Spicy Vegetable Fritters Recipe
I find these to be nice finger food for picnics or a side dish to any main course. They are quick and fairly easy to make and can be altered to suit any family and household. These ones don't come out too chilli but still remain deliciously spicy. Arabs like their coriander and parsley and adding the vegetable mix gives it extra colour in addition to extra crunch and taste. You will find that mixing plain flour with gram flour softens the strong taste gram flour tends to have. Here I used fresh grated carrots and spinach but there are many variations. My family particularly like the chicken nibbles version, maybe because I tend to leave out the seeds and chilli in that variation ;) I don't know!
Ingredients
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 1 fresh carrot grated optional
- 1 chopped green chilli
- 1 large potato grated or cut small and thinly sliced
- 1 cup fresh spinach
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp of turmeric
- 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 handful fresh chopped coriander & parsly
- or Paprica, if you don't want it too chilli 1/2 tsp crushed red chilli
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp onion seed
- 1/2 cup self raising flour
- maybe more if needed 1 cup gram flour
- 1 medium egg
- ½ cup water for mixing or maybe more if needed
Instructions
- chop 1 or 2 green chillies, a handful of fresh coriander & parsley
- Put them into a mixing bowl then add your preferred grated/sliced veggies to the mix.
- In a separate bowl, mix the spices with 1/2 cup self-raising flour and 1 cup gram flour.
- Add the 1/4 tsp mustard seeds and 1/4 tsp onion seeds to the flour bowl
- Then mix 1 egg into 1/2 cup of cold water and add to the flour mix.
- Stir it all together really well into a smooth batter (I do this with my hands but you can use a whisk or mixer if you prefer).
- Once you are happy with your batter, add the bowl of chopped/sliced veggies and thoroughly mix together.
- Once mixed, immediately deep fry in 1 heaped tablespoon portions of the mixture until crispy & golden in colour (I find it easier & less messy to pick up a small portion with my hand while putting it to fry)
- Serve hot and enjoy with your favourite dip.