Cauliflower & Sweet Potato Cakes
So here it is, my very first recipe on BiaMaith.ie. I am not a chef but as a mum of three very young kids and a hungry husband, I often feel like I spend half my life wondering what to make for dinner. This week cauliflower & sweet potatoes were on offer in one of the supermarkets so I stocked up and decided I would experiment with other ingredients I had at home. This dish is what I came up with. I love trying out different spices and try to feed my family as healthily as possible, so these are what I came up with. We all really enjoyed them and they were so cheap to make. I’ll definitely give these a go again and I think they’d be really nice with a mint and yoghurt dip or a garlic mayo in a pitta bread with salad.
ENSURE THE SPICES YOU USE ARE GLUTEN FREE IF THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU
Ingredients
Allergens : Gluten & Lactose Free
Cauliflower – 1/2
Sweet Potato – 450g (roughly 2)
Onion – 1/2
Garlic Cloves – 4 finely chopped
Fresh Ginger – 1 inch piece grated
Red Chilli – 1 de-seeded and finely chopped
Fresh Coriander – 1 tbsp finely chopped
Chickpeas – 1 tin 400g
Tomato Puree – 2 tbsp
Ground Cumin – 1 tsp
Garam Masala – 2 tsp
Turmeric – 1/2
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Gram Flour – 100g
Water – 2 tbsp
Oil for frying
Instructions
1
Getting ready…
You will need – 1 medium pot, 1 chopping board, 1 sharp knife, 1 non stick frying pan, medium bowls and 1 sieve..
You will need – 1 medium pot, 1 chopping board, 1 sharp knife, 1 non stick frying pan, medium bowls and 1 sieve..
2
Cut the cauliflower into florets, peel the sweet potato and cut into chunks
3
Place into a pot of boiling water and cook until tender making sure they don’t go mushy, approx 7 minutes. Drain and set to one side
4
Fry the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli in the pan without colouring, I used coconut oil but you can use any oil you want.
5
Add the dried spices and stir well for about 1 -2 minutes then add the tomato puree and water and stir some more
6
Add the salt, fresh coriander and stir
7
Drain and rinse the chickpeas and add these too
8
Cut the cooked cauliflower and sweet potato into a similar size as a chick pea then add to the pan and mix really well remove from the pan and allow to cool
9
Add half the gram flour and form into little patties, I got 14 out of the mix.
10
Roll each in the remaining gram flour
11
Fry on a medium heat for 2 minutes each side.
12
I served mine with a spicy ketchup mixed with mayonnaise, 1 part ketchup to 3 parts mayonnaise, fresh lettuce leaves and tortilla wraps.
Super duper way to get the kids to eat veggies they don’t normally touch. I say they are for the adults only and somehow this makes them want them even more 🙂