to follow a diet free of animal products. In addition, they are very versatile, since you can use them in sweet preparations, starters or main dishes. In this opportunity, we want to show you in a few simple steps how to make some delicious empanadas. Ideal for birthdays, meetings, food or entrance.
Ingredients to make Vegan Lentil Empanadas:
- 1 cup of lentils
- 1 large onion
- 2 branches of green onion
- ¼ bell pepper
- 1 teaspoon of oil
- 1 teaspoon of turmeric
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 pinch of ground chili
- 1 tablespoon garam masala
- 25 cubic centimeters of white wine
- 6 empanada disks
How to make Vegan Lentil Empanadas:
To get started with this vegan lentil empanadas recipe, first cook the lentils in plenty of boiling water for 30 minutes. With the help of a strainer, remove the cooking water and reserve the lentils while they cool. On the other hand, peel and chop the onion, wash and chop the bell pepper and, also, do the same procedure with the green one, wash it and chop it, separating the green part from the white. Sauté the white onion with 1 teaspoon of oil in a skillet over high heat until translucent. Add the bell pepper and green. When it’s drying, lower the heat to medium and add 1 tablespoon of water. Repeat as many times as you want, since the more times you do this step, the sweeter they will be. The last time, replace the water with the wine, turning the heat up to maximum.
Tip: Make sure the vegetable stir-fry is left with some liquid to make your filling moister.
When the alcohol has evaporated, mix the vegetables with the lentils and make two or three touches with the minipimer so that a pastier filling is formed. Store it to cool, ideally one night like this it will take on more flavor. It’s time to prepare your lentil empanadas. First, turn on the oven to preheat to maximum temperature. Then, place a generous tablespoon of filling in the middle of the empanada disk and moisten half the edge so that it sticks better. Close them with the help of a fork or repulgues.
Take your vegan lentil dumplings to a roasting pan, previously greased with oil and with the seam facing up. Cook them for about 15 minutes in the preheated oven until the dough is golden brown, since the filling is cooked. Now you can savor the delicious Argentine empanadas without meat! Don’t forget to accompany your empanadas with a few slices of lemon to add juice and better absorb the iron from the lentils
How to make baked vegan empanadas?
Baking the empanadas is the simplest. However, there are three important points to make them perfect. Don’t miss them:
- One of them consists of taking the legume empanadas to the oven at room temperature, since if they are very cold, the temperature shock can make them explode. Also, only vegan empanada dough will brown, because the filling for vegetarian or vegan empanadas is cooked, so it might be a bit cold.
- The second point is to arrange them, as we explained in the recipe, with the closure facing up. This will make them cook evenly.
- The third and last point, but one of the most important, is to preheat the oven to maximum temperature. Low or medium temperatures can soften the dough, making it difficult to brown.
And, if you want to know another healthy preparation, do not miss the recipe for baked vegetarian dumplings.
