Spiced Potato Cake With Ginger And Chilli Chickpeas
This flavorful recipe combines tender spiced chickpeas with crispy potato cakes for a satisfying and aromatic dish. The chickpeas are cooked in a fragrant blend of mustard seeds, ginger, tomatoes, and warm spices, creating a rich and aromatic curry. Paired with crispy potato cakes filled with a spicy mixture of garam masala, red chili, and coriander, this dish offers a delightful blend of textures and flavors that are sure to please the palate.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 500g/1lb 2oz cooked chickpeaschickpeas
- 50ml/2fl oz vegetable oil
- 10g yellow mustard seeds
- pinch salt
- 5g chilli powder
- 75g/2½oz piece root ginger
- 5 ripe tomatoes
- small bunch curry leaves
- small handful coriander
- 1 cinnamon
- 3 cloves
- 4 tsp cumin
- 5 green cardamons
- 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 3 baked potatoes
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 tsp garam masala
- 2 red chilies, seeds removed and finely diced
- small handful coriander
- , for shaping flour
- , for frying vegetable oil
Instructions
- To make the spiced chickpeas, drain the chickpeas, reserving the cooking liquor.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan until hot then add the mustard seeds and salt and cook for a minute or so until the mustard seeds start to pop. Add the chili powder, ginger, chickpeas, tomatoes and a good handful of curry leaves. Cook until the tomatoes start to break down. Add 200ml/7fl oz of the reserved cooking liquor from the chickpeas (or water if using tinned chickpeas). Allow to cook, topping up with more cooking liquor or water if it becomes too dry.
- For the potato cakes, remove the potato flesh from their skins. Allow to cool a little (if hot). Put two thirds of the potato flesh into one bowl and the other third into another bowl. Add the flour to the larger amount. To the smaller amount add the salt, garam masala, red chilli and coriander leaves. Mix both well.
- Divide the flour and potato mix into 110g/4oz balls and flatten out into rounds using floured hands. Squeeze the seasoned mix together and make into 55g/2oz balls. Place a ball into the center of each flattened round of potato and wrap around so that the ball is encased completely.
- In a large frying pan, heat the vegetable oil until hot. Shallow fry the potato cakes on all sides until brown and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper.
- Finish the chickpeas with some coriander and curry leaves. Serve with the potato cakes.
Yield
Serves 4
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