Chickpea Fritters Recipe
Canned chickpeas make a great base for crispy fritters. Plus they’re inexpensive too! Adding spices, garlic and parmesan gives them plenty of flavour. I like to serve mine with sweet chilli sauce, but they also taste great with garlic-yogurt sauce or tahini-mayo dip.
Servings: 12 Fritters
Ingredients
- 2 x 400g (14oz) tins chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 60 g (1/2 cup) plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 75 g (3/4 cup) grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1 egg
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
To Serve
- Sweet chilli sauce
- Crispy salad and/or coleslaw
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to a very low setting – to keep the fritters warm (they will need to be cooked in batches). Put a baking tray to one side for the fritters.
- Place the drained chickpeas in a bowl and mash with a potato masher until the chickpeas are well broken down (it’s fine if the mixture is a little lumpy). Alternatively, you can place in a food processor and blitz a few times, until the chickpeas are broken down.
- Add the flour, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, garlic, lemon zest, parmesan, parsley and egg and mix together using a fork or your hands until combined.
- Form into 12 patties.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large frying pan (skillet) over a medium-high heat.
- Add six of the patties and fry for 5-6 minutes, turning once, until golden brown.
- Remove from the pan, place on the baking tray and place in the oven to keep warm.
- Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to the pan and fry the remaining 6 patties in the same way.
- Once cooked, serve 3-per-person, drizzled with sweet chilli sauce. I liked to serve mine alongside a crispy salad or with crunchy coleslaw.
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Notes
Tip: These fritters make great burgers! To make 4 burgers, halve all the quantities and make into 4 patties instead. Fry for an extra minute. Serve on toasted buns with lettuce, red onion and sweet chilli sauce.
Make it vegetarian: Swap the Parmesan for vegetarian Italian-style hard cheese.
The nutritional information is estimated per fritter and excudes the sweet chilli sauce serving suggestion.
Nutrition
Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 217mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g
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