Greek Chickpea Patties with Tomato Sauce – Revithosoutzoukakia
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4.8
10 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
20 mins
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Servings
20 patties
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Mediterranean, Greek
Greek Chickpea Patties with Tomato Sauce – Revithosoutzoukakia
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These chickpeas could be considered falafel's seductive cousin. Flavorful chickpea-tomato patties drenched in intense tomato sauce.
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Ingredients
For the Patties
- 3 cups chickpeas boiled (canned or boiled from dry
- 1 tomato medium
- ½ cup parsley
- 2 garlic minced, cloves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil plus more for frying
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup all-purpose flour or more as needed plus more for coating
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- black pepper
For the sauce
- 2 teaspoons tomato paste
- ½ cup water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon sugar
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a food processor mix the chickpeas and tomato, do not over mix, the mixture should be grainy.
- Add the garlic, parsley, 1 tablespoon olive oil, water, salt, pepper and baking soda and blend. Again do not over mix.
- Place the mixture in a bowl (dough will be very sticky) and add flour, 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time. Knead with your hands, the dough should be soft but firm enough to shape into patties.
- Roll into balls , flattening them a bit, using about 2 teaspoons of the mixture for each patty. Coat with the flour.
- Heat olive oil in a pan (oil should be about ¼ inch deep in the pan).
- Fry the patties about 2 minutes on each side.
- Remove and place on paper towels to absorb any oil and set aside.
- Begin the sauce by heating the tomato paste, olive oil and water along with the sugar, salt and pepper in pan, let it come to a boil and then lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes until sauce thickens.
- Add the chickpea patties to the sauce and spoon the sauce gently over the patties.
- Heat for a 1-2 more minutes and serve.
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