Pea fritters
Pea fritters are a perfect healthy kid snack or for baby-led weaning. Made with cottage cheese and peas they are packed with protein, fibre, calcium and folate easy and yummy!
Servings: 4
Calories: 165kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Cup frozen peas cooked as per instructions on pack
- 1 Cup rice flour
- 50 grams Feta cheese 0-100 grams
- ½ Cup Cottage cheese ¼ to ¾ cup.
- 1 Tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 Tablespoon mint
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Cup frozen peas
- olive oil
Instructions
- Whizz all ingredients (excluding the second measure of peas) in a food processor until smooth
- Add the second measure of peas and pulse so that there are chunks of peas through the fritter batter. The batter will be quite thick.
- Heat a heavy-based pan on medium to low heat, and add oil so you have a generous coating on the bases of the pan. Allow the oil to heat, a good way to test if the oil is at the right temperature to pan fro your fritters is to use a wooden spoon. Pop the end of a wooden spoon into the pan, the oil is at a great temperature if small bubbles fizz around the wooden spoon.
- Drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the pan. The mixture is quite thick, so I use a damp spatula to flatten the fritters.
- Cook until golden on both sides
- Enjoy
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Notes
- Don't have your pan too hot, a medium heat is all you need.
- When you are flattening your fritters with the back of your spatula, dampen your spatula as this will stop the uncooked fritter from sticking to it
- These fritters are yummy in a burger or wrap or with my lemon feta dip
- These fritters will freeze. You can freeze them then add them to school lunch boxes, or just to have them on hand as an emergency snack!
- Rice flour: I like to use rice flour in fritters as it is a light flour with a mild flavor and is GF which can be useful, but plain flour can also be used. I have also made this recipe with oats, I blitz the oats to become oat flour before adding the rest of the ingredients.
- Feta cheese: The amount of feta cheese used can be changed depending on who this recipe is being made for, forBLW keep the feta to 50 grams or less as it can be high in salt. As you increase or decrease the feta you can increase/decrease cottage cheese so that the total volume of the cheese remains the same.
- Cottage cheese: This can be substituted for Greek yogurt. See the note above about altering the amount based on the amount of feta used.
- The lemon zest and mint add flavour to the fritters but are not essential. These can be substituted for other fresh herbs like parsley, spring onions or chives,
- Salt: If making for baby-led weaning skip the salt, if it's for older members of the family then season to taste.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 165kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 279mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g