Last Updated on December 16, 2020 by Chef Mireille
These fritters were inspired from some leftover Thai Basil I had from teaching one of my culinary classes on Thai food. With a bunch of leftover herb and not wanting it to go waste, I put some Thai flavors into these fritters.
Thai Broccoli Fritters
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 25-30 fritters
Ingredients:
- 4 cups finely chopped broccoli
- 2 thinly sliced shallots
- 1 1/2 tablespoons grated ginger
- 2 tablespoons red curry paste
- 2 cups Ricotta cheese
- 20 leaves finely chopped Thai basil
- 1 cup rice flour
- oil, for frying
Put the broccoli, shallots and ginger in microwave for 2 minutes. Leave to cool for 1 minute.
In a large bowl, mix the curry paste with the Ricotta and mix until thoroughly combined. Add broccoli mix & Thai Basil. Stir to combine.
With moistened hands or using a scoop, form into small balls and toss in rice flour. Shake off excess and set aside until you have finished form them all.
In a deep skillet, heat enough oil for deep frying. When oil is hot, place balls in the hot oil and fry until browned on all sides. Drain on paper towels.
Serve with Mae Ploy (Thai sweet chilli sauce).
Although the Ricotta Cheese is certainly not Thai, all of the other ingredients are. Ricotta gives it a great soft and creamy interior.
Thai Broccoli Fritters
Ingredients
- 4 cups finely chopped broccoli
- 2 thinly sliced shallots
- 1 1/2 tablespoons grated ginger
- 2 tablespoons red curry paste
- 2 cups Ricotta cheese
- 20 leaves finely chopped Thai basil
- 1 cup rice flour
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Put the broccoli, shallots and ginger in microwave for 2 minutes. Leave to cool for 1 minute.
- In a large bowl, mix the curry paste with the Ricotta and mix until thoroughly combined. Add broccoli mix & Thai Basil. Stir to combine.
- With moistened hands or using a scoop, form into small balls and toss in rice flour. Shake off excess and set aside until you have finished form them all.
- In a deep skillet, heat enough oil for deep frying. When oil is hot, place balls in the hot oil and fry until browned on all sides. Drain on paper towels.
- Serve with Mae Ploy (Thai sweet chilli sauce)
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Wow! fritters with ricotta cheese is totally new to me..They sound very delicious, Mir.
looks very intriguing…crunchy fritters…
I dont mind munching some, fabulous fritters..Interesting ingredients..
the combo looks so good ! tempting fritters 🙂
fritters with ricotta sound very interesting, must book mark these, so healthy too.
Gorgeous fritters! I absolutely love basil. Beautiful blog Mireille!
I love the thai spin on these broccoli fritters. What a fantastic idea.
Thai broccoli fritters looks so tempting . Such a lovely presentation.
That looks delicious and easy to do. I have a potted basil and these fritters sounds like a great idea for dinner tonight.
Sounds interesting on what you could do with leftover basil ones and using broccoli is so healthy as well..
I still have a bunch more of the basil to use up. I am searching for more ideas?
Must have tasted delicious with that sauce!! 🙂
Mmm this look delicious! Will be trying soon!
What an innovative recipe Mir! Curry in a fritter should have been so flavorful.
Very creative fritter Mir. Love the use of broccoli and basil — they must have tasted amazing.
sounds veru unusual recipe…loved the flavors going in
Time to cut out some basil leaves from the pot and do this. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Wow Mir these are delicious and love the fitters . Its unusual and yum.
Broccoli and ricotta seem like a wonderful combination!
Those are some unusual fritters loaded with cheese and broccoli.
Love this delicious combination.