Courgette and Halloumi Falafels

Delicious warm as a starter or a side with Abel & Cole's Spicy Tomato Dip, or stuff in a pita with salad and a tahini dressing.

Ingredients

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• 200g courgette, coarsely grated
• 150g halloumi, coarsely grated
• 100g breadcrumbs
• A large handful fresh mint, finely chopped
• 1 lemon
• A pinch of chilli powder or finely chopped fresh chilli
• 1 egg, beaten
• Olive or sunflower oil for shallow frying
• sea salt and freshly ground pepper

Method

1. Pop the courgette in a sieve with a pinch of salt and pepper. Give it a squeeze with your hands to remove some of the water from it.
2. Toss the courgette in a bowl and mix with the halloumi, breadcrumbs, mint, zest of the lemon and a squeeze of juice, chilli powder and the beaten egg.
3. The mix should come together to form little falafels. If it's too wet, toss a few more breadcrumbs in. If it's too dry, add a little more grated courgette.
4. The falafels will fry better if you chill the mix first but you can fry them straight away, too. Just get a large frying pan hot, add enough olive oil to generously coat the pan and cook on all sides till golden.

Serving suggestions

Serve in a pita with salad and a tahini dressing.

See also

We have a number of halloumi recipes, most are combined with fruit - a good way to offset the high salt level of this cheese.

• Beetroot falafel with toasted halloumi cheese
• Courgette and Halloumi Falafels
• Grilled sausage and halloumi salad with avocados
• Halloumi, fennel and apple salad
• Halloumi, fennel and kiwi fruit salad
• Halloumi, fennel and pink grapefruit salad
• Hugh's fried halloumi
• Melon salad with grilled halloumi cheese croutons
• Pork and strawberry salad with grilled halloumi cheese
• Skewiff beetroot and halloumi
• Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette
• Warm halloumi and fennel salad

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