Chickpea Fritters with Minted Yoghurt Dressing

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      20 min

Appears in
In the Mood for Entertaining

By Jo Pratt

Published 2009

  • About

Chickpeas are a fantastic, versatile ingredient, full of protein, and are apparently one of the earliest cultivated vegetables - 7,500-year-old remains have been found in the Middle East. To make this dish delicious, however, I suggest you use some that are not as old as that.

Ingredients

For the Dip

  • 150 ml natural yoghurt
  • 1 bunch of mint, roughly chopped
  • sea salt

Method

First of all, you can prepare the dressing and keep it in the fridge until needed. Blend together the yoghurt and mint in a small food processor or using a hand blender. Season with salt and keep in the fridge.

To make the fritters, place all of the ingredients apart from the oil in a food processor and blend to give you a thick batter. This can be kept in the fridge for up to a couple