Red Lentil Fritters
These fritters taste amazing and give your meals a great vegetarian protein boost. The flavors are exceptional and the secret to the texture is the added chickpeas.
Servings: 8 fritters
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup soaked lentils (soak ¾ cup red lentil to get about 1 ½ cups. They will expand) Get red lentils here Separated
- 1 cup chickpeas drained
- ½ cup sweet onion diced small
- 2 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- ½ tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
- ½ teaspoon pink salt or sea salt Get pink salt here Or more to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Dash or two of cumin
Instructions
- Soak ¾ cup lentils in filtered water with a couple of pinches of salt (just covering them with the water) for a couple of hours or overnight.
- When lentils are finished soaking and have absorbed most of the water, drain, and measure 1 cup of the lentils into a Nutri- Bullet or food processor. Measure the ½ cup into the mixing bowl to keep whole.
- Into your Nutri-Bullet also add 1 cup chickpeas, cilantro, and ginger.
- Blend until smooth, and scoop out into a bowl along with the whole red lentils.
- Add onion, and spices and mix well with a spoon. Taste the mix to make sure it is seasoned enough for your taste and add salt and pepper if needed.
- With your hands, patty out your fritters. I got 8. You could get less or more depending on how big you make them.
- Heat about 3 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat in a frying pan (I use refined coconut oil).
- When the oil is hot, place a few of your patties into the skillet.
- Fry about 5 minutes on each side or until they are golden brown. Fry the same amount of time on the other side.
- When they are finished, place on a plate lined with a paper towel.