Spiced potato waffles
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Spicy potato waffles using Punjabi samosa ingredients! It’s a cross between a samosa and a waffle using chickpea flour minus the heavy pastry. It’s really light and fluffy and can be eaten for any meal, breakfast, lunch or even dinner.
Serve this with a herb salad and mint chutney or tamarind sauce.
You can make this recipe and then freeze the waffles individually so they can be toasted from frozen on low heat perfect for when you have had a long day or are rushing. The key to making these waffles light and fluffy on the inside is the addition of bicarb of soda. Do not miss this ingredient out as the result will be very heavy, dense and crispy.
Ingredients
Where to Buy chickpea flour?
You can find gram flour ( chick pea flour) almost anywhere. However, if you have a local Indian/ Asian shop please buy the spices and gram flour there, as they will be remarkably cheaper, plus you will be supporting a local business. I always explore my Asian shop and get an education every time I pop in as there’s always something new that I discover.
Waffle iron
If you do not have a waffle iron you can buy them relatively cheaply on Amazon or you can make this recipe like fritters and shallow fry in a little oil in a frying pan.
Step by Step -
Makes 6 waffles - 1 hr cooking & prep time
Recipe
375 g peeled & diced potato
4 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
15 g finely chopped ginger
3 cloves finely chopped garlic
100 g onion sliced
30 g chopped coriander
2 chillies chopped
50 g peas defrosted
250 g gram flour
300 ml water
1/2 tsp bicarb of soda ( do not use baking powder as a substitute it is not the same thing)
Method
Cook the potatoes in boiling water till soft ( not mushy) approx 10 minutes, drain and leave to cool
Whisk together the gram flour, spices and water till smooth.
Turn the waffle iron on it needs to be super hot so get this ready now. I always grease mine first even though its non-stick.
Slowly mix in the other ingredients.
Once the waffle iron has heated up ( approx 10 minutes) then spoon in some of the mixture. You will have to experiment here with how much your able to put in your waffle iron. I cooked mine between 10-12 minutes.
I served my waffles with tamarind sauce, which I purchased from an Indian shop or you could serve them with yoghurt mixed with coriander & chopped mint and a herb salad.
Variations
You could absolutely add grated courgettes and carrot to this recipe too, just add more gram flour so the mixture remains thick.
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