Let me start by admitting that the first time I made these lentil pancakes was by mistake… Here’s an explanation why! 🙂
After a day at the office, I arrived home and started to prepare our dinner. Lentil patties were on the menu for the day so I started by cooking the lentils. In the meantime, I had something else to do. I got caught up in what I was doing and totally forgot about the lentils. They were so mushy and overcooked by then. But I was not ready to throw them away! We had an idea to use them as a base for pancakes, by blending them into a batter.
We added some spice into the batter and fried them up just like any other pancake batter. These turned out to be very tasty. I made a quick curry sauce to accompany these pancakes and it actually complemented them a lot.
It wasn’t a bad mistake after all! 🙂
Spiced Lentils Pancake
Great as a snack or for a quick meal
Ingredients
- 200g dried red lentils
- 700g vegetable stock
- 1 carrot, finely grated
- 1 tbsp garam masala powder
- 2-3 tbsp flour
- Sea salt & black pepper
Directions
- Rinse the lentils and place them in a large saucepan. Pour the vegetable stock and place it on a medium-high heat. Bring to boil, lower the heat and simmer for 10-12 minutes. The lentils should be mushy and slightly overcooked.
- Mix in the carrot, garam masala powder and season with salt and pepper.
- Using a hand blender, puree at the lentils mixture until you get a smoother texture. If the mixture is too liquid add a tablespoon of flour at a time until you get a pancake batter consistency.
- Put a non-stick frying pan on high heat. Pour a ladleful of batter and cook for 3-5 minutes or until golden brown. Flip on the other side and cook for another 3 minutes. Do the same with the remaining batter.
- Serve warm with a curry sauce.
Chunky Curry Sauce
A great dipping sauce to accompany the Lentils Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp garam masala powder
- 1 tsp curry powder
- Pinch of sugar
- Fresh coriander, to serve
Directions
- In a saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the onion and cook until translucent.
- Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes until fragrant.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, garam masala, curry powder and sugar.
- Let it simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Serve with fresh coriander and the lentil pancakes.
