Sweet potato fritters (vegan)

These sweet potato fritters are a wonderful and healthy vegan snack and make a delicious lunch when served with salads and dips. Great for lunchboxes too.

If you’re looking for a quick and easy veggie lunch that packs in the veggies then look no further – these sweet potato fritters are just what you need. A simple mix of grated sweet potato, gram flour, spices and water, these don’t take long to put together. They can be eaten straight away with mayo or hummus as a snack or served as part of a mezze style lunch with salads, dips and veggies. 

We had these sweet potato fritters for dinner the other day with steamed carrots and broccoli, patatas bravas, salad and hummus. Serving meals like this – I like to call it family style – with several dishes on the table that everyone can help themselves from – is really helping us with picky eating. It just takes away a lot of the stress of mealtimes – try it if you haven’t already.

These sweet potato fritters are vegan but that doesn’t mean you have to be vegan to enjoy them. If you are vegan though you might be interested to know that these are a great source of protein, as they’re made with chickpea flour, or gram flour.

Here’s how to make vegan sweet potato fritters.

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Sweet potato fritters

These sweet potato fritters are a wonderful and healthy vegan snack and make a delicious lunch when served with salads and dips. Great for lunchboxes too.

Course Lunch, Snack

Cuisine International

Keyword sweet potato fritters

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 10

Author Mandy Mazliah

Ingredients

• 1 medium sweet potato (around 330g) grated
• 120 g gram (chickpea) flour sifted to remove lumps
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 160 ml water
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley
• Sunflower oil for frying

Instructions

1. Mix all the ingredients, apart from the oil, together in a mixing bowl and season to taste.

2. Heat a little oil in a frying pan over a low heat and add a tablespoon of the mixture. Flatten down with a fork and repeat with one or two more tablespoons depending on the size of your pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes.

3. Turn with a spatula and cook on the other side. Press down gently on the top of the fritters with the spatula to check that no liquid batter squirts out. If it does you need to keep cooking for a little longer.

4. Drain on kitchen paper and serve immediately with dips and salads.

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