Chickpea Cakes and Red Cabbage Salad
Ingredients
Red Cabbage Salad
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
 - 2 tsp olive oil
 - 1/2 tsp ground cumin
 - 2 cups shredded red cabbage
 - 1/2 cup chopped avocado
 - 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
 - 1/2 cup chopped apple
 - 1/2 cup chopped tomato
 - 2 tbsp minced fresh cilantro
 
Chickpea Cakes
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
 - 1 tbsp garlic
 - 2 tsp minced chipotle in adobo sauce
 - 3/4 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
 - 1 egg white
 - 1/4 cup oat bran
 - 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
 - 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
 - 1/2 tsp paprika
 - 1/2 tsp ground cumin
 - 1/2 tsp sea salt
 
Instructions
Red Cabbage Salad
- Whisk first 3 salad ingredients (lime juice, olive oil and cumin).
 - Toss on top of avocado, cucumber, apple and tomato.
 
Chickpea Cakes
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
 - Saute the onion, garlic and chipotle in a pan over medium-high heat until onion softens, approximately 3 minutes. Add small amounts of water to prevent sticking.
 - Pulse chickpeas, oat bran, cilantro, egg white, cumin, cayenne pepper, paprika, sea salt and onion mixture in a food processor until coarse.
 - Form chickpea mixture into six half-inch thick cakes.
 - Heat the pan again and cook cakes until browned on one side, about 3 minutes.
 - Turn the cakes, brown other side then bake in oven for 6 minutes.
 - Serve cakes on salad.
 












Absolutely great. These reminded me of falafels. I should have doubled the recipe because 3 of us gobbled them up.
Glad to hear it was a big hit! I agree with the doubling part. It’s always nice to have more to make later.