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VEGAN, VEGETARIAN, NUT-FREE, GLUTEN-FREE

Meatballs or ‘vegballs’ are an extremely versatile ‘keep at hand’ food item that can be re-purposed in a variety of ways. It can be served as-is as an appetizer. Or, top it off on a hardy, pasta dish. Both creamy pastas and saucy spaghetti can take a good vegball mixed in. How about a cool ‘kofta’ curry a.k.a Indian ‘special’ dish. 

These vegballs can be made ahead of time and frozen so you can pull them out in a jiffy. 

We have one main ingredient in these balls – Oats. These balls are made primarily with oats soaked in oat milk and mixed with loads of veggies. It has a nice ‘oaty’ aroma and a good chewy texture.

This dish can also be made gluten-free if you use gluten-free oats. 

Carrots and potatoes form the binder along with crumbled bread pieces for the chewiness. I used multi-color baby carrots to provide a rich color. 

The main flavor profile is basil leaves; this keeps the aroma ‘Italian’ if you may! By all means, use any herb of choice; just use plenty of them. 

I simply rolled the balls in plain rice flour and pan-fried them til they were golden. 

You can also air-fry them; They come out equally delicious and crunchy. 

I am going to try to make a nice creamy kofta curry with these balls next. What are you planning to use them in? 

Try these other Italian dishes as well –

Baked Tofu “veg” balls

Italian Spread – orzo mushroom risotto, ’caulipower’ penne and roasted mini peppers

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Oat ‘meat’ VEG Balls

Meatballs or ‘vegballs' are an extremely versatile ‘keep at hand’ food item that can be re-purposed in a variety of ways. It can be served as-is as an appetizer, pastas and probably as a koftha curry too! These vegballs can be made ahead and frozen so you can pull them out in jiffy. 
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Fusion
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 12 Balls

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Oats
  • 1 cup Oat milk
  • 2 large Potatoes boiled and crumbled
  • 3 Carrots multi-color boiled and crumbled
  • 2 Bread Slices toasted and broken into pieces
  • 1 small Onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup Peppers mixed-colors diced
  • 3 pods Garlic chopped
  • Basil chopped
  • 1 tsp Pasta seasoning
  • Salt
  • Rice Flour dusting

Instructions

  • Soak the oats in oat milk for minimum of 30 minutes
  • Coarsely crumble the oats, they should be practically dry after absorbing all the milk
  • Next mix all the listed ingredients except Rice flour one by one and make into a nice dough 
  • Roll into balls of desired size and dust in plain rice flour
  • Pan fry to a crisp golden color
  • Cool complete and freeze as needed 
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