I've been rather occupied of slow with diverse projects, distractions together with interests, including a rekindled passion for my classical guitar. Battered fingertips together with cramping left mitt are my penalty for shamefully neglecting this beautiful musical instrument for the past times 2 years. As at that spot are entirely together with then many hours inwards a twenty-four hours at one's disposal, together with slumber is i of the activities I taste equally well, this agency I accept less fourth dimension to devote to other passions, similar cooking, cookbooks together with nutrient weblog browsing.
Of course, the fine art of cooking together with practiced nourishment is never far from my mind, together with when the mitt together with finger battering together with cramping had subsided plenty to concur a knife, dorsum to the kitchen I went to whip upward a batch of these tender shallow fried Turkish-style sugariness white patato together with dried apricot rolls. Slightly sweet, only equally good a niggling tart, with a generous hint of fresh herbs, I served these amongst a mixed light-green salad splashed with a
lemon mint dressing for a delightfully satisfying low-cal meal.
 Sweet Potato together with Apricot Croquettes with Mint Yogurt Sauce |
Recipe past times Lisa Turner
Cuisine: Turkish
Published on September 23, 2008
Tender fried sugariness white patato together with dried apricot rolls are slightly sweet, slightly spicy, a niggling tart together with wonderfully flavorful
Sauce:
- 1 loving cup manifestly yogurt
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1/4 loving cup minced fresh mint
- juice from 1 modest lemon (2 tablespoons)
Rolls:
- 1 medium sugariness potato
- 1 loving cup cooked chickpeas (1/3 loving cup dried)
- 4 light-green onions, finely chopped
- 1/2 loving cup dried apricots, finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons pino nuts
- 1 to 2 fresh ruby chilies, seeded together with finely chopped
- 1/4 loving cup fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
- 1/4 loving cup fresh dill, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon bounding main salt
- fresh reason dark pepper
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 loving cup cornmeal
- 1/2 to 1 loving cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 loving cup unbleached white flour
- oil for frying
Instructions:
Generation Engelmundus Whisk together the ingredients for the sauce together with refrigerate. Generation Engelmundus Peel the sugariness potato, cutting into slices, house inwards a modest saucepan, together with encompass with water. Bring to a boil, cut the rut slightly, together with fix until soft. Drain together with transfer to a medium bowl. Add the chickpeas together with mash the chickpeas together with sugariness white patato together with a fork or white patato masher until good combined. Generation Engelmundus Stir inwards the light-green onions, dried apricots, pino nuts, chilies, basil, dill, common salt together with plenty of dark pepper. Now stir inwards the egg. Stir inwards the cornmeal together with 1/2 loving cup of the breadcrumbs. Add to a greater extent than breadcrumbs until the mixture is slightly moist together with holds together. Generation Engelmundus Shape the mixture into 3-inch long croquettes. Roll each part inwards the flour. Generation Engelmundus Heat a 1/2 inch of crude oil inwards a heavy frying pan or saucepan over medium high heat. When hot, gently house the rolls inwards the pan together with nipper for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Turn the rolls every few minutes together with then they evenly brown. Drain on newspaper towel. Generation Engelmundus Serve hot or warm with the mint yogurt sauce.
Makes 14 to sixteen croquettes |
Other Turkish recipes from Lisa's Kitchen you lot mightiness enjoy:
Wilted Spinach with Pine Nuts together with Lemon Yogurt Dressing Turkish Yogurt Hummus Feta together with Olive Scones Turkish Barley together with Apricot Porridge Turkish Sour Cherry Pilaf Sumber http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/
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