Spicy Chickpea Fritters

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 150 g dried garbanzo beans
• 3 medium onions
• 150 ml cold water
• 5 black peppercorns
• 3 teaspoons instant bouillon granules (vegetable or chicken flavour as desired)
• 3 cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cardamom pod (seeds only)
• 1 teaspoon chili flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons mixed italian herbs
• 1 tablespoon fresh coriander
• 5 garlic cloves
• 50 g tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons virgin olive oil
• 4 tablespoons fresh parmesan cheese (grated)
• 2 eggs

Recipe

• 1 instructions.
• 2 wash chickpeas and pick over to remove foreign matter and discoloured chickpeas.
• 3 soak chickpeas in water for at least 4 hours (or overnight if possible).
• 4 place all dry ingredients in a large mortar & pestle and grind until well blended.
• 5 add fresh herbs to mortar and grind well.
• 6 add tomato paste and oil to mortar and mix well.
• 7 wash and drain chickpeas and place in food processor with onions and 150mls of cold water (or stock). blend until well crushed but not to a paste.
• 8 add herb and spice mixture to processor and blend with chickpea mixture.
• 9 transfer chickpea mixture to a bowl and add eggs and grated parmesan cheese and mix well (beat eggs lightly before mixing through).
• 10 add flour and mix through until the mixture is thick but can still fall off the spoon (slightly runny). then stand for about 30 minutes so flavours blend together.
• 11 spray frying pan with cooking oil and heat to medium heat.
• 12 place dollops of the mixture into the frying pan and cook both sides until golden, turning once only. (cook in batches ensuring pan is wiped and re oiled between batches).
• 13 for vegetarian use vegetable bouillon only or a vegetarian fake chicken flavor only.