White bean fritters

May 12, 2014  •  Category:

 

This dish of small white bean fritters comes from  Aleppo, Syria. It is very easy to prepare (once the beans are cooked, or canned), light, and served with a salsa I improvised. The neat thing here is once can vary the spices or herbs; just about anything goes with these white beans. The recipe called for osfoor, a spice resembling saffron in looks (not in taste), commonly available in Middle-Eastern stores. I did not have osfoor, nor saffron, and used cumin instead. 


These fritters can be shaped one day ahead and pan-fried right before serving.

INGREDIENTS: 6 to 8 servings

  • 1 lb white Northern beans, soaked overnight, drained, cooked in plenty of water till tender OR canned (2 cans)
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup scallions chopped fine 
  • 1/2 cup parsley or some other herb, chopped fine
  • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon osfoor or cumin or allspice or whatever spice you like
  • salt, to taste
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs (dry)
  • 2 cups oil, for pan-frying (more or less)

1. Cook the beans in plenty of water till tender (or use cans, rinsed and drained); drain and rinse in a large bowl. Add all the other ingredients (save two eggs for the batter) and mix in batches in a processor. Shape into patties and dip in flour, then eggs (whipped first with a fork), then breadcrumbs. 

2. Heat the oil and pan-fry on both sides for a few minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature with a salad or salsa.

dup Salah mushrooms

Salah is picking a wild mushroom. He found a huge one yesterday. Photo coming up once I figure out how to download it from Instagram onto my Mac! 🙂 

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    Sylva says:

    Perfection! Don’t eat much meat (seafood mostly) this recipe looks fantastic. I can’t wait to try this! Thank you Joumana.

    On May 13, 2014 at 8:38 am

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    Rosa says:

    Tasty! I could eat beans on a daily basis…

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    On May 13, 2014 at 1:39 pm

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    VEB says:

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    On May 13, 2014 at 3:02 pm

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    Belinda @zomppa says:

    Awesome – love that you can make this the night before!

    On May 14, 2014 at 5:44 pm

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    On May 16, 2014 at 3:45 am

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    Oui, Chef says:

    Always looking for alternatives to rice and potatoes. Sometimes I turn to polenta, but I LOVE the idea and the flexibility of these fritters. Plus hey, I’ve never met a fritter I didn’t like!

    On May 16, 2014 at 1:07 pm

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