Ingredients

  • Can of chickpeas (mashed in a bowl)
  • 100g (1 cup) walnuts (crumbs)
  • 1 onion (fine dice)
  • 1 garlic clove (crushed)
  • 1/2 cup (130g) tomato puree
  • 1/4 cup nooch
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce (1 dark, 1 light)
  • 1 tsp hoisin sauce
  • 1tsp each garlic powder, onion powder, paprika & salt
  • 1/2 tsp each Cumin, ground coriader, dried Oregano
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) veg stock
  • 1.5 cups  vital wheat gluten (vwg)

Method

Mix everything up apart from the stock and vwg. Then add the last 2 ingredients – make balls and steam for 20 minutes. 

At this point treat them like raw meatballs, so fry, bake or pop in a sauce.