It’s been a week since my previous post and it will take another 3 more weeks for me to be back to blogging. I am off to India to visit my parents & my little bro for couple of weeks. Meantime, Sanju will work on migrating my blog to .com, we have decided to take it to next level.
Coming to the recipe, this is my favorite patties. I hate red quinoa in salads or soups. This is the only version which I love red quinoa in. I had a sweet potato, red quinoa salad recipe that I turned into a fritter recipe.This is such a customisable recipe- there are no measurements 🙂
You need:
- Red Quinoa-1/2 cup soaked in 2 cups of water for 6 hours/overnight
- Sweet potato-1 medium
- Onion-1/2 finely chopped
- Garlic-2 cloves grated
- Walnuts-1/2 cup [Yep-that’s the secret ingredient and takes this recipe to a completely different level]
- Spinach-2 handfuls
- Brown rice flour-1/4 to 1/2 cup (depends)
- Ground chili/chili flakes-to taste ( I added 1 tbsp)
- Salt-to taste
- Lemon Juice-1 Tbsp
- Coconut oil-1 tsp
Method:
- Bring 2 cups water to boil, add some salt(around 1 tsp), add soaked red quinoa and let it cook for 10 mins. Cover and let it stand for another 5 mins, fluff with fork. It has to be mushy. If it is cooked and not mushy, this fritter will not taste good. The mushier and over done it is, better it is. If not done, repeat the process by adding 1 more cup of water. Let it rest overnight in refrigerator.
- Next day, boil sweet potatoes. Bring 2 cups water to boil, cube sweet potatoes, add it to boiling water until well done. Strain water, pat them dry and mash with potato masher and add to quinoa.
- In a pan, add quinoa and sweet potatoes and keep stirring, to remove any water if any. Add spinach at this stage. it will wilt automatically. Transfer to a container.
- In the same pan, add a tsp of coconut oil, add walnuts. Roast walnuts until crisp and chop them coarsely. Add to quinoa mixture.
- Fold in chili powder, lemon juice and needed salt. If this is of a dough consistency, you probably need 1/4 cup of rice flour. Use your judgement here and if you think it is watery for a fritter, add more. Desired consistency is almost like pizza dough. Soft but firm and not runny at all 🙂
- Shape them and pan-fry in coconut oil.
- This is super filling-make a match freeze them and fry when you can.
- I have baked this and it tastes amazing too.
Taking it to FF #51 🙂
Gorgeous and a very healthy recipe :).
thanks Sonal <3
They look great! Have a wonderful trip 🙂
Thanks Elaine 🙂
Look and sound great! Your photography is wonderful 🙂
Awww Thanks <3
Awesome! Have a great trip and best wishes for the BIG move of your blog. Charanya, you’re very talented. This blog is one of a kind and will do really well !
Awww. That’s such a sweet thing to say 🙂 Thank you
Thatz so nice to know, all the very best for your new venture and wish all success in your profession and as well blogging…
Enjoy your vacation and my regards to your parents….
And the patties looks super luscious… 🙂 🙂
It looks delicious and yummy 🙂
Happy vacation Charu:-) and advance wishes for .org.
Itlooks dangerously delicious yum yum patties
Great recipe, I love all the ingredients, I am a huge quinoa and sweet potato fan 🙂
Thanks <3
What a delicious patty. Great flavor and healthy too!
Thanks again Julie <3
They look very yummy! Perfect for FF party! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Margy <3
This is an interesting combination – thanks so much for sharing this with all of the party goers at Angie’s Fiesta Friday #51 🙂
Thanks Judi for passing by <3
Hi Charanya! Thanks for joining Fiesta Friday #51! I appreciate your enthusiasm but this post was already linked to Fiesta Friday #46. I’m sure it’s just an oversight. And I’m sure you have a more recent post to link. If not, you can join us and link to next week’s fiesta which happens to be the anniversary celebration! Please join us then! 🙂
Hey Angie,
Sorry. Most of the link backs got deleted when I moved over.My bad. Will try a different post 🙂 Thanks for letting me know
Looks like you have some ideas for the FF’s First Anniversary. 😀 https://thenovicegardener.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/fiesta-friday-anniversary/
These look so good. Thank you for sharing. Happy FF. 🙂
I made your delicious patties a few days ago & loved them so much!
They came out perfectly too! Xx
Awwww. Thanks Sophie <3
I’m going to the farmer’s market today and if there are sweet potatoes, I am going to make this!!!! Yum;)
Yayyyy!!! Lentils are cooking for the ‘meatballs’. Smells great already 🙂
Omg these are so good! I made a burger out of them with caramelized red onion, fresh tomato, and vegan pretzel bun with Dijon and ketchup and it was ah-mazing. Definitely going to try out more of your recipes. Thanks for posting! Vegan food rocks!
Hi Charanya, your site looks awesome. I am going to make this recipe tomorrow for supper. Should I saute the onions after the walnuts and add them in, or did you add them raw to the dough? ~Thanks, Holly
Looks like you added them raw in the photos….
You could do either. I just added them raw 🙂 How did you go? <3
What temp and how long would i bake these for?
170 C for 15 minutes and then 12 minutes on the other. Broiling for couple of minutes on either side makes it taste so much better 🙂
At last! A vegan, gluten free site that also includes low-sugar options! I’ve been wheat free for a few years and have recently become vegetarian. I have an egg allergy and suffer from candidiasis which means no processed sugar. This blog is fantastic!