Recipe: Chickpea fritters, wild rice & haloumi salad
April 26, 2011 by Nadya Hutagalung
Filed under Featured, Food
Halumi is one of my most favorite ingredients ever I would have to say.
My mum tells me that it one of the healthiest cheese’. I have not looked into this yet, because I just want to believe its true ;)
Haloumi can withstand grilling without loosing shape or melting and is chewy, salty and sightly rubbery.
I love haloumi just simply grilled and served with a dash of balsamic vinegar.. But for this recipe its got some great companions.
( if you cant find haloumi you can use feta as a substitute )
Wild Rice and Haloumi Salad
Ingredients
250G Beetroot
185G Brown Rice
60G Wild rice
3 tbls Olive Oil
Rind and juice of one small orange
1 tbls red wine vinegar
4 spring onions finely chopped
2 tbls fresh parsley chopped
2 tbls fresh mint chopped
200G Haloumi grilled and cut into small cubes
Fresh mint leaves to garnish
Directions
In a pot of salted water cook the beetroot till tender and set aside to cool then peel and chop into small cubes
Bring a pot of water to boil.
Rinse rices under cold water until clean.
Cook for 20 mins or until tender then drain well.
Add some oil to a pan and cook the onions and the cooled beetroot for approx 8 mins stiring regularly
Add the orange juice and the rind with the red wine vinegar, stir, then remove from heat.
Put the cooked rice, spring onion, parsley and half the mint with the orange beetroot and onion mix.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Just before serving add the grilled haloumi and top with mint leaves.
Chikpea Fritters With Yoghurt Dressing
Fritters
2x300g drained cans of chickpeas
1 veggie stock cube crumbled
1/4 cup green curry paste
1 onion grated
3 cups fresh bread crumbs
1/2 cup coconut powder
1 egg
1/2 cup frozen peas
Dressing
1 cup natural yoghurt
2 tablespoons milk
1 clove of crushed garlic
1 tomato diced
1 tablespoon chopped mint
Instructions
Fritters:
Process Chickpeas until finely chopped
Add all other ingredients and mix well.
Shape into roughly 10 patties and shallow fry.
Dressing:
Mix all ingredients and drizzle over patties.
