: 7068mg | Fiber: 33g | Sugar: 106g | Vitamin A: 15618IU | Vitamin C: 528mg | Calcium: 349mg | Iron: 16mg