Chickpea Nuggets | Video
Easily customizable, crispy and delicious nuggets loaded with nutritious chickpeas
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Servings nuggets
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried chickpeas soaked overnight and cooked or 4 cups canned chickpeas
- ¼ cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup grated onion
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and minced
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons coriander cilantro leaves
- Juice from half a lemon
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs or regular breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon oil for baking or 1 - ¼ cup oil for frying
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Make Nuggets:
- To make oat flour, grind rolled oats to a fine powder. Set aside.
- Place cooked chickpeas, oat flour, onions, garlic, cumin
seeds, cayenne pepper, coriander (cilantro) leaves and lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor. Run the food processor until all the ingredients are well combined and form a coarse mixture. - Transfer chickpea mixture to a large bowl. Season with salt
and pepper. - Slightly wet your hands, scoop tablespoonfuls of mixture and
form into patties or nuggets (approximately ½ inch in thickness). - Roll the nuggets in breadcrumbs. Set aside.
Bake Nuggets:
- Preheat oven to 190C / 375F. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Arrange the nuggets on the tray in a single layer. Drizzle with oil.
- Bake for 20-30 or until the nuggets are crispy and slightly browned.
Fry Nuggets:
- Heat 1 cup oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Carefully place the nuggets in hot oil.
- Fry nuggets for about 3-5 minutes or until browned and crispy on both sides. Drain on an absorbent towel.
- Alternatively, you can also shallow fry the nuggets.
- How to serve:Serve chickpea nuggets with ketchup (tomato sauce) or your
favorite dip. You can also add them to wraps, burgers or sandwiches.
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Notes
- You can substitute oat flour with all purpose (plain) flour
or mashed potatoes if you like - To make these nuggets more nutritious, add grated veggies
like zucchini, carrot, green peas, corn etc - Fresh onion can be substituted with onion powder
- Fresh garlic can be substituted with garlic powder
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 557kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Sodium: 617mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 17g