tofu and brown rice patties (balls)

I'm posting this recipe  in time for meatless Monday. It's a recipe based on a staple in y household growing up - one from my sometimes-meat-eating-but-veggie-preferring mum. 

These are great for kids and especially good for using up leftover brown rice. 

I'd love to hear how you go with these...

Thermomix recipe 

ingredients

60g bread (toasted or frozen, in small cubes)
1 carrot
1 brown onion, in quarters
1/2 bunch parsley
2 garlic cloves
1/2 knob ginger
50g olive oil
250g organic brown rice, cooked (hot or cold)
250g firm organic tofu, broken into pieces
1 large organic egg
75g grated cheddar cheese
pepper to taste
oil, for frying (olive oil or coconut)

method

1. Place the bread in the TM bowl 10 sec/sp 6. Set aside.
2. With the blades running on  speed 5 add the onion, garlic cloves, ginger, carrot and parsley for 5 sec. Add the 50g oil and cook Varoma/3 mins/ sp 2 (MC in).
3. Add the rice, tofu pieces, breadcrumbs and mix 10 secs/sp 5.
4. Add the egg, pepper and cheese and mix for a further 20 secs/sp 5.
5. Shape the mixture with your hands into golf-ball sized patties. Add enough olive oil to shallow fry the patties and heat over a medium heat. Once the pan is hot, add the patties gently squishing the patties slightly when you put them in the pan so they cook evenly. Cook until golden (about 3 minutes each side).
6. Place on absorbent paper towel before serving.
7. Serve these hot (or cold) with tomato relish, kasundi. We ate ours with homemade plum sauce.

Food Processor Recipe

ingredients

1 carrot
1 onion, in quarters
1/2 bunch parsley
2 garlic cloves
1/2 knob ginger
60g bread (toasted or frozen, in small cubes)
250g organic brown rice, cooked (hot or cold)
250g firm organic tofu, broken into pieces
1 large egg
75g grated cheddar cheese
pepper to taste
oil, for frying

method

1. Place the bread in the food processor and blitz to make breadcrumbs. Set aside.
2. In the food processor place the onion, garlic cloves, ginger, carrot and parsley. Blitz.
3. Add the mixture to a medium heat pan with 50g olive oil and sautee for 3 mins. Return to the food processor.
3. Add the rice, tofu pieces, breadcrumbs to the food processor and mix until well-combined. 
4. Add the egg, pepper and cheese and mix until well-combined.
5. Shape the mixture with your hands into golf-ball sized patties. Add enough olive oil to shallow fry the patties and heat over a medium heat. Once the pan is hot, add the patties gently squishing the patties slightly when you put them in the pan so they cook evenly. Cook until golden (about 3 minutes each side).
6. Place on absorbent paper towel before serving.
7. Serve these hot (or cold) with tomato relish, kasundi. We ate ours with homemade plum sauce.