Mock Fish Sticks

Mock Fish Sticks
Ingredients :

2 cups Eggplant
4-5 cups zucchini
2 tsp finely minced onion

Raw nori sheets

Marinade:
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 sheet nori, torn up
1 tsp sea salt

Batter:
2 cups raw sunflower seeds
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup golden flaxseeds

Methods :
Cut eggplant and zucchini lengthwise into fillets about 1/3 inch thickness and soak them for at least 24 hours.
Press excess water out with a paper towel.
IN the bowl of your food processor, combine eggplant with the onion and marinade ingredients and process till smooth.
Remove to a mixing bowl. IN the food processor, chop the zuchinni until it resembles fish flakes (slightly coarse but very small.)
Mix the ingredients the eggplant mixture and the zucchini. This is your "fish" mixture.
Cut each nori sheet into quarters. Fill the nori strip with about a Tbsp of the mixture, in a long strip. Roll the nori into a cigarette shape (it will be like a 4 inch long cigarillo, actually!), and gently press the sides down.
Place the fish cigarillos on food dehydrator sheets and dehydrate at 145 for 2 hours.
Remove from the dehydrator. Flatten gently with your fingers until the cigarillos turn into little rectangles that resemble....fish sticks!
In the bowl of your food processor, grind the Sunflower seeds and salt until smooth, adding water if necessary, to make a 'pancake batter' consistency.
Grind the flaxseed until it resembles a meal.
Dip the marinated, nori cigarillos in the batter and cover completely on both sides, then roll in the flaxseed, pressing to adhere.
Place on the dehydrator tray and dehydrate at 105 degrees for about 2 hours and then flip it over and dehydrate for another hour.