Curried cauliflower fritters
This is a really unusual but delicious way to eat cauliflower. The Japanese are brilliant at making lovely crispy batter for their tempura, so when I was over there I wanted to discover their secret. It turns out there are lots of different techniques, such as using cornflour instead of plain flour, or ice-cold sparkling water instead of tap water. In this recipe I'm going to use beer, though, as it gives such a nice colour and goes well with the spices. However, the best advice I was given is to fry the fritters in small batches and eat them straight away, so they're crunchy and hot. PS This batter recipe can be used for all sorts of things, like fish fillets or thin chicken strips or any finely cut vegetable. You can leave the spices out if you prefer it plain.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Beer | 1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking | 43 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 cauliflower
- flour, for dusting
- vegetable oil
- 1 small piece potato, peeled, optional
- 1 small bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked
- sea salt
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 teaspoons black mustard seeds
- 2–3 dried red chillies
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 200 g self-raising flour
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- 350 ml cold beer
- sea salt