Quinoa Bites(Vegan + Gluten-free)
These dip-worthy bites are pan-fried instead of deep-fried, hand rolled and cooked in Aebleskiver pan aka Appe pan . These No-Fry Crispy Quinoa bites are delicious on top of a salad, or just as finger food for your next get together. The quinoa is blended perfectly with a white bean (in this case, cannellini beans) to make these bites a perfectly filling and feel good food!
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Servings:
-18Calories:
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked quinoa
- 1 cup Cannellini beans drained, rinsed & mashed
- 1 cup mix veggies broccoli,carrots, bell peppersyou can add any veggies of your chioce
- 2 tablespoon Rice flour or chickpea flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon italian mix herb seasoning / you can you zaatar or mediterranean or other seasoning of your choice
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon black ground pepper
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Cook the quinoa according to the instructions .
- Next drain, rinse and add the beans in you food processor ,with the veggies.
- Give it a nice whirl.
- Remove it n a mixing bowl .
- Add in the cooked quinoa salt, pepper, mix herb and rice flour. Mix together with your hands.
- Once mixed thoroughly, begin forming balls tightly in your hands with the quinoa mixture, around the size of a tablespoon for each. Set them aside
- This should form 24 balls, minimum.
- Heat the appe pan .add few drops of oil. add in the quinoa bites in each hole and put the heat to medium and let it cook for 6-8 minutes .
- Keep rotating them, so you get nice and even color .
- When cooked serve them them ketchup or green chutney and see them vanish :D
- Air fryer method
- Air fry balls in a single even layer at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Rotate the balls and continue air frying for 8 more minutes until crispy.
Notes
If you don't have Aebleskiver pan.
In a large non-stick skillet, heat olive oil over a medium high heat. Begin adding the quinoa balls to the pan, and cook until you can see them browning and crisp on all edges. Remove the nuggets with tongs, and set aside. Continue this until all the nuggets and cooked. Be gentle, they can crumble.
You can even bake them in the oven or make them in air-fryer
