Bean Balls with Garlic Sauce - Vegetarian

Aren't they beautiful?

Despite the good taste, they are however lack of a tiny bits of moisture...

And easily falling apart...

Maybe i should have joined Egg? or maybe Tofu to make it firmer? Idea?

The nonsense sauce was a steal though! being too "creative" a.k.a "short of ingredients at home" (sounds well at the beginning, failed at the end, lol) , i mix matched everything i can grab from the pantry... : )

At the first glance i saw garlic!! Aha... I ever ate something-something with garlic sauce... ticked!

I wanted something sour, so yogurt works!! ticked!!

Look at the white boring colour and tasteless still sauce, i mixed dried thyme leaves (just a bit, i wanted only colour), salt & pepper, lemon juice and a dash of mustard powder (too much no good)..

And the final touch was truly fab... few drops of SESAME OIL!! i just love how sesame oil enhance the taste of this garlic sauce!!

To make it healthier, i paired the bean balls with roasted snow peas; eggplant and tomato (they were all lightly oiled; salted; pepper-ed and roasted).. the taste was just as lovely as its colour!!

Bean Balls with Garlic Sauce

Bean Balls

Makes 15 balls

Ingredients:

400 gr Mixed Bean - no added salt, mashed ( i used Edgell)

1 tsp Vegetable Powder (or adjust to taste)

3 heaped tbsp Gluten-Free Bread Crumbs *approx*

1/2 medium Red Onion, cubed

1 tsp Olive Oil

Extra Olive Oil to pan-fry

Method:

• Drained the beans and mash with fork until completely smooth, set aside
• Peel the onion, and tinily cubed
• Add in vegetable powder, bread crumbs, olive oil, and cubed onion in a bowl of mashed beans, Combine well
• Shape the bean mixture to ball
• Lightly grease olive oil in a heated non-stick frying pan, pan fried the bean balls at very low heat for roughly 10 minutes, flip each sides in mid-way (they get burned very easily)*

N.B: The bean balls could be very hard to handle, be careful while handling.. let me know if you have a good suggestion... 

Garlic Sauce

Make 2 serves

Ingredients:

2 whole Garlic, skin on, roasted

2 tbsp Natural Yogurt

1 tbsp Lemon Juice
1 tsp Sesame Oil

Dash of Mustard Powder (not too much)

Dried Thyme Leaves

Salt and Pepper to taste

Method:

• Cut off the root end of garlic, wrapped with aluminium foil and roast for 15 minutes (or until soft) at 220 degree heated oven
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl mix yogurt; lemon juice; sesame oil; mustard powder; dried thyme leaves, set aside
• Take the roasted garlic out of oven, simply squeeze the garlic out of its skin, mashed, combine with the yogurt mixture
• Salt and pepper to taste

Oh... and don't forget to treat yourself with a breath freshener sweets after meal! hahaha... you still love garlic? i love!!!


Happy Cooking!!

xoxo