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Spaghetti with Meatless Balls

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INGREDIENTS

Meatless Balls
- 2 cups dry TVP
- 1 3/4 cups boiling water
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- A pinch of black pepper
- 2-3 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/2 cup white flour
Spaghetti Sauce
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 1-2 green capsicums, diced
- 6 cups tomato puree
- 3 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sweet basil
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 3 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon hot chilli (optional)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 heaped teaspoon black pepper
- 3 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 1/4 cups TVP

METHOD

Meatless Balls
Soak the dry TVP in the cups boiling water for 10 minutes. Saute the onion in the oil, then add to the TVP, along with the chilli powder, garlic powder, pepper, salt, oregano, soy sauce and flour. Stir until well mixed. Mold this mixture into balls 2.5 centimeter / 1 inch in diameter, pressing firmly. Fry in some oil until crispy.

Spaghetti Sauce
Saute onions and peppers in the olive oil until soft and then add the tomato puree and all the spices, except the garlic powder, and bring to a boil. Simmer about 20 minutes (meanwhile cook some spaghetti in some boiling water as per package instructions). Add the TVP and garlic powder to the sauce and let sit for 10 minutes while the TVP softens. When the TVP is soft, serve on spaghetti noodles with the meatless balls.

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[Reply] - [link] - tvp "spaghetti balls" - [ahbrapeach] - 2008/06/13 - 20:33

These are really good, you have to get the wet/dry thing just right so don't experiment w/ the measurements. If they don't stick together, they will just fall apart in the frying process.
This recipie seems just like the one from "The New Farm Vegetarian" cookbook.