Ingredients:
1/3 cup dry lupin splits
1 small chopped onion
8-10 chopped curry leaves
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 tblsp ginger & garlic paste
3 to 5 tblsp Lupin flour
1 chopped thai chilli
1 dry Red chilli
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
Salt to taste
Recipe:
Soak 1/3 cup dry lupin splits for a few hours. Keep 2 tblsp soaked lupin splits aside & crush rest of them into a paste with just a few spoons of water. Crush 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp fennel seeds and 1 dry red chilli into a powder. In a large bowl, add lupin paste, 2 tblsp soaked whole lupin splits and powdered spice mix. Add chopped onions, curry leaves, cilantro, thai chilli, ginger & garlic paste, lupin flour (depends on the amount of water added earlier in the recipe) and salt to taste. Combine everything well. Make 8 equal round patties. Fry them above 360 degrees F till they are golden brown.
Health & nutrition:
This recipe makes 8 lupin fritters and contains whopping 32 g plant based protein in total. As lupin splits are very high in protein as well as fibre, It is a great snack for weight watchers to keep you full for longer period. It is also keto friendly due to lupin splits’ low net carbohydrate content.