Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, greek island chickpea fritters (revithokeftedes). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The past week has been very busy for us. We started brain storming and one of us remembered the Greek's versions of a falafel. Most popular on the island if Sifnos (which is beautiful and recommend visiting), they are essentially chickpea fritters.
Greek island chickpea fritters (Revithokeftedes) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Greek island chickpea fritters (Revithokeftedes) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek island chickpea fritters (revithokeftedes) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek island chickpea fritters (Revithokeftedes):
- Get 200 g chickpeas soaked from the previous evening
- Make ready 4-5 medium onions
- Make ready 1 bunch fresh spearmint
- Take 2 large tomatoes
- Prepare 250 g self raising flour
- Make ready 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Make ready salt, pepper
- Prepare quite a bit of olive oil for frying
In the morning wash and boil them until slightly tender,drain them with a skimmer and then put them in a blender. Add all the ingredients except the flour(if the mixture is sticky add some flour),shape into walnut sized balls,flour and fry them until brown. Revithokeftedes is the Greek word for chickpea meatballs. That's what it literally translates to.
Instructions to make Greek island chickpea fritters (Revithokeftedes):
- Soak the chickpeas in plenty of water from the previous evening.
- Strain them and put them in the blender with the onions, the tomatoes (which you have already peeled), the spearmint, the salt and pepper
- And blend well.
- If the mixture is thick and does not blend well, add a small tomato or a bit of water.
- Empty the mixture into a bowl and add the flour and the baking powder (put as much flour as needed in order to get a mixture that is neither too thick nor too runny) and stir.
- Let it sit for about an hour
- Then fry them. Using a teaspoon, take spoonfuls of the batter and drop into plenty of hot olive oil (in a pot or a fryer) so that they are covered in it, till they are golden.
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