Greek island chickpea fritters (Revithokeftedes)

Name: Greek island chickpea fritters (Revithokeftedes)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200 g chickpeas soaked from the previous evening; 4-5 medium onions; 1 bunch fresh spearmint; 2 large tomatoes; 250 g self raising flour; 1/2 tsp baking powder; salt, pepper; quite a bit of olive oil for frying

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Delicious crunchy chickpea fritters that look like small doughnuts and are made with raw ground chickpeas. It is a sought after appetizer that is all the rage in the taverns of my island during summer. Whoever tries it will be wanting seconds.

Recipe by elenikolas

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

Recipe by elenikolas

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Ingredients

200 gchickpeas soaked from the previous evening
4-5medium onions
1 bunchfresh spearmint
2large tomatoes
250 gself raising flour
1/2 tspbaking powder
salt, pepper
quite a bit of olive oil for frying

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Steps

1

Soak the chickpeas in plenty of water from the previous evening.
2

Strain them and put them in the blender with the onions, the tomatoes (which you have already peeled), the spearmint, the salt and pepper
3

And blend well.
4

If the mixture is thick and does not blend well, add a small tomato or a bit of water.
5

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.
6

Let it sit for about an hour
7

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.