Low Fat Sweet Potato And Chickpea Cakes Vegetarian Too Recipes

SWEET POTATO CHICKPEA PATTIES (BLW)

Steps:

• Dry roast the chickpea flour in a small dry skillet, until fragrant and begins to change colour (about 5 minutes). Set aside in a small bowl.
• Wash the sweet potato, pierce with a fork and wrap with a damp paper towel. Microwave on high for 8-9 minutes. Start with 4 minutes and then do an additional 4-5 minutes.
• Carefully cut the sweet potato in half and scoop out the flesh and set it aside.
• Drain and add half a cup of chickpeas to the food processor. Pulse until it breaks down to a coarse texture. Add in curry powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, flax egg, chickpea flour, nutritional yeast. Pulse a few more times till everything is well blended.
• Let the mixture set in the fridge for about 30 minutes, this will make it easier to shape.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a baking tray with parchment.
• Lightly grease your hands and shape the mixture into patties. Transfer the patties to the baking tray and brush with olive oil. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes until lightly golden, flipping halfway through.
• While the patties are in the oven, add all the sauce ingredients to a blender and blend to form a smooth sauce.
• Serve patties warm or at room temperature along with the dipping sauce.

LOW FAT SWEET POTATO AND CHICKPEA CAKES (VEGETARIAN TOO!)

Steps:

• PLACE sweet potatoes on paper towel and place in microwave (About 3 very large); COOL slightly.
• COOK until done (About 25 minutes).
• Finely DICE shallot and coriander.
• DRAIN canned chickpeas and MASH in bowl.
• COMBINE chickpeas, shallot, 2 tbsp parmesan and coriander.
• SCOOP out cooked sweet potato and MASH.
• ADD to chikpeas, shallot and corainder and blend thoroughly.
• BLEND in 2 tbsp flour into mixture and form patties (Makes about 8 - 10 patties).
• Place additional 2 tbsp of parmesan on a flat plate or surface and dip patties onto cheese(both sides).
• PLACE patties on baking paper lined pan and LIGHTLY spray with cooking oil.
• BAKE 30 to 35 minutes.
• NOTE: Can use fat-free cooking spray.
• NOTE: Make sure to make several holes in the sweet potato before putting in microwave; also helps to turn sweet potato over once or twice to ensure even cooking.
• Based on size, I do mine 20 minutes on high, then turn them over for 20 minutes and test; if not done, I do another 10 minutes each side or 5 minutes each size depending on size; You will know it is done when the whole sweet potato is soft; Can use tongs to squeeze -- I use my hands to test:) Hope this helpful hint helps!
• If no microwave, cook sweet potato in 350 F / 180 C degree oven for about an hour.
• NOTE: I served it with Golden Door Chilli -- 300g chillis, 2 tbsp apple cider, 2 tbsp tamari combined in food processor.
• NOTE: If can't find fat-free parmesan, use lowest fat parmesan can find.
• NOTE: Is ok if chickpeas are a little lumpy, but try and get them mashed as much as you can with a fork.
• ENJOY!

CRISPY SWEET POTATOES WITH CHICKPEAS & TAHINI YOGURT

Steps:

• Wrap each potato in foil and put directly on the hot coals of a barbecue for 35-45 mins, depending on the size of the potatoes. Insert a skewer into each one to check that they're cooked. (Alternatively, heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and put the foil-wrapped potatoes on a large baking sheet. Bake in the oven for 45 mins-1 hr or until the centre is soft. Once cooked, put under a hot grill for 3 mins until the skin is blackened and crispy.)
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic and shallot and fry for 2-3 mins or until softened, then stir the chickpeas into the mixture. Gently warm through for 1 min or so, then add the spinach and leave to wilt. Add the dill.
• Whisk together the lemon juice, zest and remaining olive oil in a small bowl. Season to taste and stir into the chickpea mixture. Gently mash with a potato masher until the chickpeas are slightly crushed. Mix together the yogurt and tahini in another small bowl, and season to taste with salt.
• Split the potatoes open lengthways. Fill with the bean mixture, drizzle over the tahini yogurt and top with the pine nuts and pomegranate seeds.

SWEET POTATO LOW-FAT HIGH FIBRE COOKIES

Steps:

• Take ¼ of a sweet potato, strip the skin off, and mash it down on a plate. Toss the sweet potato in a bowl, and poor half of 1/3 a cup of water inside the bowl. Mix the water with the sweet potato. Then, add the cinnamon and splenda in, and mix. Then, put 1-cup of oatmeal in, mix, and add another half of 1/3 a cup of water, and mix well. You can add more water if needed, but be very careful not to make the mixture to soft.
• After this, pull out a cookie pan, spray it with Pam, make cookies with the batter using your hand, and place them on the pan. It should come out to about 8 cookies.
• Finally, place the pan in the oven for 20 minutes, at 350 degrees. Take the pan out, set the cookies on a plate, let it cool, and eat!
• Enjoy!
• It tastes pretty good, and is a great switch up from ordinary oatmeal. Also, its very portable, so good to take on trips. The only other thing you would need is some protein.

CHICKPEA CAKES

Steps:

• Crumble baked potato; discard skin.
• Saute' onion and spices with 2 T olive oil.
• Combine with the potato and gradually add chickpea flour.
• Adjust seasoning as necessary.
• Form into patties and saute with a little olive oil.