Tofuball with Peas and Watercress


Servings: 6
Prep time: 25
Cooking time: 45
INGREDIENTS
  • For the sidedish:
  • - 150 g of watercress
  • - 100 g of lettuce
  • - 3 carrots
  • - 1 tablespoon chives
  • - 0.50 lemon juice
  • - Olive oil
  • - salt
  • For the balls:
  • - 150 g of peas
  • - 120 g of tofu
  • - 2 green onions
  • - 1 potato
  • - 1 carrot
  • - 1 stalk of celery
  • - 1 clove of garlic
  • - 1 sprig of rosemary
  • - 1 sprig of marjoram
  • - 4 tablespoons of olive oil
  • - salt
  • - breadcrumbs
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Peel the vegetables and chop finely chopped herbs. Boil the potato.
  2. Saute the vegetables lightly with herbs and a little oil in a covered pan for 5 minutes. Add the peas, 2 tablespoons water, salt and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
  3. Add the tofu thoroughly crushed with a fork. Stir, cover again and cook another 5 minutes. Add the peeled potato and reduced to a purée, mix well together, add salt. Turn off and let cool.
  4. Form into round and slightly flattened balls, if the compound does not bind, add a bit of breadcrumbs. Then coat them in breadcrumbs and brown them in a pan on both sides over low heat with a little oil.
  5. Prepare in the meanwhile the salad with watercress, lettuce and carrots in strips and toss just before serving.
  6. Season the salad just before serving and distribute it in a radial pattern on 4 plates, placing at the center of each serving some hot tofuball. You can cook the balls in the oven, in a lightly greased baking dish, seasoned with a little oil and bake at 200 ° C for 15-20 minutes, until golden.