Coconut Patties

Name: Coconut Patties
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 16
Ingredients: 75 g/3 oz/⅔ cup chickpea/gram flour; 2 slices of bread, crusts removed; 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup coconut water, warmed; 1 large garlic clove, peeled and roughly chopped; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped; 1–2 fresh green chillies, seeded and roughly chopped; 150 g/5 oz/2 cups desiccated/dry unsweetened shredded coconut; 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander/cilantro leaves and stalks; ½ tsp chilli powder, or to taste; ½ tsp salt, or to taste; 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped; coconut oil, for shallow-frying; chutney, to serve

Preparation info

Makes
16

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Vegan Kids

By Heather Whinney

Published 2021

About

These originally hail from India, where they are made from grated fresh coconut. Use this if you have time, but for simplicity, here they are made with desiccated coconut softened with coconut water.

Ingredients

150 g/5 oz/2 cups desiccated/dry unsweetened shredded coconut

Side dish
Starter
Vegan

Method

Put the coconut in a large bowl and pour over the warm coconut water. Set aside for 10 minutes for the coconut to absorb the water. Cut the bread into small pieces.
Place all the ingredients, except the onion and the oil, in a food processor and blitz to a smooth paste. If you don’t have a food processor, put everything on your largest board and chop it all tog