Pea & Mint Fritters with Garlic Mayo

Name: Pea & Mint Fritters with Garlic Mayo
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: lemon wedges, to serve; salt and pepper, to taste; 30 g (1 oz) chives, snipped; handful of mint leaves, chopped; ½ garlic clove, peeled and grated; juice of ½ lemon; 35 g (1¼ oz/⅓ cup) chickpea (gram) flour; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) frozen peas; 250 g (9 oz) potatoes, peeled; olive oil, for frying; 1 red onion, sliced into half-moons; 200 g (7 oz/¾ cup) plant mayonnaise

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Celebrate

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2021

About

If you happen to have a bag of frozen peas lying around in your freezer, then I urge you to make these epic fritters. They are so simple, but I think one of my best little inventions. Dipped in a quick garlic mayo, what’s not to like?

Ingredients

For the Fritters

250 g (9 oz) potatoes, peeled
1 red onion, sliced into half-moons

Dinner
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Cook the potatoes in a saucepan of boiling water, drain well, then mash in a big bowl.

Fry the onion in some olive oil in a saucepan over a medium heat for 5–10 minutes until caramelised. Set aside.

Add the peas to a food processor or blender and pulse until almost smooth, but still slightly chunky. Mix the pulsed peas, chickpea flour, caramelised onion, mint, and salt and peppe