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Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties with Asian-style Cabbage Slaw

Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties

It’s seemed as if I haven’t had much time on my hands lately and it makes me sad that I haven’t been creating nice things to share with you all! This weekend, today was a dedicated work day, leaving yesterday free for me to spend as I pleased. Clearly I took the chance to indulge in a little kitchen play-time!

I didn’t have any clear-cut ideas of what I wanted to make other than that sweet potatoes were to be involved, but a little experimenting actually produced a rather yummy result. Another lesson learnt from cooking: sometimes it’s better to go with the flow, forget the plans and trust your instincts !

Fortunately, I’m also getting better at this cooking note-taking thing so I can actually pass this recipe on to you and remind myself of how to make this meal again too.

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I had also picked up a couple of rather lovely looking cabbages at the market yesterday morning, again with no plans for them, so decided to crack into them straight away and made a simple Asian-style slaw. You can’t go wrong with a crunchy, flavourful salad, whatever the season or occasion. Not in my opinion anyway.

Asian-Style Cabbage Slaw
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Asian Cabbage Slaw
  1. 1/2 Red cabbage, shredded
  2. 1/2 White cabbage, shredded (Approx 6-8 C shredded vegetables)
  3. 2 Spring onions, julienned
  4. Pinch of chili flakes (optional)
  5. Juice of 1 lime (Approx 2 Tbsp)
  6. 1” Fresh ginger, minced
  7. 3 Tbsp Brown rice vinegar
  8. 1 Tbsp tamari
  9. 1/2 tsp Coconut sugar (or other sweetener)
  10. 1 tsp Sesame oil
  11. 1 Tbsp Neutral oil
  12. 1/2 C Chopped toasted cashews (optional)
Instructions
  1. Combine the shredded cabbage and green onions in a large bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well. This salad benefits from sitting at room temperature for a while to allow the flavours to mingle and the cabbage to slightly soften. I added some toasted cashews to the leftovers and would recommend it!
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Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties

Back to the main kitchen experiment, or Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties as I’m naming the result. These are very straightforward but a little fancier and prettier than your average baked sweet potato. Some extra protein and sturdiness comes in the form of red lentils and chickpea flour and a generous sprinkle of sesame seeds and green onions adds more flavour. Served alongside a little lime spiked non-dairy yogurt you’ve got a fun appetizer, or with the cabbage slaw too, a full meal.

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Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties with Asian-style Cabbage Slaw

Yield: 10-12

Ingredients

  • 2 Medium Sweet potatoes, baked in their skins (to yield 1 1/2C Mashed)
  • 1/2 C Red lentils
  • 1/2 C Chickpea flour
  • 2 Tbsp Sesame seeds, toasted
  • 3-4 Green onions, chopped
  • Salt & pepper

Instructions

  1. Rinse the red lentils well then add to a pan with 1 C water. Bring to boil then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until water is all absorbed. Set aside to cool.
  2. Remove sweet potatoes from their skins and mash well in a bowl with the red lentils. Add the chickpea flour, toasted sesame seeds, green onions and seasoning and stir well to combine.
  3. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up a little as the mixture will likely be very soft.
  4. Preheat oven to 180C/350F, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a large cookie scoop or 1/4 C measuring cup, scoop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking sheet. Using moistened fingers, flatten into patties and smooth the tops if necessary.
  5. Bake for approx 25 minutes until the surfaces are dry. Leave to cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheets as they are a little fragile straight out of the oven. They firm up further once cooled.
  6. Serve with non-dairy yogurt with a squeeze of lime, or your favourite dip.
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Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties

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Comments

  1. Looks very tasty and surprisingly simple. I don’t think I ever found writing recipe notes too challenging - perhaps because I had been copying recipes into a notebook in my own style for years before blogging - but I do hate it when I make something and love it and haven’t bothered to take notes because sometimes it just doesn’t seem that exciting a dish or too like others I have blogged

    • I’m learning to keep a notebook and pen on hand at all times. Though I now seem to have a few recipe notebooks and it takes me a while to find where I’d written the recipe I’m looking for!

  3. Look at the colour of the sweet potato patties, you just know they are going to taste amazing! These would make a great lunch with some crunchy slaw. Glad you took notes for the recipe, it looks so yummy 😀

    • I’m surprised you don’t often eat red cabbage- I tend to think of it as quite typical in German meals?!
      My favourite red cabbage dish is braised red cabbage and apple which we have with our Christmas meal every year. Delicious 😀

  5. Looks lovely and delicious!!
    I love your photos - the colours just pop and look amazing!! 😉
    Ha Ha you’re kinda like me with the note taking part… I also need to improve on that.
    You would not believe how many food shots I have waiting that I can’t remember what the exact recipe was or that I took my notes… but I lost that random scrap paper! Sheesh! It’s something I have to improve on for 2014! There, my first resolution 😉
    xoxo ella

  10. oh my gosh.. these are the cutest and the prettiest patties. i think i might have to make the whole meal this weekend. i hear you about the note taking. i used to be really bad at that. then i started notingthings in a diary or random pages, but things would get lost. now i keep my laptop around and make notes in email or post drafts. they are automatically saved

  13. Wow, these patties look adorable, delightful and tasty, they remind me of miniature scallion & potato pancakes! Plus I would love to have that salad (I was just on a 3-day juice cleanse)! I love using coconut sugar, it’s one of my favorite types of sugar to use right now. Happy December and keep warm, Emma!

  14. I love the salad AND the patties! Not sure which to try first, so I think the answer is BOTH!

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