Vegan Red Lentil Fritters | Deliciously Ella

These vegan red lentil fritters are one of the most popular recipes on our app and a real favourite at home. I love them served with plain yoghurt (I use a coconut yoghurt), avocado slices and a drizzling of siracha for a little spice.
To make 12 vegan red lentil fritters, serves 4
- 150g red lentils
- 4 large carrots, peeled and grated
- 1 red onion, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 large clove of garlic, peeled and chopped
- 50g gram (chickpea) flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil, plus more for frying
- Generous pinch of salt
Method
Place the red lentils into a pan of boiling water over a medium heat and cook until soft, about 25 minutes. Drain and place to one side to cool.
Once cool, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well, adding a little dash of water if the mixture feels too dry. Leave the mixture to one side for 5 minutes.
Scoop out large spoonfuls of the mixture and form them into patty shapes using your hands. The mixture should make around 12 fritters.
Heat some coconut oil in a frying pan, and once the pan really hot, place 3-4 fritters in the pan and cook for 5-10 minutes on each side until golden on the outside and cooked through.

[@RamasamyArumugam1927]

Thanks for sharing. I was brought up with lentil (dhal curry) what we called "Vaday" in the local language(Tamil) in India since my childhood. It is nice to see what we could with lentil. As a vegan, I need more such recipes to meet my protein requirements for the day.

[@methiiyiimii3092]

Uuuu i love lentils, it’s insane what you can make with lentils😳 almost everything

[@macantakai]

I already have all the ingredients for this recipe! Can't wait to try

[@rach2708]

ah these are one of my favourites, they’re perfect with a rice salad :)

[@madamepapillon9462]

Very delicious. Thanks for sharing your inspiration, Ella!

[@jordanmcdaniel1398]

Miss these videos so much!!

[@mikeskylark1594]

Nice fritters

[@mariaelenafuntalba506]

Wow it looks relish and easy to do...love love you Ella

[@KoolKaur]

Can’t wait to try them! Can you freeze these btw?

[@tinkerbelledreameify]

Is there something you can substitute for the chickpea flour?

[@allaboutsharmine7852]

excellent

[@__kindred]

Looks amazing - as always :)

[@slorited]

😅 in the subtitles it’s stinky mixture
But ether way it looks delicious 😋

[@AM-gy3pg]

haha, luv that! :D

[@abnashkaur4118]

Can you bake these instead?

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Excellent recipe and video.

[@saraax2434]

Do you have to use coconut oil or can I use water?

[@lesliesaraiva7270]

These look great when cooked, but very loose when raw.

[@bartf7231]

Would love to have grams in terms of the carrots and the grams of lentils before or after cooking?

[@Marga-tu1ql]

OMG Delitious !!!!!!😱😱😱 thank you Ella

[@djurdjicaivkovic36]

can i maybe add one zuccini instead one carrot bcz its tumach carrot for my taste

[@debbiey9181]

Can I use the air fryer instead of pan frying it?

[@bobbiboo1013]

would these work with coconut flour? 🤔

[@cecilia_cherieblossom]

Yum !

[@nataliasanchez6313]

Why coconut oil and not Olive oil? I am Spanish and is one of our mediterrean treasures for the health...

[@BayleaHeartsTaylorS]

Is it 150g of dried lentils or cooked?

[@amazing1933]

Baylea I’d assume dry?

[@rosannapost9992]

Yuuummm!!

[@jeanneamato8278]

Yum

[@julieannthegreedyvegan8420]

Yum💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@misslephantpaws]

I made this tonight because I had all the ingredients in the house! 😯. Lovely and simple to make will be making again, yum yum!

[@vjd431]

Lana Steel the mixture looked really wet and sticky, was it a big mess or no? Thanks 😬

[@misslephantpaws]

@@vjd431 Hi, some of them broke up a little but wasn't too bad.. The ones I broke are the ones I tried to flip a little bit too early but I got the hang of it with a nice hot pan, hope that helps

[@vjd431]

@@misslephantpaws wonderful, thanks so much! 👍😊

[@abcxyz-cx4mr]

Lana Steel - did you use chickpea flour? Is there an alternative to chickpea flour?

[@manuelaardila4882]

Yessss 🙌🏻🤤🔥😍

[@nakedeyeee949]

can i use rice flour ?

[@jmk1962]

Hi, these look delicious.

[@sararashid4558]

Do the red lentils mash or did you mash them yourself ?

[@sararashid4558]

Or do they just get like that after being in water ?

[@ronchu2323]

Can I bake it?

[@lizdoehring9289]

I live alone, so talk of big batches and family lunch boxes excludes me. I know I can freeze things, but I'd love to see recipes for a single person - or maybe for 2 meals (not 12!)

[@Profile.4]

Too bad mr lonely.

[@naalamley6018]

Hi 💫 I am in the same situation, and I would suggest dividing the ingredients by 4, for your needs. I hope that they are enjoyable 🙌🏾

[@alexkeenan878]

These looked lovely, but when I made them they weren't very nice at all😩

[@kmzan]

I love all the recipes that you show us! But I feel that every time your videos get shorter and shorter (not that I wants a 10 min video) but just sharing my feeling haha

[@kmzan]

Maybe it’s because I can’t get enough of how delicious everything looks 💕👌🏿

[@goingbacktoourroots]

Not sure where I went wrong but they where total mush....

[@BlueBadBerry]

Can I use sth instead of carrots? I'm allergic :/ Maybe courgette?

[@anniestru]

Courgette is a great idea!

[@ahmedibrahim6975]

Do you know that the British Council website has been used your video?

[@caimaccoinnich9594]

Coconut oil is so bad for you