🥙 Vegan köfte sandwich

4 servings · prep 20 min · cook 25 min

Ingredients

• 150 g cooked red lentils
• 100 g fine bulgur
• 250 g mushrooms, finely chopped
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp Turkish pepper paste (biber salçası)
• Cumin, smoked paprika, chili (isot/Urfa)
• Parsley, breadcrumbs, olive oil, salt
• Turkish bread or pita, lettuce, tomato, onion
• Plant yogurt sauce or tahini-lemon, pomegranate molasses

Method

1. Fry the onion and garlic, add the chopped mushrooms and cook until all the water has gone (that gives the meaty texture).
2. Add the tomato paste, pepper paste and spices; toast 2 min.
3. Mix into the mashed lentils and the bulgur; add a little hot water and let it swell for 10 min.
4. Stir in the parsley (add breadcrumbs if too wet), then shape long patties.
5. Pan-fry in olive oil until nicely browned.
6. Fill the bread: lettuce, tomato, onion, köfte, sauce and a drizzle of pomegranate molasses.

Adapted from busezeynep (vegan)

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