Oriental Vegetable and Chickpea Rosties

As a student in a lab I experience on a daily basis how experiments can go completely wrong.

Today for lunch I decided to conduct an experiment in my kitchen that actually went to plan!

Oriental Vegetable and Chickpea Rosties! 🙂

Ingredients

  • 1 carrot
  • 1 1/2 cups of savoy cabbage
  • 1 can of chickpeas
  • 1 egg
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 inch of grated ginger
  • 1 tsp of cumin
  • 1 tbsp of soya sauce
  • 1 tbsp of rice vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp of Chinese 5 spice
  • 1 tbsp of lemon juice

I made use of the convenience of the grater tool on my food processor to grate and mix all of the ingredients for me. 

Next I took spoonfuls of the mixture and placed them into pancake moulds in a frying pan with a little canola oil.   Make sure the pancake like mounds are tightly packed.

The pancake moulds aren’t necessary, but if you are using them allow the mixture to cook for a few minutes before removing the mould.  Keep patting the mixture with a spatula whilst it is cooking to help the rosties keep their shape.  When the underside is golden brown carefully flip the rosties over.  I had to use some careful spatula and spoon action here to prevent the rosties from breaking, but they are well worth it.  They should take 3-5 minutes on each side.

I served mine with a dipping sauce made from 0% TOTAL Greek Yoghurt, paprika and Tabasco sauce and a salad made up with spinach leaves, peppers, cashew nuts and chopped dates. 

So delicious and healthy!!! 😀

Have you had any successful experiments in the kitchen recently?

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14 Comments

  1. movesnmunchies
    movesnmunchies on December 8, 2010 at 7:23 PM

    these look SO good! i am never good at being creative with recipes!

    • celeryandcupcakes
      celeryandcupcakes on December 8, 2010 at 7:29 PM

      They were really yummy! In general I’m not good with being creative in the kitchen either. I tend to just throw every thing in and hope for the best!

  2. ihearteggs
    ihearteggs on December 8, 2010 at 7:45 PM

    I’m always experimenting… sometimes it works… sometimes it really doesnt!

    but those roasties look good! I love anything in pancake form!

    • celeryandcupcakes
      celeryandcupcakes on December 9, 2010 at 10:21 PM

      They were tasty! I love experimenting with food to see what I can come up with.

  3. Laura@keepingslimandgettingstylish
    Laura@keepingslimandgettingstylish on December 8, 2010 at 9:19 PM

    My last experiment was blending up leftover roasted veggies with sunflower seeds and making them into patties, so yummy! Yours look delicious 🙂

  4. Tamizn
    Tamizn on December 8, 2010 at 10:48 PM

    They look delish! I unfortunately have had no time to any sort of baking or recipe making but hopefully soon I will! xx xx

    • celeryandcupcakes
      celeryandcupcakes on December 9, 2010 at 10:21 PM

      I hope you find the time to get your bake on soon Tam! x

  5. tricia
    tricia on December 9, 2010 at 1:42 AM

    yum, thanks for sharing!

  6. Paola
    Paola on December 9, 2010 at 4:00 AM

    That looks delicious! nothing like tasty healthy food 🙂

    • celeryandcupcakes
      celeryandcupcakes on December 9, 2010 at 10:23 PM

      Yep! I think tasty healthy food helps to make this healthy living thing a whole lot easier.

  7. Joanna
    Joanna on December 9, 2010 at 8:19 PM

    They look so tasty! I might have to have a go – I’ll let you know how I get on. I’m on the look out for some tasty veggie recipes for the stuff in my veg box. At the moment everything gets steamed as a side, added to a stir fry, or thrown into a curry. I’m not really that experimental at all!

    • celeryandcupcakes
      celeryandcupcakes on December 9, 2010 at 10:28 PM

      I love using the veggies from my veg box for soups and stews. They are great in curries too….yum!!!