My good friend Mia is one of my major sources of inspiration and support for recipe development – she has fantastic ideas and is always there if I need advice on what to do. These Cauliflower & Haloumi Fritters were entirely her idea… so thank you Mia 🙂 These are an awesome snack or quick lunch for the low carb/healthy fat crowd, but my kids ate the entire plate of them – so I think they would be a great lunchbox addition too. I personally prefer to eat them cold because they firm up nicely in the fridge, and naturally they must be served with my Aioli 😉 Love Nik xx
skinnymixer's Low Carb Cauliflower & Haloumi Fritters
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Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time30 mins
Servings: 32
Ingredients
- 10 g | 0.3 oz spring onion
- 5 fresh mint leaves finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic peeled
- 300 g | 10.6 oz cauliflower florets
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 eggs
- 360 g | 12.7 oz haloumi cubed
- 2 tbsp flaxseed meal
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Add spring onion, mint and garlic to mixer bowl. Chop for 3 sec/speed 9/MC on. Scrape bowl down and repeat once.
- Add remaining ingredients to mixer bowl (except for oil), blend for 5 sec/speed 6/MC on. Scrape bowl down and repeat once.
- Put mixture on a plate (spread out) and refrigerate for 20 mins to firm up.
- Heat oil on a non stick frying pan to medium/high heat. Roll mixture into golf sized balls and flatten them slightly... fry on both sides until golden brown. I recommend you dont touch them until they are well browned, because the mixture is a little temperamental.
- If your mixture is too wet to fry, you can bake them in an oven at 180°C or 350°F, fan-forced for 30-40 mins turning half way through if required.
- Cool well before refrigerating.
Notes
Portions were rolled into 25 g or 0.9 oz balls.
Total portions 32. You can halve this recipe 🙂 The cooked fritters freeze well. Bellini Users Use your sharp blade for this recipe. At step 2 mix for longer if necessary. Alternatively you can bake the fritters at 180°C or 350°F for 30 minutes or until golden.
Total portions 32. You can halve this recipe 🙂 The cooked fritters freeze well. Bellini Users Use your sharp blade for this recipe. At step 2 mix for longer if necessary. Alternatively you can bake the fritters at 180°C or 350°F for 30 minutes or until golden.
Nutrition Facts
skinnymixer's Low Carb Cauliflower & Haloumi Fritters
Amount Per Serving (25 g)
Calories 49 Calories from Fat 35
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.9g 6%
Saturated Fat 1.5g 8%
Sodium 311mg 13%
Total Carbohydrates 0.4g 0%
Sugars 206g
Protein 3g 6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
It seems like a lot of cheese. I used feta and vintage cheddar and mine was salty too. I did some in the frypan and some in the EasyCook.
However when I put a fried egg on top and had it with baby spinach and quarter of an avocado it was not salty but yummy.
These are delicious!
Made these today, read through the comments. I was using up my leftovers, didn’t quite have enough Haloumi so added grated cheese per others comments. Yes they are salty, but I loved them. Baked in the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees
I thought these looked delicious so went out and bought all the ingredients, paying over $12.00 just for the haloumi alone. I followed the recipe to the letter but all I could taste was salt. I was very disappointed . Is there any way to reduce the salt taste in the Haloumi?
You can rinse the haloumi first which may help? Will remove some of the brine.
It seems like a lot of cheese. I used feta and vintage cheddar and mine was salty too.
So delicious! Made these tonight and used flour instead of flax seed as I was to concerned about the carb content. Also add about 70g cheddar as I did not have quite enough halloumi. Stayed togther beautifully.
I didn’t have any haloumi so I added same quantity in tasty cheese. I also used white onion. They were a little bit dry so I added another egg and they turned out lovely! Looking forward to getting some haloumi and making the recipe properly 🙂
These were really yum. I only made a half batch due to the size of the packet of hauloumi I had – but I will definitely be making again.
Absolutely love these… Beautiful flavour from such a simple combination of ingredients. Served with poached a eggs and avocado for a yummy weekend breakfast! Will be on rotation here as a delicious snack or breakfast addition. Thanks for a lovely recipe yet again!
These were so warming and delicious. My thermomix had trouble chopping the cauliflower so I chopped it small and it got there in the end. Baked at 180 for about 30 mins and served them with Niks aoili with jarred jalapeños chopped in. Will definitely make these again
Yum. Just made these. Substituted almond meal for flaxseed, didn’t have enough holoumi, only had 250g so topped it up to measure with normal tasty cheese. Very tasty, quick and easy.
Made a batch of these today for lunches, tried one while they were still warm -very nice! looking forward to my lunch tomorrow!
I made these for my mother in law this weekend and she gobbled them. Very easy and quick to make.
made these but realised i only had 1 pkt halumi wich was half recipe so added rest colby cheese and used almond meal instead of flaxseed meal as i didnt have any and turned out well but they have to be quite thin to start with and was delicious will def make them again
Could I substitute the flaxseed for sesame seed?
Was the cauliflower supposed to be cooked first?
No
Stupid question, but was the cauliflower supposed to be cooked first?
Oh wow! These are so tasty. I did have problems flipping them in the frypan and getting the temperature right so they didn’t burn. Even though some fell apart, they were still delicious. With practice I’m sure I’ll perfect these. I served the fritters with Greek yoghurt and it was a great combo!!
Can flaxseed meal be substituted with something?
Perhaps almond meal
These are so delicious and so easy to make. I didn’t have any spring onions so used chives instead and used juice from half a lemon. The definately need to be well browned before touching and not pressed down too flat.
These sound great Nik! For those interested, I found this post with the link to the rc for the recipe.
https://thethermomixdiaries.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/halloumi-in-the-thermomix-absolutely/
Hi can haloumi be substituted with feta or goats cheese. I’m lactose intolerant and haloumi is a no/no!!!
On the Monash University app it says you should be able to tolerate a serving of 50g of Haloumi
I have found goats milk haloumi as I am the same. I got it from our local IGA but if you check them out you will find that some of them are in actual fact goats and sheeps milk .
I served these hot at a party we were having. Noone could wait for them to cool down. They were delicious and enjoyed by everyone. The recipie is really simple and easy to make.
These look awesome. I have been making my own haloumi in thermie lately.
So looking forward to making the whole fritter from scratch
Ooh is it easy to make? Did you get the recipe from the recipe community?
How do you make your own haloumi
Would love to know how to mahe haloumi as well
The recipe commu ity has a great recipe.
You can make haloumi? Why didnt i know this haha
I must try this. Where do you find a haloumi recipe?