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Courgette & Halloumi Fritters with Sweet Chilli Dip
These easy halloumi fritters are ready in a flash! Starring courgettes and herby oregano. Serve with a refreshing salad of mint, sweetcorn and tenderstem broccoli. For drizzling? A delicious chilli dipping sauce.
6 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 midi cucumber (use half)
- 1 courgette (use half)
- 2 tsp dried oregano (use half) (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 1 handful of fresh mint (use half)
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar (use half)
- 40g rocket (use half)
- 4 tbsp cornflour (use half)
- 140g sweetcorn (use half) (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 25g honey (use half)
- 1 chilli (use half)
- 250g halloumi (use a quarter) (Milk) (cow's milk, sheep's milk, goat's milk, salt, dried mint, microbial rennet.)
- 4 tbsp chickpea flour (use half) (chickpea flour (100%))
- 90g Tenderstem broccoli (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 590
Protein: 27g
Carbs: 52g
Fat: 31g
Ingredients
- 1 handful of fresh mint
- 4 tbsp chickpea flour (chickpea flour (100%))
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 40g rocket
- 90g Tenderstem broccoli
- 250g halloumi (use half) (Milk) (cow's milk, sheep's milk, goat's milk, salt, dried mint, microbial rennet.)
- 1 courgette
- 2 tsp dried oregano (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 1 midi cucumber
- 4 tbsp cornflour
- 140g sweetcorn (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 25g honey
- 1 chilli
Nutritional Information
Calories: 590
Protein: 27g
Carbs: 52g
Fat: 31g
Courgette & Halloumi Fritters with Sweet Chilli Dip
These easy halloumi fritters are ready in a flash! Starring courgettes and herby oregano. Serve with a refreshing salad of mint, sweetcorn and tenderstem broccoli. For drizzling? A delicious chilli dipping sauce.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil
- Pull out a small bowl, 2 large mixing bowls, a grater, a large frying pan & a sieve
Make the sweet chilli dip
- Deseed and finely dice the chilli
- Add to a small bowl with the honey and half the vinegar
- Mix well and season with salt and pepper
Grate the courgette
- Coarsely grate the courgette and place into a large mixing bowl
- Season the courgette with salt and allow to sit for 5 mins. Then place onto a clean tea towel and squeeze out any excess moisture
Time to fritter
- Coarsely grate the half-block of halloumi
- Wipe the mixing bowl clean, add the chickpea flour and pour in 75ml water (50ml for 1 person)
- Mix well, then add the grated halloumi, courgette, oregano and cornflour. Season with salt and pepper, then mix everything together
- Form the mixture into 4 fritters (2 fritters for 1 person)
- Heat a large frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the fritters to the pan and cook for 5-6 minutes per side, until golden brown
Get the broccoli on
- Trim the broccoli
- Add the broccoli to the saucepan and boil for 2-3 mins, until cooked
- Drain, then leave to cool
- Once cool, chop into 4 cm pieces
Make the salad & plate up
- Pick the mint leaves from the stalks and finely chop. Dice the cucumber into 2cm cubes
- Drain the sweetcorn
- Add all to a large mixing bowl and toss with the remaining vinegar, and 2 tsp olive oil
- Add the cooled broccoli and toss in the rocket
- Serve the fritters with the salad and sweet chilli dip on the side
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