Spring greens fritters with tahini sauce recipe

Spring greens fritters with tahini sauce

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

Here's a great dish to use up leftover spring greens that's tasty and affordable. These veggie fritters make a lovely lunch or quick dinner and the tahini yogurt sauce is a delicious accompaniment.

See method
  • Serves 4
  • Takes 20 mins
  • 352 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp tahini
  • 30g pack fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked, ½ finely chopped
  • 1 small garlic clove, peeled
  • 2 lemons, 1 juiced, 1 cut into wedges
  • 100g natural yogurt
  • 120g sliced spring greens (from a 200g pack)
  • 15g fresh soft herbs (such as basil, chives, tarragon or dill), leaves picked and finely chopped
  • 4 large eggs, beaten
  • 50g plain flour
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil

Ready to shop?

Shop ingredients

Each serving contains

Energy
1460kJ 352.0kcal
18%
Fat
26g
high37%
Saturates
4g
medium21%
Salt
0.6g
medium10%
Sugars
3g
low3%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 13.3gProtein 14.6gFibre 2.4g

Method

  1. Put the tahini, whole parsley leaves, the garlic, lemon juice and half the yogurt in a blender and blitz to a smooth sauce. Transfer to a bowl, stir through the remaining yogurt and season to taste. Transfer to the fridge until needed.
  2. Mix the spring greens, most of the remaining herbs, the eggs, flour and cumin in a bowl with some seasoning to make a thick batter.
  3. Heat half the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Working in batches, dollop 1 tbsp batter per fritter into the pan and fry for 1-2 mins on each side until golden, pressing the fritters down when flipping. Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper and repeat with the remaining oil and batter to make 8 fritters.
  4. Serve warm with lemon wedges and the rest of the herbs, with the tahini sauce alongside.
  • Tip: Swap the spring greens for 1 large, grated courgette or 2 grated carrots.
  • Freezing and defrosting guidelines

    Freeze fritters only. In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.

    You may also like