Since chickpea flour can be mixed with just water and it will still bind like eggs do it is perfect for vegan recipes. For my Vegan fritters I used another overlooked green from my garden: carrot leaves. I always end up planting carrots to close, and fail to thin them when I should (I just don't have the heart to do it...) so I had to pick up a few little ones to let their sisters grow in peace. Baby carrots are great anyway, and all those pretty leaves are edible too!
Carrot leaf fritters
I washed and roughly chopped the carrot leaves, made a batter with chickpea flour, water, salt and pepper, added a chopped red onion, and fried my fritters. In the end I topped them with some smoked paprika and a few sesame seeds. Good hot or cold, as a main or appetizer.
Photos and Recipe by Alessandra Zecchini ©
Wow, how imaginative! I knew they were edible but most people say carrot leaves don't taste good so I never tried it. This looks really interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn Italy we say that even a slipper taste good fried :-)
ReplyDeletelooks wonderful I was not sure if I should use the leaves or not
ReplyDeletethank you for the lovely post