Darshana Thacker Wendel
Darshana Thacker Wendel is a whole-food, plant-based chef and former culinary projects manager for Forks Over Knives. A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, she is the author of Forks Over Knives: Flavor! She created the recipes for Forks Over Knives Family and was a lead recipe contributor to the New York Times bestseller The Forks Over Knives Plan. Her recipes have been published in The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook, Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook, Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health, and LA Yoga magazine online. Visit DarshanasKitchen.com and follow her on Instagram for more.
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Made this today. A little labor intensive but did a little bit throughout the afternoon. Made the rice, potatoes and mixture early. Let it cool, then made the filling and let it cool. Definitely worth the effort. Served with the additional sauce and some orzo pasta with salad. Plenty leftover for another day. Will definitely make again. Very good!
Loved this recipe. It’s a bit sticky putting together, but is excellent. The leftovers reheated well in the microwave.Thanks for another great recipe.
Taste: delicious- I did add more garlic and more basil. Actual outcome: hilarious. The ‘dough’ was too wet- I think it really is better if you cook the rice in the tomato mixture- this is how Mexican rice is made- the whole ‘recook cooked rice in tomato’ didn’t seem to really work, so I may try again the other way around and see… Because the dough wasn’t going to work too well in terms of holding stuff in it, I figured might as well just mix it all up and hope for the best- they definitely didn’t turn out as intended, but it also wasn’t terrible. And the taste was great. I’ll definitely try again w a firmer dough.
For anyone who had made “mistakes” during the making of these rice balls. First rule of following a recipe, is reading the recipe in its entirety before you start.
Sounds good but you need to clean up the instructions and separate mixing the rice with the potatoes from the tomato sauce step. It makes it a bit confusing.
There is nothing confusing about how this recipe is written. All one has to do is follow the directions.
Just finished up two batches for thanksgiving! We added some tamari and spices to the mushroom mixture for added flavor. Adding some extra firm tofu to the filling would probably be great, too! I only had about a cup of bread crumbs, but this stretched to both batches. I just used Ezekiel bread, dried out, and pulverized. They are very tasty and very filling!
Fabulous recipe. Great fingerfood! Correct as written, I added some more herbs to it and it worked out perfectly.
Very tasty and easier than expected to make! I made coconut cucumber Tzatziki instead of the marinara for dipping.
Scrumptious n easy to make
Needs a video, please.
Thats what I was thinking too
Great!
Hello Just wanted to know what kind of bread crumbs are correct for me to keep losing weight for this recipe. Or do I omit the bread crumbs?
Thanks
Is one supposed to peel the potatoes before cubing them?
Yes/No/Doesn’t matter?
Thank you
I didn’t peel them and it was just fine 🙂
No response…so I ended up following my “cook-y” senses and peeled potatoes, steamed, cooked on counter and put the potatoes through the ricer. I’m happy with both choices.
I haven’t made this yet, however, looking at the ingredients I began to prep, starting with the cooking the rice, because the second ingredient calls for 2 CUPS COOKED BROWN RICE. And I have cooked rice now cooling in the fridge. Upon further reading, I see the rice is to be cooked with some of the marinara, “milk”, etc. Please change the recipe to read 1 CUP RAW BROWN RICE. Second issue is the very first instruction is to preheat the oven. Then proceed with the recipe which will take at least an hour. I work as a professional chef. An oven will take no more than 8-10 minutes to heat. Please list the instruction to preheat closer to cooking time. Our planet will appreciate it. Thanks. Looking forward to trying these.
i did the same now i have all this cooked rice not very happy about it to be honest
I actually think the recipe is correct as written. Cook the rice first then cook it some more in 1 cup of sauce and 1/4 cup plant milk and help it get softer, soak up the flavor of the sauce, and easier to mix with the steamed mashed potatoes to make a ‘dough’ to fill with the mushroom mixture. 1 cup of sauce and 1/4 cup plant milk is not enough liquid to properly cook 1 cup of raw brown rice.
Traditionally arancini are made with cooked then cooled risotto so over cooking the brown rice will help mimic that texture.
Has anyone made this using gluten free bread for bread crumbs?
Absolutely the Best!!
Does anyone know, can these go in an air fryer? What temp and how long? Thanks.
What can you substitute for mushrooms? This look delicious, but I’m allergic to mushrooms
S
I’d suggest peeled eggplant. I often use that as a sub for my friend who is allergic to mushrooms.
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Ooooo…I’m going to try this one soon. Yummy!
Really enjoyed these with a variety of sauces.
Do you think these would work with sweet potatoes?
Brilliant idea – I bet that would be delicious!
Also good with sweet chili sauce
I screwed this up from the beginning, when I added all the sauce to the rice. I am used to recipes that say “divided” in the ingredient list when the whole amount is not used at once. Then came the garlic, yeast and breadcrumbs all of which were divided, and of course I didn’t. I ended up just throwing all the ingredients plus extra rice into the pot and scooping it up and rolling in bread crumbs. It’s in the oven now. Just went to the pantry and I have no more sauce, so maybe we will dip them in salsa or ketchup. Not my day in the kitchen, but as a good Sicilian grandmother would do, we will not let it go to waste.
How did it turn out when you accidentally put it all in together? I am intrigued on if steps can be skipped a little lol
I was just sitting here thinking – what if I just tossed all these ingredients together and made them that way? I think you actually won in the kitchen – so much less work!
How can I speak to someone please