Dal fritters
4 hours 35 min
I am on a low carb diet and needed a good substitute to potato. Loving my Indian food I thought I would try something with dal. This recipe was from me playing around in the kitchen, but it turns out that it is a very popular food during festivals in India.
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Ingredients
Makes: 10 fritters
- 200g chana dal
- 3 teaspoons dried mint
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 50g finely chopped cabbage
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped red chilli
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium sized egg
- oil for frying
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:15min ›
Extra time:4hr ›
Ready in:4hr35min
- Soak chana dal for 4 hours.
- Drain and wash dal and add to pan of boiling water. Cook until soft, about 10 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the dal, it should not be mushy.
- Drain the dal and blend to a grainy consistency similar to couscous.
- In a bowl mix dal, and all the other ingredients except the oil.
- If you have a burger press, this would be ideal, if not, place a large tablespoon's worth of mixture onto some cling film and press into a small patty.
- Heat a heavy bottomed frying pan with some oil and fry a few of the fritters at a time on a medium heat until golden. These will absorb the oil in the pan, but that is fine.
Tip
This is a great low carb substitute to potatoes. Experiment with the ingredients. I might add some more chilli to my next batch, but this recipe is very mild and only has a hint of chilli flavour. The mint and cabbage give a lovely fresh flavour. This roughly makes 10 fritters. I calculated the nutritional value and each fritter has 40 calories, 1.8g total fat, 1.4g carbohydrate, 356mg sodium and 18.6mg cholesterol.
