Japanese Vegetable Pancakes

Japanese Vegetable Pancakes

  • Nut free
  • Vegetarian

  • Prep: 15 mins

  • Cook: 10 mins

  • Serves: 12

Ingredients

  • 1/2 medium cabbage, finely chopped
  • 4 medium carrot, grated
  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves
  • 4 spring onions (including green tops), chopped
  • 1/2 cup wholemeal plain flour
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 sprays oil

Variations

TIP Pancakes can be spread on a tray in the freezer until frozen and then placed into a zip lock bags for easy storage. For the lunchbox: spread with cream cheese to make a sandwich.

Use rice flour instead to make this dish gluten free. 

Method

  1. Place the vegetables in a bowl and mix together. Toss with the flour ensuring it coats all the vegetables. Stir in the eggs and pinch of salt.
  2. Lightly spray a large fry pan with olive oil spray and heat over medium-high heat. You may need to re-spray between batches.
  3. Add heaped tablespoons of the mixture to the fry pan in rounds. Gently press to flatten. Cook until golden approximately 3 minutes and then turn to cook the other side.

1 serve of veggies in each serving of this recipe.

 

 

Recipe and image supplied by Cancer Council NSW Healthy Lunch Box website.

Nutrition information

per serving per 100g
Energy 366 kj 343.7 kj
Protein 4.9 g 4.6 g
Fat, total 3.6 g 3.4 g
— saturated 0.8 g 0.8 g
Carbohydrate 7.5 g 7 g
— sugars 3.9 g 3.7 g
Sodium 84.3 mg 79.2 mg
Fibre 3.2 g 3 g