Today I have to come up with a new synopsis for a romance novel and not much time for cooking (or anything else, for that matter. Definitely I shouldn´t be blogging right now but creating a touching love story to please my editor.) About noon I couldn´t concentrate anymore since I got hungry. Unfortunately my cupboards were nearly empty. I had just a few staples left, and one egg and some carrots were sitting lonely in the fridge, so instead of a heart breaking romance I invented a little recipe for carrot and sesame patties. They turned out to be quite delicious, even if they do not look completely convincing.
I ate them with Nuoc Cham, a vietnamese dipping sauce I saw the other day at Viet World Kitchen, the recipe can be found here.
Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 big carrots, finely shredded, about 2 cups
1 large egg
2 minced medium onions
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 Tbsp. finely grated ginger
2 Tbsp. water
vegetable oil or ghee for frying
Method:
1. Toast the sesame seed in a dry skillet until golden brown.
2. Mix carrots, onions, garlic, ginger and sesame seed.
3. Add flour, egg and water, stir well.
4. Heat oil or ghee in a skillet, for medium size patties add a heaping Tbsp. batter to the skillet, flatten with the spoon.
5. Fry until golden brown and crispy, turn, about 5 min. per side.
6. Serve hot with Nuoc Cham.
