Spiced sweet potato and halloumi cakes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
60 minutes
Total Time
1 hour, 10 minutes
Background
These spiced sweet potato and halloumi cakes are really delicious, easy to make and yet rather healthy too. Served with a green salad, this dish makes a lovely lunch or easy midweek supper, particularly if you’re using pre-baked or leftover sweet potatoes! If you make smaller patties, they would be perfect as appetizers with a glass or two!
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 1 large egg
- 2 handfuls of baby spinach (100g)
- 100g halloumi, grated
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp cayenne
- 4 spring onions
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 Tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 1 cup of chickpea or rice flour
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Put the potatoes in a preheated oven and bake them for about 30-45 minutes, until you can push a skewer through them easily. Let them cool, then scoop out the flesh.
- Pour boiling water over the spinach in a bowl, let it wilt, then drain. Allow to cool, then squeeze out the water.
- Put the sweet potato flesh into a mixing bowl, add the spices, egg, garlic, coriander leaves and the grated halloumi.
- When the spinach is cool, chop it finely and add to the bowl.
- Chop the spring onions too and add to the bowl.
- Mix everything together. Season with salt and pepper then fold in enough gram flour to get a thick, mouldable dough.
- Using your hands, form the mixture into 4 big or 8 small balls, then press them into patties.
- Coat the patties in the remaining gram flour then fry them in hot oil over a medium heat until golden on each side, turning once. Alternatively bake them in a pre-heated oven.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Categories
- Meal Type: - Appetizer - Everyday - Fritters - Leftovers - Lunch - Main - Nibbles & Bites - Quick & Easy - Snacks - Supper
- Cuisines: - Tex-Mex
- Occasions: - Parties
- Ingredients: - Dairy - Roots & Bulbs
- Health and Diet: - Gluten Free - Nut Free - Vegetarian
- Skill Levels: - Easy
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