Lentil cutlets with carrots and rice, lean vegetarian

Crispy and hearty cutlets are perfect for rice or buckwheat. Vegetarian lentil cutlets will appeal even to those who prefer ordinary meat cutlets.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 22 % 13 g
Fats 15 % 9 g
Carbohydrates 63 % 37 g
293 kcal
GI: 58 / 42 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Ingredients of the recipe.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Drain the water from the lentils previously soaked overnight.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Grind the lentils to a porridge state.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peeled, washed and grated carrots are fried in vegetable oil, adding spices.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Boil the rice until soft, chop and add to the lentils.Mix thoroughly.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Next, add the roasted carrots and salt. Mix everything again until a homogeneous consistency.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    From the cooked minced meat we form cutlets and fry in oil from all sides.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Carrot lentil cutlets are ready.

Soak the lentils overnight. The water should cover it completely. The next day we get rid of the water, and the lentils themselves are passed through a meat grinder / food processor until they turn into porridge.

We pass both carrots through the grater. In a saucepan with water, add a little salt and cook the rice in it until it becomes soft. Grated carrots are fried in a frying pan, in vegetable oil. Add spices to it and mix. When the carrots are glazed and darken, we take it out of the pan.

Boiled rice is passed through a meat grinder / food processor, as we previously did with lentils. We combine the ground rice with lentils into one mass, simultaneously adding carrots and salt.

Vegetarian lentil cutlets we make from this minced meat. While still raw blanks are completed by frying in a frying pan. We put the fire on medium power. Fry from all sides. Dinner is served!

Use oil with a high smoking temperature for frying! Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it.
Unrefined oils, with rare exceptions, have a low smoking point. There are a lot of unfiltered organic particles in them, which quickly begin to burn.
Refined oils are more resistant to heating, and their smoking point is higher. If you are going to cook food in the oven, on a frying pan or grill, make sure that you use oil with a high smoking point. The most common of the oils with a high smoking point: refined varieties of sunflower, olive and grape.

You can check whether the oil has warmed up well enough in a frying pan in a simple way. Lower a wooden spatula into it. If bubbles have gathered around it, then you can start the frying process.

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper).

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • White fortified boiled rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Dried, uncooked lentils - 340   kcal/100g
  • Dried boiled lentils - 106   kcal/100g
  • Lentils - 340   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Ground coriander - 25   kcal/100g

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