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Home » Dinner » Curried Carrot Fritters (only 4 ingredients!)

Curried Carrot Fritters (only 4 ingredients!)

September 9, 2018 By Eden Szilagyi 4 Comments

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These curried carrot fritters are a recipe I’ll be making again and again! I see a lot of bloggers saying that they make recipe X every week. I feel like they must have time-turner devices like Hermione from Harry Potter to have so many recipes in their weekly rotation, but maybe I’m just jealous because sometimes it takes me a whole weekend of cooking to prepare just one new recipe for the site ;).

So no, we don’t and won’t eat these curried carrot fritters on a weekly basis, but we DID make them three times during a specific one-week period, even though I was already done with the recipe. And that is a glowing endorsement!

Curried carrot fritters on a plate with ketchup, tomato chutney, and fresh cantaloupe

I don’t necessarily specialize in super low-key recipes but I’m really happy with these curried carrot fritters without adding anything beyond the 4 base ingredients. They’re really nutritious and taste great! You can almost prep the whole thing while the skillet heats up, if you’re a fast shredder. And then they only take a few more minutes to cook.

Originally this recipe came from Purple Carrot, which we received for free for a week from a friend. It was supposed to be served with a mango and avocado salad, which sounded awesome, but the mango was rotten and the avocado was completely unripe :(.

On average, I’ll skip the packaging and shipping and serve these with a salad of seasonal veggies. Pictured here they were eaten with some tomato chutney, and fresh cantaloupe from the CSA. (Haters back off – I love cantaloupe and I’m proud).

Curried carrot fritter garnished with black pepper and fresh cilantro

I tested these curried carrot fritters with both the box grater and a smaller grater and I liked them a whole lot more with the larger pieces from the box grater! When the carrots were more finely shredded, it was difficult to taste them in the finished product, which is important when the other ingredient is chickpea flour.

These curried carrot fritters would make a great base for other flavors to experiment with. You could go in a Thai direction with red curry paste instead of the curry powder, add some herbs or scallions, or grate in some onion. I bet they’d even work well with sweet potato. Let me know in the comments how it goes, and enjoy!

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Curried Carrot Fritters

Made with only 4 ingredients (plus salt), these curried carrot fritters are naturally vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, and high in protein! Ready for your experimentation.
Course Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, refined sugar-free, soy-free, vegan, vegetarian
Keyword curried carrot fritters
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6 fritters
Calories 80kcal
Author Yup, it's Vegan

Ingredients

  • 8 oz carrot coarsely grated (box grater recommended)
  • 3/4 cup chickpea flour
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp curry powder (or use 1 tsp garam masala + 1/4 tsp turmeric)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • ground black pepper (optional, to taste)
  • 3 tbsp cold water
  • 1 tbsp neutral oil

Instructions

  • Start by putting the grated carrot in a mixing bowl and letting it sit for 5 minutes. Add the chickpea flour, curry powder, salt, and pepper, and stir to combine. Stir in cold water one tablespoon at a time until the batter comes together.
  • Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat and add about 1 tbsp of oil to coat the pan. Scoop 1/3 of the batter at a time to make each fritter. Add as many scoops of batter to the pan as will fit in it without crowding, and use your measuring cup or a spatula to gently flatten them.
  • Cook for about 3-4 minutes per side, or until browned and crisp on the bottom. Flip over and repeat for another 3-4 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter if needed. Serve hot, with accompaniments and condiments of choice (see notes).

Notes

Tamarind chutney is the perfect pairing for these curried carrot fritters. Anytime I get takeout or delivery from an Indian restaurant I order extra tamarind chutney and save it for using at home. It can also sometimes be found in the international section of grocery stores, or of course, you can make it yourself.
However, in a pinch, I find that ketchup is actually a really great substitute for chutney with Indian-inspired flavors. It is similarly sweet and tangy and obviously much more likely to already be in your fridge.

Nutrition

Serving: 1fritter | Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 45mg | Potassium: 218mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 6300IU | Vitamin C: 3.3mg

Recipe adapted from Purple Carrot.

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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    March 25, 2020 at 11:24

    Can any flour be used? Rice flour for example?

    Reply
    • Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says

      April 3, 2020 at 14:01

      Chickpea flour works best! I’m not sure what would happen with other flours, but give it a shot and let me know!

      Reply
  2. Steve Thorpe says

    April 24, 2019 at 14:10

    5 stars
    Delicious! I started out intending to make my first batch exactly to the recipe, but being a bit of an experimenter I decided to swap out a third of the chickpea flour for VWG and kneaded the mixture for a few minutes before dividing for cooking. The mixture turned into more of a dough than a batter and hardly required any water at all. I really liked the slightly ‘meaty’ texture it produced. I think the resulting ‘fritters’ would work work well as burger patties.

    Reply
  3. Barb says

    January 9, 2019 at 16:15

    5 stars
    These were fabulous! Thanks for sharing. I also think the Purple Carrot recipes look great but I don’t want to pay the prices they charge. I like the potential to add various other seasonings to these fritters to change them up. I’m going to try the leftovers on salads.

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