Baked Yellow Split Pea Balls (Favokeftedes)
Today we cook the most delicious protein balls from yellow split peas, which everyone who tries them will love! It is a perfect meal as the main course or as a snack too.
Ingredients
- 250 g yellow split peas (fava beans)
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- ½ bunch of dill
- 75 g breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Boil the fava beans in 500ml water for about 20 minutes, taking care to skim it regularly.
- Remove as much water as possible in a colander and drain it well.
- Next, peel and chop the carrot, onion, and garlic cloves.
- Add the fava beans, carrot, onion, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper to a blender.
- Beat the ingredients in the blender for 1-2 minutes.
- Remove the mixture from the blender and pour it into a bowl.
- Add the cornflour and dill (chopped) to the bowl, and mix them well.
- Add the breadcrumbs to a bowl.
- Form small balls of 45g with your hands and then throw them in the breadcrumbs, covering each side.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Spread parchment paper in a pan, place the favaballs and bake them for 1 hour, turning them on both sides.
- Serve them accompanied by our favorite dip.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Extra Tip: Accompany the favaballs with a super cool yogurt sauce!