I had some leftover cooked red lentils in my fridge and was looking for something to do with them. I came across this recipe in Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian Cookbook. Â I followed the recipe for the most part except that his called for just soaked lentils that you puree while I had pre-cooked ones which I just mashed up. Here is what I did.
Red Lentil Pancakes
1 cup cooked red lentils, smashed up
1/2 cup sliced green onion
1 carrot sliced into thin matchsticks
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
1 Tablespoon minced ginger
2 Tablespoons garam masala
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs whisked
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and stir until a batter forms. In a large nonstick pan, heat a high heat oil (I used grapeseed) over high heat. Add 3 separate spoonfuls of batter to the pan and flatten them out so there is a large surface area. Cook about 4 minutes, flip and cook for another 2-3 minutes. (I needed to use two spatulas to sucessfully flip the pancakes without them breaking.) Repeat until you run out of batter. (I got 6 pancakes though a couple of mine were a little large.)
I served this with some brown rice, unsweetened applesauce from a local orchard, and a big green salad.
