Recipe: Red Lentil Flatbread
Red lentil flatbread! This recipe is adapted the vegan on board blog – with only 3 staple ingredients, then some added spices, I’m sure you have everything you need in your pantry to cook up! Let’s get cooking.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of dry red lentils
- 1 1/2 cups of filtered water
- salt to taste
- spices of your choice
- 1 teaspoon of chili powder
- 1 teaspoon of cumin
First, decide on your spices – for this batch I went with chili powder and cumin since we were serving the flatbread with roasted chicken and salsa. For the next batch I might try some nutmeg and cinnamon and eat them with a peanut butter sauce and roasted broccoli – but that’s for another time.
Once you’ve got your spices ready, put everything into a blender. Soak the lentils in the water, with the salt and spices for about 2 hours. I find the added hour gives the batter a smoother texture.
Then, spoon a few tablespoons into an oiled pan on medium heat and cook 90-120 seconds per side. When the bubbles start to show, flip the flatbread.
I think next time I might make these flatbreads into different shapes, more like naan, rather than pancake shapes.
One they’re done, eat hot and enjoy. They’re good, cold, too – I just like them better warm out of the pan.
Well, there you have it – a protein packed red lentil flatbread. Eat up with roasted chicken, or simply on it’s own with salsa or black bean dip (oh, I need to make that again soon!). This week I made a few extra for lunches – just a quick snack that’ll for sure hold me over.
Plus, I bet they’re good out of the toaster, or under the broiler with some caramelized onions and melted cheese (ooo – that sounds good!).
Thanks for stopping by – happy cooking and I’ll see you again soon. Bye for now!
Red Lentil Flatbread
Ingredients
- 1 cup of dry red lentils rinse first
- 1 1/2 cups of filtered water
- salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons of spices (chili powder and cumin)
Instructions
- First, decide on your spices – for this batch I went with chili powder and cumin since we were serving the flatbread with roasted chicken and salsa. For the next batch I might try some nutmeg and cinnamon and eat them with a peanut butter sauce and roasted broccoli – but that’s for another time.
- Once you’ve got your spices ready, put everything into a blender. Soak the lentils in the water, with the salt and spices for about 2 hours. I find the added hour gives the batter a smoother texture. Then, blend until the mixture is smooth.
- Next, spoon a few tablespoons into an oiled pan on medium heat and cook 90-120 seconds per side. When the bubbles start to show, flip the flatbread.
- One they’re done, eat hot and enjoy. They’re good, cold, too – I just like them better warm out of the pan.
8 Comments
CJ
Maybe it’s me but your directions aren’t making sense. It says pick spices. Then put everything in the blender. But then it says to soak the red lentils in water. Then it says spoon by tablespoon into hot oiled pan. It never says to turn blender on and blend and do I soak the lentils in the blender water? Or a bowl of water? I know that I always rinse them in fresh water many times before using them. If they soak in blender water, then that water is most likely going to be dirty water from the dirty lentils. Please clarify, it’s probably me that is not understanding this, but I wonder if you could explain it a little more thorough for people like myself? I sure do appreciate it!
Ali
Hi CJ,
Thanks for the question, and I’m happy to clarify.
Yes, the spices, water, and the dried lentils go into the blender, and everything soaks for up to 2 hours. Then, 100% – blend it – I’ve updated the instructions to match.
You can for sure wash your lentils first; that way, when they soak, you know they’re clean.
Hope that helps!
Ali
Paula Moors
Can I use them like a taco shell and fill them with veggies?
Ali
Hi Paula,
You could, if you make them really thin, like crepes – but these are more like naan bread for thickness – that’s how we eat them.
Hope that helps!
Ali
tbe
they look like pancakes.
Ali
They do!
Rose
Thank you for this recipe!! Finally got down to trying the magical & fabled red lentil flat bread. Love how simple this is. Thank you from Toronto
Ali
Awesome – so good to hear, Rose!