A ton of food either goes to waste or you essentially loath eating it. These 5 lentil recipes will tell you the best way to actually take advantage of extra daal.

 1. Chilla with Leftover Daal

Ingredients:

• Leftover cooked daal 1 Cup
• All-purpose flour sifted 1/2 Cup
• Rice flour 2 tbs
• Green chilies 2
• Red chili crushed 1/2 tsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp or to taste
• Water 3-4 tbs
• Fresh coriander 1-2 tbs
• Cooking oil 

Recipe:

In a blender jug, add all cooked lentil, all-purpose flour, rice flour, green chilies, red chili crushed, salt, water & blend well. Add fresh coriander & blend well. Grease griddle with cooking oil, add 1/2 cup of batter & spread evenly. Grease with cooking oil & cook from both sides until done (makes 4-5).

Serve with pickle.

2. Pakoray with Leftover Daal

Ingredients:

• Leftover cooked daal 1 Cup
• Gram flour sifted 1 Cup
• Red chili crushed 1 tsp
• Rice flour 2 tbs
• Coriander seeds crushed 1 tsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp or to taste
• Orange food color 1 pinch
• Baking soda 1/4 tsp
• Water 1/4 Cup or as required
• Spinach chopped 1 Cup
• Onion sliced 1 medium
• Green chilies sliced 2-3
• Cooking oil for frying
• Chaat masala

Recipe:

Sprinkle chaat masala & serve with chutney.

3. Paratha with Leftover Daal

Ingredients:

• Leftover cooked daal 1 Cup (dried)
• Green chili chopped 1 tbs
• Fresh coriander chopped 1 tbs
• Mint leaves chopped 1 tbs
• Prepared dough
• Cooking oil for frying

Recipe:

In a mixing bowl, add cooked lentil, green chili, fresh coriander, mint leaves & mix well. Take a dough ball sprinkle dry flour & roll out with the help of rolling pin.

Add & spread lentil mixture (2 tbs),apply water on the edges of dough & place another rolled dough over it & seal the edges. Heat griddle, add cooking oil & fry paratha from both sides until golden brown.

Serve with yogurt raita. 

4. Daal Tikki with Leftover Daal

Ingredients:

• Potatoes boiled 3 medium
• Leftover cooked daal 1 Cup (dried)
• Onion chopped 1 medium
• Corn kernels boiled & chopped 1/2 Cup
• Rice flour 2 tbs
• Cumin seeds roasted & crushed 1 tsp
• Red chili crushed 1/2 tsp
• Chicken powder 1 tsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp or to taste
• Green chilies chopped 2-3
• Fresh coriander chopped 2 tbs
• Mint leaves chopped 1 tbs
• Eggs whisked 1-2
• Cooking oil for frying

Recipe:

In a mixing bowl, add potatoes & mash well with the help of masher. Add cooked lentil & mash well. Add onion, corn kernels, rice flour, cumin seeds, red chili crushed, chicken powder, salt, green chilies, fresh coriander, mint leaves & mix well. Grease hands with oil, take small quantity of mixture and make tikkis of equal sizes.

In frying pan, heat cooking oil, dip tikkis in whisked eggs and shallow fry on medium flame from both sides until golden brown.

Serve with chutney. 

5. Daal Pancakes with Leftover Daal

Ingredients:

• Leftover cooked daal 1 Cup
• Egg 1
• All-purpose flour 6 tbs
• Yogurt 1 tbs
• Semolina 1 tbs
• Salt 1/2 tsp or to taste
• Baking soda 1/4 tsp
• Water 3-4 tbs or as required
• Capsicum thinly sliced 1/2 Cup
• Carrot grated 1/2 Cup
• Spring onion chopped 1/4 Cup
• Green chilies sliced 2-3

Recipe:

In a blender jug, add cooked lentil, egg, all-purpose flour, yogurt, semolina, salt, baking soda, water and blend well. Transfer to a bowl, add capsicum, carrot, spring onion, green chilies and mix well. On a greased frying pan, add 1/4 cup of batter and cook on low flame for 2 minutes, flip and cook other side until done 

Serve with sour cream/yogurt.