Healthy Bean Balls Recipe

Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Serves: 12

Ingredients

1 x 400g can no-added-salt chickpeas, drained
1/2 cup frozen peas, defrosted
1/2 cup carrot, sweet potato or pumpkin, grated
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
3 tbs wholemeal plain flour
1 tbs sweet chilli sauce
1 tsp ground cumin, optional
1 tsp ground coriander, optional
1 tbs canola oil

Method

Mash the chickpeas and peas together in a large bowl with a fork or potato masher.
With your hands, squeeze as much moisture as you can out of the grated vegetables and add them the bowl.
Add all the other ingredients (except the oil) and mix well.
Take a big spoonful of the mixture and roll into a ball with your hands. Flatten the ball and place on a plate. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.
Heat half the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan. Add about half the balls, being careful not to overcrowd the pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until golden brown, then flip over and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Place them on paper towel while you cook the rest of the balls.

Note: If you have a food processor or stick blender with a bowl attachment, add all the ingredients (except the oil) to the food processor and blitz till you get a chunky but sticky texture. Then continue from step 4.

Variation: Grated zucchini or finely chopped capsicum and broccoli would also work well in this dish- just use up whatever vegetables you have.

Serving Suggestion: Use in a sandwich or wrap with salad and sweet chilli sauce.

Comment: Storage: Individually wrap in cling wrap and freeze for up to 3 months and place in lunchboxes still frozen. They will be defrosted by recess time.

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Try mustard instead of mayonnaise to add extra flavour to your salads and sandwiches.

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Nutrition Information


	per serving	per 100g
Energy	247 kJ	532 kJ
Protein	2.3 g	4.9 g
Fat, total	2.2 g	4.6 g
— saturated	0.2 g	0.4 g
Carbohydrate	6.3 g	13.6 g
— sugars	1.3 g	2.9 g
Sodium	87 mg	186 mg
Fibre	2.3 g	5 g

Member comments & rating

Comments (5)

Great afternoon snack ,we serve it with a tomato relish and a little rocket thankyou
Tania Adams
Posted on: 15 Jan 20
Hi Carrie, I've added in the nutritional information for the recipe. -Gael
LiveLighter
Posted on: 24 Jul 18
Can you give me nutritional information please
Carrie Lopez
Posted on: 18 Jul 18
Really nice
Kathy Arch
Posted on: 21 Feb 17
Why are they called bean balls when they don't contain any beans?
Kathryn Foley
Posted on: 13 Jan 17