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Offline hana

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Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« on: February 28, 2012, 09:02:52 am »
Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters

Makes 12, serves 6 as a starter or 3-4 as a meal

Ingredients

1 400g tin chickpeas, drained
1 onion, peeled and quartered
2 cloves garlic
1 carrot, roughly chopped (no need to peel)
1 zucchini, chopped
Big handful of fresh mint, plus more to serve
50g plain flour (can use besan flour to make it gf)
1 egg
freshly ground salt and pepper
1 tbs olive oil plus 1/2 cup for frying

Put onion and garlic in tm and chop for 2 secs on spd 7. Add olive oil and cook for two minutes @ 100 degrees on spd 2.
Throw in drained chickpeas, carrot, zucchini and mint and blitz on turbo 2-3 times or until roughly chopped and coming together.
Add flour, salt and pepper, and egg and blitz again on turbo 1-2 times until you have a chunky batter.
Heat oil in a non stick pan over medium heat. Drop heaped tablespoons of the batter into the oil and flatten slightly. Cook for 3-4 minutes each side or until golden and cooked through.
Serve with tm yoghurt, sweet chilli sauce and scatter with mint leaves.


Great to throw together for unexpected guests, as a vegetarian / gluten free option, or for kids lunchboxes.


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Re: Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2012, 10:47:04 am »
hana,  looks good.  thanks for posting.

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Re: Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2012, 12:24:15 pm »
Hi Hana - thanks for a tasty recipe. About how large is the zucchini you're using? We get enormous ones in Perth and I have overdosed recipes before with too much !!

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Re: Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2012, 12:36:54 pm »
Bonsai, I used a regular sized zucchini, but I think a massive one would be fine, a bit more flavour. just add a bit more flour to absorb some of the extra moisture. Forgot to mention I threw in a handful of spinach leaves as well. The more veg the better I reckon!

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Re: Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2012, 12:57:28 pm »
Thanks Hana - I guess as long as there is enough flour it won't matter too much. I have had zucchini slice go really sloppy on me before when the zucchini dose is too high  :-))

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Re: Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2012, 11:52:36 am »
Thanks Hana. These look good. Am adding the recipe to my quick easy meal file!
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Re: Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2014, 05:33:10 am »
made this without mint.  Yum!
Vegetarian family in Sydney

When you take time to prepare healthy food for family and friends, you are offering them a special gift.  Not only will they feel nourished by the nutrients in the food but also by your generosity in creating delicious treats for their enjoyment.

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Re: Chickpea, veggie and mint fritters
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2014, 09:05:53 am »
These sound great, will need to keep them in mind.