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Crispy Lentil Cakes

Here's how you make Crispy Lentil Cakes
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  • Servings: 20
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 25m
  • The following recipe serves 20 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 teaspoon oil (vegetable oil)
  • 500 gram daal (packet, The Spice Tailor Classic Tarka Daal specified)
  • 500 grams potatoes (brush, peeled, steamed and mashed)
  • 1/4 small red capsicum, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoon coriander, fresh and chopped
  • 1green chilli, long, deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 spring onion, finely chopped
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs (70 grams made from day-old bread)
  • 1/4 cup oil (vegetable oil, 60ml, extra)
  • TO SERVE
  • Tzatziki
  • Mango chutney
  • Coriander leaves
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and add whole spices from the daal packet and cook, stirring for 30 seconds or until aromatic and then add the sauce and lentil mixtures from the daal packet and bring to the boil and reduce heat to low and simmer for 7 to 8 minutes or until the mixture thickens and then transfer to a large bowl and place in the fridge for 2 hours or until cold.

  • Step 2: Stir tablespoons of daal mixture into patties and heat 1 tablespoon of extra oil in a medium non-stick frying pan over medium high heat and one-third of the patties and cook for 2 minutes each side or until golden and heated through and transfer to a plate lined with paper towel and repeat, in 2 more batches, with remaining extra oil and patties.

  • Step 3: Serve with tzatziki, mango chutney and coriander leaves.


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