Crepes that are good for you, easy to make and full of protein!

In general protein requirement is 0.8 grams per kilogram of your body weight or 0.36 grams per pound (Reference: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-protein-per-day).  For an average woman this amounts to 46g and for an average man this amounts to 56g. You can use this online protein calculator https://tinyurl.com/y5orw58c

To prepare these crepes make sure you have a properly seasoned cast iron skillet or a non-stick skillet.

The ingredients for this crepe recipe includes 4 different lentils:

Pigeon peas or Tuar dal
Split chickpeas or Chana dal
Orange lentils or Masoor dal
Split mung beans or Mung dal

Here is the ingredient list:

Pigeon peas or Tuar dal - 1/2 cup
Split chickpeas or Chana dal - 1/2 cup
Orange lentils or Masoor dal - 1/2 cup
Split mung beans or Mung dal - 1/2 cup

Brown rice - 1 cup

Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp (this is optional)

Salt - 2 tbsp (or according to your requirements)

Method:

Soak the lentils and brown rice along with fenugreek seeds (if you are using it) for about 3 to 4 hours. You could even soak it overnight.  Drain the lentils and rice and put them in a blender along with some water. Don't make it too watery by adding too much water. Run the blender twice or thrice until you have a coarse batter.  Add salt and set this batter overnight or 6 to 8 hours in a warm place. It should ferment faster during the summer months.  

If you are in a cold climate or if you have the a/c on full blast, put the batter in an oven and turn it on at 250 F for 4 minutes and turn the oven off.  Don't let the oven heat up to 250F...you don't want to cook the batter...just warm the oven for 4 minutes. Let the batter sit in the oven for about 16 hours or until you see the batter rising.

Heat a non-stick skillet and pour 1/4 cup of the batter and spread into a crepe.  Once the crepe turns golden brown transfer it on to a plate. Spread some coconut oil, butter or ghee over it and serve with coconut chutney http://vanishealth.blogspot.com/2015/04/coconut-almond-chutney.html or any of your favourite sauces or syrup.

This makes 21 crepes and each crepe contains around 6 grams of protein.  You could easily eat 3 of these crepes. So you have 18g of protein for 3 crepes.





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