Rind lentils in a colander under cold running water. Leave lentils overnight in a big pot covered with a large amount of water.

Prepare your ingredients for meatless meatballs

Put a pan of water on a high heat and bring to the boil. Rinse rice in a colander under running cold water until the water runs clean. Add rice to the boiling water, reduce heat to medium and boil for 5 min. Drain the rice in a colander and set aside.

Peel and chop the onion, add olive oil to the pan and sauté onion for 5 min on a low heat until soft and translucent. Meanwhile, peel and grate the carrot and add to the onion when ready. Cook for 4 min; take off the stove to cool down.

Grind left overnight lentils in a food processor or a food mill.

Chop parsley, peel and smash the garlic in a garlic masher. Combine grind lentils, rice, sautéed onions with carrots, parsley, garlic, ketchup, salt, pepper in a bowl.

Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

Rinse your hands in a cold water and form your meatballs. You should have approximately 12 balls.

Prepare your ingredients for a Sicilian sauce.

Wash and cut mushrooms. Add olive oil to the pan and cook mushrooms on medium heat for 4 -5 min. Meantime, wash and chop basil together with stalks, peel and chop garlic, separate rosemary leaves from the stick, pit the olives (press them with an empty glass, pits will come out easier), deseed and chop chili pepper, deseed and julienne red pepper. Open your anchovies tin. Add all your ingredients to the pan and cook for 5 min.

Add tomatoes with the juices. Crush tomatoes and mix your sauce well. Add salt and pepper. Cook for 5 min

Add meatballs to the sauce leaving enough space in between. Make sure sauce is covering meatballs to 3/4 or even better if they are dumbed in the sauce completely (add water if needed).Reduce heat to minimum, cover with lead and simmer for 30-40 min. Meatballs will absorb all the sauce with its flavors and double in size.

Serve your meatballs with any greens on a side, on a sub, or atop of pasta for warm Italian style Family meal. Bon Appétit!