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Chickpea Fritters with Couscous - Indian Vegetarian

Make Chickpea Fritters with Couscous - Indian Vegetarian at home with Couscous, Cucumber, Plum Tomatoes Diced, Flat Leaf Parsley, and Lime. Serves 2. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 7 oz
• 1/2
• 2
• 1 bunch
• 1
• 6
• 14 oz
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 1
• 1
• 1
• 10
• 5 oz

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Put 4 ounces water in a small pan; add 1/2 teaspoon salt.

2. 2

   Bring to boil; remove from heat stir in couscous; leave for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Grate cucumber and squeeze liquid out. Spread onto a plate. Sprinkle with small amount of salt and set aside. Finely chop parsley.

4. 4

   Stir tomatoes, parsley into couscous. Halve lime and squeeze in the juice.

5. 5

   Finely chop half of the spring onions; stir into couscous. Season to taste.

6. 6

   Roughly chop the remaining spring onions; place in food processor with chickpeas.

7. 7

   Add cumin, coriander/cilantro, chile and coriander/cilantro leaves.

8. 8

   Chop garlic clove and add; whiz briefly in the food processor until just combined.

9. 9

   Season to taste.

10. 10

    Place cucumber in a bowl and stir in yoghurt.

11. 11

    Chop mint; add with plenty of seasoning. Mix well.

12. 12

    Heat frying pan and spray with lite oil spray.

13. 13

    Shape chickpea mixture into 6 oval patties and dust lightly with flour.

14. 14

    Add to the pan and cook for a few minutes until heated through and beginning to brown (watch not to burn them) turning once.

15. 15

    Place on kitchen paper to dry if needed.

16. 16

    Divide couscous between 2 plates.

17. 17

    Spoon over the yoghurt dressing and add 3 chickpea fritters to each plate.

18. 18

    Dust with paprika to serve.

19. 19

    Add lemon wedges if desired.

20. 20

    Contributed to the FareShare Gazette by ChupaBabi; 24 February 2004. www.fareshare.net