Quick Food Fix: Mixed Lentil Pancakes

It's always about how quickly can you get from start of putting the meal together to serving to the family. On any given day, I have about 20 minutes, 25 minutes if I am really lucky. With four hungry tummies growling, it better be quick, nutritious and delicious.

My mom's teaching is ingrained in me, 'Everything in life can wait, except food. Must be good, healthy and delicious. 'Oh mom, why o why!

I am a big advocate of cooking fresh for the kids et al. The more I expose the kids to different flavors, cuisines and concoctions, hopefully, easier they will have in life as Vegetarian Foodies like me.

Another addition to my Quick Fix Recipe

Name: Mixed Lentil Pancakes.

Note to self: Be more creative with the names

 Time to prepare: 10 minutes

Time to cook: 10 minutes

Yields: 6-8 medium size pancakes

Ingredients:

Onion: 1/2 cup finely chopped

Ginger: 1 tsp finely chopped

Garlic: 1 tsp finely chopped

Chili: Per taste, finely chopped

Millet Flour: 1 1/2 Cup

Gram Flour (Besan): 1/2 Cup

Boiled lentils/Quinoa: 2 cups

Water: Approx 1 cup

 In this recipe: I had used the pre-boiled 'Quinoa, Toor Daal, Moong Daal' from the night before. But feel free to choose your own concoction; any left over lentils will be perfect addition.

Spices:

Fennel Seeds: 1 tsp

Ajwain/ Carram Seeds: 1 tsp

Jeera: 1/2 tsp

Salt: Per taste

Mirchi: 1 Tsp

Lemon Juice: 1 Tsp

Instructions:

1. Mix all of the above ingredients with a little water to make the batter. It should not be runny, nor should it be too thick.

2. On a heated pan, spread out as you would do pancakes. I used non-stick, so no oil was needed.

3. On Medium flame, cover the pan and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.

4. Flip the pancakes, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes

5. Serve with Chaat Masala, Green Chutney/ ketchup

The cooking takes slightly longer, since you have lentils and millet flour both of which have longer cook times, so if you take a larger pan, you can make more at the same time like I did, see picture below.

 

Now, if you have been following my blog (Yay!), you know I love making Chilla's/ Indian Pancakes a lot for our breakfasts/ quick snacks. This one qualifies as a meal in itself. The lentils are heavier and hence you do tend to get filled up quicker.

 

So Bon A petit! Enjoy yourself.