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These Tempeh fritters are made with chickpea flour are Indian spiced batter. Serve as is or as a slider. Vegan Recipe , gluten-free option Jump to Recipe
Since the superfun Apple Chickpea Fries were such a hit.. Here is another Chickpea creation!!
Tempeh Chickpea Fritter Patty Burger. Vegan
Ingredients
For Steaming Tempeh Strips
- 4 oz tempeh 4 1/2 inch thick strips.
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala or spice blend of choice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger paste
Batter:
- 3 Tablespoon of chickpea flour, garbanzo bean flour/besan
- 1 teaspoon rice flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- pinch of turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1/2 inch piece of ginger
- 1/4 cup water
- Oil for shallow frying
Instructions
- In a pan, add all the ingredients underĀ for steaming tempeh strips. Mix well and add tempeh strips.
- Cook on low heat covered until Tempeh doubles in size and dry. (15 minutes)
- Prepare batter by blending all ingredients together to get a thick batter.
- Dip warm tempeh strips in the batter and shallow fry in a tablespoon or 2 of oil on medium heat in non stick pan(else the batter will stick). or deep fry them.
- Cook 3-5 minutes each side until crisp.
- Serve as is with ketchup, mayo, cilantro chutney or make a burger with baby greens, tomatoes, apples, grilled bell peppers, cilantro chutney or sriracha!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is the first time I’ve made tempeh I just thought was amazing (discounting tempeh bacon). Yum. Definitely going to make it again.