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Yellow Pea Fritters

Burmese Split Pea Fritters

Crispy little fritters made with sprouted yellow lentils make the best appetizer. Only 6 ingredients!
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Prep Time 6 hrs
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 6 hrs 15 mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Asian
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Mortar & pestle or food processor
  • paper towels
  • Deep frying utensils like metal slotted spoon, long metal tongs

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup yellow split peas or lentils
  • vegetable oil for deep frying

Batter

  • 5 tbsp rice flour
  • 2 cups warm water

Spice mix

  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 1-2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 tbsp chili flakes
  • 1 medium shallot minced
  • pinch of turmeric
  • sea salt & pepper

Mustard sauce

  • 1/2 cup vegan mayonnaise (Vegenaise)
  • 3-5 tbsp Yellow mustard

Instructions
 

Prepare the mustard sauce

  • Whisk the vegenaise with the yellow mustard. Taste and season. Set aside.

Prepare the peas or lentils

  • Remove any dark bit of lentils or peas.
  • Cover 1 cup of dried yellow split peas or lentil with water the night before.
  • The next morning, drain, rinse, and set aside.

Prepare the spices

  • In a mortar or a food processor grind the cumin seeds, salt, pepper, then garlic and shallots until you get a light paste.
  • Heat up a small pan with a little vegetable oil and slowly heat the spice paste until it is lightly caramelized.
  • This should only take a few minutes. Keep stirring so that it doesn't burn or stick to the pan.

Prepare the batter

  • Whisk 5 tbsp of rice flour with 1/2 cup of warm water until well blended.

Make and cook the fritters

  • Combine the batter in a large bowl, add the spice paste and mix.
  • Fold the soaked split peas or lentils.
  • Process the mix in a food processor just to gently mix it further. Don't turn it into mush. You want to keep a few whole peas or lentils.
    Processed soaked split peas
  • Heat up enough cooking oil to deep fry in a small deep pan.
  • Prepare your working area; set aside a spatula, tablespoon, metal slotted spoon and long metal tongs.
  • Place paper towels on a large plate. Have your bowl near by the stove.
  • How to know when the oil is hot enough? Quickly dip the tip of a wood spoon and bubbles should quickly form.
  • Using your tablespoon, scoop a little filling, and slide into the pan with a spatula.
    burmese fritters
  • Quickly cover the fritter with oil. Let it cook for less than a minute (they are small) flipping each and making sure they don't burn.
  • Using a metal slotted spoon, scoop the fritter on a plate lined with paper towel to drain the excess oil.
  • Repeat until all fritters are cooked. This batch should yield 18-20 small fritters.
  • Keep warm in a toaster oven until you are ready to serve.
  • Serve on a bad of greens with mustard dipping sauce.

Notes

For a lighter version, bake on a lined baking sheet at 400F for 12-14 minutes. Watch to make sure they don't burn!
Keyword gluten-free
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