Vegetarian Nutloaf

Ingredients:
• Chopped green pepper – 1/3 cup
• Walnuts – ½ cup
• Cashews – ½ cup
• Almonds – ½ cup
• Cooked rice (medium grain) – 1 ¾ cup
• Grated mozarella cheese – 1 ½ cup
• Salt
• Hing – ¼ tsp
• Black pepper – 1 tsp
• Tomato sauce (recipe below)

Tomato Sauce:
• Blended tomatoes – 6 cup
• Ghee – ¼ cup
• Black pepper – 1 tsp
• pinch of hing
• Salt
• Italian seasoning – 1 tbsp
• Sugar – 1 tsp

Preparation For Sauce:
1. In a saucepan add ghee. When hot add black pepper and hing. Quickly add tomato puree. Add sugar, salt, and Italian seasoning. Cook until thickened.

For The Nut Loaf:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Grind nuts together with a Champion food grinder or food processor. Combine ground nuts and rice and seasoning. Add 1 c grated cheese and chopped vegetable. Add 1 cup tomato sauce. Mix well.
3. Mold ingredients into a greased loaf pan. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 50 minutes. Uncover and top with remaining tomato sauce and cheese. Bake for 10 more minutes. Serve hot.

Serves
4 Persons

By Bhaktin Priya