Vegan kimchi fritters
April 26, 2020
: 6 fritters
: 15 min
: 20 min
: Easy
This is easy to pull together on a weeknight, using cupboard ingredients. It’s a satisfying meal with your favourite hot sauce and sliced avocado.
Ingredients
- 300g frozen (or tinned sweetcorn)
- ¼ cup rapeseed oil
- ½ cup self-raising flour
- ½ cup rice flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- 125ml oat milk
- 1 lime, zest only
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped (or half a large salad onion)
- 10g Thai basil leaves, finely chopped
- 15g coriander (leaves and stalks), finely chopped
- 10 chives, finely chopped
- 1 small red capsicum, deseeded and finely chopped
- 50-90g kimchi (we used The Cultured Collective Kimchi Vegan Classic), roughly chopped
- To serve:
- 1 avocado, stoned and sliced
- 1 fresh red chilli, finely sliced
- 1 radish, finely sliced
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- Your favourite hot sauce
- Coriander leaves (to garnish)
Directions
- Step 1 Heat 1 tablespoon of rapeseed oil in a small frying pan, over medium heat. Cook the corn for 5 minutes, or until it starts to char. Take it off the heat and set aside.
- Step 2 In a large bowl mix together the self-raising flour, rice flour, salt and ground coriander. Add the oat milk and whisk until smooth.
- Step 3 Stir in the corn, lime zest, spring onions, Thai basil, coriander, chives, red capsicum and kimchi. The batter will be thick and slightly gummy.
- Step 4 In a large non-stick frying pan, heat the remaining rapeseed oil over medium heat. Once hot, use 1/3 measuring cup to add the mixture to the pan. You should be able to fry 3 fritters at a time, in two batches. Flatten gently before flipping and fry on each side for 2-3 minutes (or until golden).
- Step 5 Put the cooked fritters on a paper towel to soak any excess oil, and continue frying the second batch (you may need to add more oil between batches).
- Step 6 Serve immediately with avocado, fresh radish, chilli, a few coriander leaves, a wedge of lime and lashings of your favourite hot sauce.
- Step 7 To keep warm preheat the oven to 110 degrees Celsius (fan force) and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Variations:
- You can swap the Thai basil for sweet basil, and the coriander for parsley.
Plant-based living is a more sustainable option for the planet, but also a healthy and cost-efficient way to feed the family. Consider one thing you can do to help minimise your ecological footprint. ‘Meat-free Mondays’ is a common one and easy to plan for at the start of the month. Pick out 4-5 recipes that you want to try (the more colourful veggies the better) and make sure you have all the ingredients you need on hand to make it simple to follow through.
