Chickpea and Sweet Potato Koftas

Chickpea and Sweet Potato Koftas
  • 20 minutes preparation
  • 30 minutes cooking
  • medium difficulty
  • 6 serves

Ingredients

  • 400g sweet potato, peeled and diced (you will need 200g cooked sweet potato).
  • 240g can chickpeas, drained, rinsed
  • 1 small red onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 3 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • ¼ cup soy flour
  • ½ cup fresh peas
  • 2 tablespoons plain white flour
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber or ½ telegraph cucumber
  • 4 large pita bread rounds, cut into quarters
  • ¼ cup tahini
  • ¼ cup low-fat plain yoghurt
  • 1 cup firmly packed fresh mint

Method

  1. Cook the sweet potato in boiling water for 10 minutes, or until tender. Drain. Blend in a food processor with the chickpeas, onion, garlic, ginger, cumin and lemon juice until smooth. Add the soy flour and process until combined. Stir in the peas.
  2. Roll teaspoons of the mixture into balls, then flatten with your hand. Dip into the flour, shaking off any excess. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add the koftas in batches and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes each side, or until golden brown. Drain well on crumpled paper towels.
  3. Using a vegetable peeler, cut the cucumber into ribbons. Serve the koftas with the pita bread, tahini, yoghurt, mint and cucumber.

Nutritional Information

Per Serve

Kilojoules 1440 kJ

Calories 345 cal

Protein 13 g

Total fat 15 g

Carbohydrate 39 g

Sodium 290 mg

Potassium 530 mg

Calcium 110 mg

Iron 3 mg

Fibre 8 g

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