Crispy Lentil Cakes

SERVES 6-8

5 MINS PREP

COOKS IN 25 MINS

These delicious pan-fried lentil cakes (kebabs) are great with drinks, or make them larger for a healthy light meal with a salad or even in a burger.

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Tailored to Taste

Indians love making little pan-fried kebabs or cakes to serve with drinks when they have friends over. A different lifestyle means these now serve as a light meal instead but they remain very versatile. I have added some extra bits for flavour and crunch, you can add others if you like. These are great as they are and delicious with a side salad but in true Indian style, they would be served with a herby coriander chutni or a sweet and tangy tamarind one.

Ingrédients

1 pack of The Spice Tailor Classic Lentil Tarka Daal (lentils included)
½ red pepper
10g fresh coriander, leaves and stalks
1 Indian green finger chilli or to taste
1 small spring onion
2 large slices of bread, crumbed
200g floury potato, cooked whole and peeled (microwave is best and quick)
Vegetable oil to cook

Méthode

Finely chop the pepper, coriander, chilli and spring onions (mostly green part)
Heat 1 tsp. oil in a medium sized saucepan, add the spices from the whole spice sachet; cook for 30 seconds.
Add the contents of the Tarka sauce and lentils from the 2 pouches. Simmer for 6-7 minutes or until the lentils have really thickened. Cool completely (this can be done the night before).
When the potato is done, peel and mash with a fork, mix with the chopped bits, crumbs and thickened lentils (if they don’t keep their form, add more crumbs). Add a little salt (around ¼-1/3tsp or to taste). Set aside for 10 minutes and form into little or large balls (depending on how big you want them). They should easily keep their shape.
Heat a good splash of oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Gently flatten the balls into discs and add to the pan; adding as many as you can. Cook over a medium flame until golden on both sides. Drain on kitchen roll as you make the next batch. You might need to wipe the pan between batches.
Serve hot as they are, with a side salad, with coriander chutni and a herbed yoghurt dip.

Tailored to Taste

Indians love making little pan-fried kebabs or cakes to serve with drinks when they have friends over. A different lifestyle means these now serve as a light meal instead but they remain very versatile. I have added some extra bits for flavour and crunch, you can add others if you like. These are great as they are and delicious with a side salad but in true Indian style, they would be served with a herby coriander chutni or a sweet and tangy tamarind one.

Ingrédients

1 pack of The Spice Tailor Classic Lentil Tarka Daal (lentils included)
½ red pepper
10g fresh coriander, leaves and stalks
1 Indian green finger chilli or to taste
1 small spring onion
2 large slices of bread, crumbed
200g floury potato, cooked whole and peeled (microwave is best and quick)
Vegetable oil to cook

Méthode

Finely chop the pepper, coriander, chilli and spring onions (mostly green part)
Heat 1 tsp. oil in a medium sized saucepan, add the spices from the whole spice sachet; cook for 30 seconds.
Add the contents of the Tarka sauce and lentils from the 2 pouches. Simmer for 6-7 minutes or until the lentils have really thickened. Cool completely (this can be done the night before).
When the potato is done, peel and mash with a fork, mix with the chopped bits, crumbs and thickened lentils (if they don’t keep their form, add more crumbs). Add a little salt (around ¼-1/3tsp or to taste). Set aside for 10 minutes and form into little or large balls (depending on how big you want them). They should easily keep their shape.
Heat a good splash of oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Gently flatten the balls into discs and add to the pan; adding as many as you can. Cook over a medium flame until golden on both sides. Drain on kitchen roll as you make the next batch. You might need to wipe the pan between batches.
Serve hot as they are, with a side salad, with coriander chutni and a herbed yoghurt dip.

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Tarka Daal Classique aux Lentilles

C'est probablement le plat le plus cuisiné en Inde car il constitue une source saine de protéines végétariennes et est très rassasiant. Ces lentilles beurrées sont relevées par des épices chaudes, du gingembre piquant, de l'ail savoureux et des tomates acidulées.

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