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Chickpea & carrot fritters

June 2, 2017 By travellingoven 18 Comments

After few sweet blog posts it’s time for a savoury one! And because the Summer temperatures are here, I though of something simple and light that makes for a perfect lunch or dinner now that we don’t feel like eating heavy food and spending a lot of time by the stove or oven. Do you like chickpeas? I love them in soups, stews or as my favourite hummus spread that I already have here on the blog. If you are looking for inspiration to use chickpeas, have a look also at this delicious recipe for Couscous with chickpeas, almonds & pomegranate…

This time I combined chickpeas with carrots to make fritters (fried on just a little bit of coconut oil), added a lovely fresh salad and got the meal that I truly enjoyed, hope you will too!

Chickpea is a legume with seeds that are high in protein and that’s why, when combined with some other vegetables, they make such a healthy and balanced meal. They are also rich in fiber, iron, vitamin B6, magnesium and more so it’s a good idea to include them in your diet. What do you like to eat when it gets so hot outside? I’ve been making a lot of different salads, couscous or millet dishes, roasted or steamed vegetables, occasional chicken or fish for dinner and I have to admit possible a bit too much of fruit because I just love strawberries and cherries so much ands since they are now in season, I may have went a bit overboard with that. I mean, of course fruit is healthy but when eaten in large quantities, it also has a lot of natural sugars so it’s best to enjoy it in moderation (meaning, not like me these days!).

I will keep it short today as these days my life has been pretty much crazy and I’m in the process of moving, doing some works in the new apartment and so on… Busy and stressful! I’ve been trying to relax as much as I can but I think the real relaxation will come only somewhere in July when I will be going to Dubrovnik with my family and I will let the sea take all my stress away… 🙂

Recipe in English:

Chickpea & carrot fritters
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Author: Lili
Recipe type: Savoury / Vegetarian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 2 medium size carrots, chopped
  • 1 cup / 240 g cooked chickpeas (can use canned cooked chickpeas)
  • 1 small red onion
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup flour (I used spelt flour)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • herbs of your choice: rosemary, thyme, parsley...
  • Coconut oil (or other) for frying
  • Note: 1 cup = 250 ml
  • If making for more than 2 people, just increase the quantities.
Preparation
  1. Put all the ingredients in your food processor (you can also use hand blender) and process until it's all well combined and you get a smooth thick mixture.
  2. Use your hands to make small fritters and fry them in small quantity of oil (I used coconut oil) few minutes on each side, until they are golden brown.
  3. Serve the fritters with salad of your choice and enjoy!
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Recipe in Croatian / Recept na hrvatskom:
Popecci od slanutka i mrkve
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Author: Lili
Recipe type: Vegetarijanski
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • SASTOJCI
  • 2 mrkve srednje velicine, nasjeckane
  • 1 salica (240 g) kuhanog slanutka (mozete koristiti kuhani slanutak u konzervi ili staklenci)
  • 1 manji crveni luk
  • 2 jaja
  • 2 zlice maslinovog ulja
  • 1 salica brasna (ja koristim pirovo brasno)
  • 1 zlicica soli
  • ½ zlicice kurkume
  • zacini po zelji: ruzmarin, majcina dusica, persin...
  • ulje za przenje (ja koristim kokosovo)
  • Napomena: 1 salica = 250 ml.
  • Ako radite za vise od dvije osobe, povecajte kolicinu sastojaka.
Preparation
  1. PRIPREMA
  2. Stavite sve sastojke u vas multipraktik (mozete koristiti i rucni mikser) i miksajte sve dok se sastojci ne povezu i dobijete gustu kremastu smjesu.
  3. Rukama radite male popecke i przite ih u zagrijanom kokosovom ulju, nekoliko minuta sa svake strane dok ne dobiju zlatno-smjedju boju.
  4. Posluzite sa salatom po vasem izboru i dobar vam tek!
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Comments

  1. Tanja says

    June 2, 2017 at 7:49 pm

    great idea, I’ll have to try it 🙂

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 3, 2017 at 7:07 am

      Thank you, they are delicious and I hope you’ll give them a try! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Vlatka says

    June 3, 2017 at 5:49 am

    This looks delicious 🙂

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 3, 2017 at 7:08 am

      Thank you, they are really delicious! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Gaga - Moje Grne says

    June 3, 2017 at 9:07 pm

    Obožavam leblebije i sve sa njima.
    Divno…

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 4, 2017 at 10:19 am

      I ja isto! Hvala! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Mari says

    June 3, 2017 at 9:25 pm

    Oh, we looove chickpea and all the combinations with veggies! Also, the fact you used coconut oil makes it even more inviting to make! Thanks for the recipe, we’ll be trying it very soon! 🙂

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 4, 2017 at 10:20 am

      Thank you so much! Chickpeas are such a great ingredient! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Natalija - Mystic Cakes says

    June 3, 2017 at 9:40 pm

    Baš super slani zalogajčići. 🙂 Leblebiju sam probala samo jednom u humusu, ali Znam da je jako zdrava i bogata proteinima tako da bi svakako bilo super uvrstiti je u ishranu malo češće.

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 4, 2017 at 10:21 am

      Da, to je vrlo zdrava namirnica i svakako je dobro uvrstiti je u prehranu. Hvala puno! 🙂

      Reply
  6. kata says

    June 4, 2017 at 5:35 am

    Photos are so perfect. recipe too.

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 4, 2017 at 10:22 am

      Thank you so much, I’m glad you like it! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Nasja says

    June 4, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    Odlična ideja. Sigurno ću probati. Ali slike !!!😍😍😍😍😀😀
    Predivne😊

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 6, 2017 at 11:44 am

      Hvala puno!!! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Natalie says

    June 5, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    This fritters look absolutely amazing. I love easy healthy dinners. This is definitely a keeper, to try. Lovely photos.. as always 🙂

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 6, 2017 at 11:44 am

      Thank you Natalie! <3 This kind of food is the best! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Laura & Nora @Our Food Stories says

    June 6, 2017 at 11:50 am

    Gorgeous pictures and gorgeous light!! Would so much love to try this now <3

    Reply
    • travellingoven says

      June 6, 2017 at 3:23 pm

      Thank you so much Laura & Nora! You know that I’m a big fan of your work so that means a lot to me! <3

      Reply

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