Chickpea and Pumpkin Fritters

 Ingredients:

 2-13.5 ounce cans of chickpeas- rinsed

 2 cups canned pumpkin puree

1/2 cup diced onion

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1 and 3/4 teaspoons garlic powder

1.5 teaspoons cumin

1/4 teaspoon + 3 pinches of cayenne pepper

1.5 teaspoons kosher salt

1/2 fresh lime squeezed

1 egg

3/4 cup  flour

1/2 cup almond milk 

1/2 cup panko bread crumbs

Directions:

1- Rinse chickpeas and add pumpkin puree to a food processor. Pulse until smooth, add  diced onions and parsley.

2-Add all of your dried seasonings: garlic powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, and salt. Add lime and pulse in the food processor.

3- Add  almond milk to the ingredients in the food processor. The mixture will be sort of mushy.

4- Remove the mixture from the food processor to a large bowl, add the flour. Add Panko till the mixture is the right consistency to form the fritters.

5- Heat a pan with 2 tbsp olive oil to a medium flame or setting.  Add the fritters in one by one ensuring not to overcrowd the pan.

6- Cook until brown on each side. Takes a few minutes depending on the size of the fritters.