Chickpea Croquettes With Greek Salad Topping

Submitted by falafel

"These spiced chickpea croquettes are topped with a delicious Greek salad inspired topping. I adapted this recipe from the October, 2009 issue of Vegetarian Times."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Yields: 4 Croquettes
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Croquettes

• 1 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups cooked chickpeas
• 1⁄2 cup chopped green onion
• 1⁄2 cup diced red pepper
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• Topping

• 1 cucumber, quartered and sliced
• 1 cup chopped tomato
• 1⁄2 cup chopped red onion
• 1⁄2 cup crumbled feta
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. Whisk together the dry ingredients, then whisk in 3/4 cup hot water. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.
2. Coat a skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Add the batter to the skillet 1/4 cup at a time to form patties. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until they're golden on that side, then flip and cook until they're golden on the other side. You should have enough batter for 8 patties.
3. Mix the topping ingredients together and serve atop the croquettes. I usually make my topping mixture ahead and chill it because I like the contrast of the chilled topping and the warm croquettes.