This cauliflower patties recipe is versatile and easy to make. The fritters are vegan, gluten-free, protein-rich, and they’re perfect as a snack, side dish, lunch, dinner or meal prep.
Gluten-Free, Vegan Cauliflower Patties Recipe
How awesome are burger patties?! I love them, they are so easy to make and they are furthermore healthy if they are not deep fried. I have been experimenting with all kind of veggies like zucchinis, carrots, celery, and cauliflower to make these vegan fritters. This cauliflower patties recipe is my absolute favorite.
Aside From The incredible Taste, These Cauliflower Patties Are Also…
- Light
- Gluten-Free
- Egg-Free
- Dairy-Free
- Relatively Low-Carb
- Plant-Based
- Vegan
- Great for Lunch, Dinner or Meal Prep
These vegan fritters are also high in fiber and protein. Yes, high in protein because of the chickpeas, chickpea flour, and the flax seeds. The flax seeds contain furthermore omega 3 fatty acids which make the patties even healthier.
These Vegan Fritters Are Versatile
You can eat these cauliflower patties as a snack with mustard or a cashew cream cheese spread. Another possibility is to serve them as veggie burgers or add them to your Buddha bowl. You can also add some grated vegan cheese or finely chopped veggies to the batter like peppers or zucchini. These cauliflower burger patties contain wholefood plant-based ingredients only.
The recipe is so simple and the fritters taste very delicious. They actually taste so good that I always have to resist devouring them right out of the pan. Doing this is not a great idea, as I tend to burn my mouth haha.
Easy To Make Cauliflower Patties Recipe
This recipe is so easy to make and won’t take more than half an hour. Of course, you could also bake the cauliflower patties in the oven if you don’t want to use any oil to fry them but it will take much longer and they won’t be as crispy.
You could also add these patties to the following healthy vegan buddha bowl: VEGAN BUDDHA BOWL WITH ROASTED CHICKPEAS
I hope you will enjoy my cauliflower patties recipe. If you try it out please leave a comment below and/or tag me in your Instagram or Facebook post with @elavegan and #elavegan so that I can check it out.
Cauliflower Patties Recipe
Ingredients
Wet ingredients
- 1/2 small (250 g) cauliflower head cut into small florets
- 1 (15 oz) can (280 g) chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
- 2 tbsp parsley finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- coconut oil for frying
Dry ingredients
- 1/2 cup (60 g) chickpea flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp flax seeds ground
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin ground
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the cauliflower florets in salted water until tender, then discard the water.
- Meanwhile combine all dry ingredients in a bowl, set aside.
- Pulse all wet ingredients (except the oil for frying) in a food processor until combined (don't over process).
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients and mix everything together with your hands.
- Form 8-10 patties and fry them with some oil in a skillet from both sides (about 5 minutes each) until golden brown.
- Serve with mustard or any other dip of choice.
Notes
- You can add a little grated vegan cheese and some chopped veggies to the batter to make the patties even tastier. This step is optional.
- Instead of pan-frying, you could try baking them in the oven for about 30 minutes at 360 degrees F (180 degrees C) or until golden brown. Flip halfway through. They won't be as crispy though.
- The recipe makes 10 patties. Nutrition facts are for one patty.
Nutrition information is an estimate and has been calculated automatically
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Hi silly question but I want to make and freeze these. Do I freeze before or after cooking ?
Love your recipes and I have a half cauliflower to use up after making your pasta bake recipe 😋
Hi Kerrie, after cooking is easier, in my opinion, but I think some readers also had success with freezing them before cooking. You could also cook them a few minutes less, then let them cool completely and freeze them. 🙂
Hi I am wanting to make these soon. I am curious what kind of veggies you put in yours?
Hi Summer, normally just cauliflower, but sometimes I also like to add peppers or some chopped mushrooms. Zucchini is also yummy. 🙂
Searched for a different recipe for cauliflower and came across you patties. I had everything in the pantry so I decided to mix it up. The patties were so delicious with spicy mustard. I will add a bit of hot sauce or curry powder, or maybe tomato sauce. I look forward to trying more of your foodology.
I am so glad you loved them, Ellen! Thanks for your feedback. 🙂
OH MY GOODNESS! These are yum! Beautiful texture and flavour. I’m a bit lazy with spices so I just added Zaatar, didn’t have chickpea flour so used Maize flour and we ate them with Mango Chutney. No leftovers, that’s for sure. Excited to check out the rest of your recipes. Many thanks.
Sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth. 🙂
love this recipe but was wondering if i could cook these in an air fryer? or make the batter the night before
Hello Paulette, I never tried an air fryer for this recipe. Yes, you can make the dough the night before. 🙂
did you make them
If I had left over dough, how long would that last in the fridge?
I would say up to 2 days max. 🙂
How many cups of cauliflower florets is 250g? Excited to try these!
Hello! 1 cup of cauliflower florets weighs about 68-70 grams, so you’ll need 3 2/3 cups.
Hi, this looks amazing! Do you think I can sub the chickpea flour for something else, like tapioca starch or coconut flour? Thanks!
You could probably use cassava flour or rice flour but I wouldn’t use tapioca starch as the result might be too sticky/gummy. I also wouldn’t recommend coconut flour as it would totally dry out the dough. Hope this helps. 🙂
If you’re not gluten free, could you sub regular wheat flour for the chickpea flour? Chickpea flour does not settle well for me (probs because the chickpeas aren’t cooked before turned into flour).
Yes, that should be fine, Em. 🙂
Would another type of floor work for these instead of chickpea?
Regular flour will most likely work. Not sure if you need a different gluten-free flour as you didn’t say so. Cassava flour might also work but I never tried it. 🙂
I made these today for lunch and they were absolutely delicious and so quick and easy to make!!!
I am glad they turned out delicious! Thanks for your feedback, Dannie. 🙂
These are great! I have tried many recipes to fill the void left behind when i had to stop eating eggs and wheat, not many were good enough to make again. But these were prefect. Thank you!!!!
That makes me so happy Liz! Thanks for your great feedback. 🙂
My husband and I loved these patties! I was out of chickpea flour so I used brown rice flour and they still turned out great! I added a little shredded vegan cheese and crushed red pepper to them. I also made your cashew cream dipping sauce, since I was in the mood for some spice I added sriracha sauce to it. I’ll definitely make these again but next time with the chickpea flour. Thank you for this recipe! 🙂
Sounds amazing! I am so glad they turned out delicious. Thanks for your feedback, Terri. 🙂
So enjoyed these tonight with your Curried Coconut Veggie Pineapple Thank you I wanted to add a picture but not sure how
I am so glad you liked the recipe, Carla. You can upload the image on https://imgbb.com/ and share the link of the uploaded image here. 🙂
I batch bake and freeze and when I need them a quick fry and they’re done ?
Sounds incredible! Thanks for this great tip! 🙂
I loved the idea of this recipe but I could not get the patties to hold together. I have gone through the ingredients and instructions several times now and I followed them just as written. Any suggestions on getting the patties to hold?
Sorry to hear the recipe didn’t work for you. Did you mix the ingredients together with your hands really well?! The batter should not be dry!
I love cauliflower. These look fantastic. I want to make them and freeze them to take with me to work for lunch. I will swap chia for flax seeds but otherwise looks amazing
Sounds great, Cheryl! 🙂
I am vegan and grains=free. Your recipes are saving my life-)
Amazing recipes.
Thank you, Sonia! I am glad my recipes are helpful. 🙂
I have some frozen diced cauliflower. Do you think that would work?
It should work. I would cook it in water until it’s tender. 🙂
Soo, I may have made right pig’s breakfast out of this recipe. ?♀️ I misread the line where it says 1/2 cauliflower, so I put a whole one, couldn’t get hold of chickpea flour so had to do with buckwheat flour, threw in 6 cloves of garlic because there’s never enough garlic ?, added some spring onion cause I fancied it and on top of it grabbed coriander instead of parsley cause I had a toddler running around and they look very similar, I mean coriander and parsley look similar not toddler and parsley. I processed it too much so it ended up looking like a mash so had to add more buckwheat flour and seasoning cause it was too mushy with all that cauliflower. But lo and behold the fritters turned out great anyway. ?
Hahaha, such a funny comment! Love it. Glad they turned out yummy. 😀
OMG! I just made these with your vegan cheese sauce and I’m in love! Thank you!
Thank you, Natalie! Would you mind leaving a rating for the recipe? Thanks. 🙂
Seems that your flour was old or something. This is a very popular recipe with lots positive reviews, not only here but also all over social media. Any taste differs though, so maybe this recipe was just not for you. 🙂
Dear the picture has some tomatos but the ingredients dont, can we add tomato?
Sure you can add a few! 🙂
Hi there, they don’t stick together wish you made a video
Sorry it didn’t turn out good for you. Did you use the exact same ingredients (250 grams of cauliflower, 280 grams of cooked chickpeas), etc?
I can’t use chickpeas or any kind of bean. Any suggestions for a replacement?
Not sure if you can use lentils. That would be the only substitute I can currently think of!
Hello, I tried the recipe and didnt turn out good and I wonder why, this made me so frustrated I wanted them to be delicious. 🙁
– Is it 10 oz of chickpeas or 280g ? Because it is not correctly calculated, maybe thats what went wrong ?
– Also, when I put them in a non stick pan, I cooked them on medium heat, and the outside was burning before the inside was cooked, do you know why?
– Or also what I may have done wrongly?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Elena
Hi Elena! 280 g is the weight of the drained/rinsed chickpeas. Maybe you made the patties too thick and therefore the inside was not cooked? If they burn you need to add oil. Hope this helps! 🙂
Do we just rinse and drain the chickpeas? Don’t we have to soak them overnight and pressure cook them and use? I was wondering how did you use them coz u just mentoring and drain chickpeas..can u advise
Hi, I use canned chickpeas, as mentioned in the ingredients which says: 1 (15 oz) can.
Hi Ela can I make them and freeze them before cooking them, like a pull out the freezer quick snack?
I never tried it but I guess it could work! Let me know if you give it a try! 🙂
These are so good! I made a double batch because I had cauliflower I needed to use up. my 11 & 12 yr old omnivore children loved them. My youngest wasn’t as big a fan but she ate them. They smell as good as they taste and are filling. I fried the kids and baked mine and mine came out just as crispy as theirs. Very easy recipe. Thanks!
Wonderful! I am so happy you loved the recipe, Liz! 🙂
Is this recipe meant to be eaten with burger patties or can they be eaten by themselves?
The can definitely be eaten by themselves. 🙂
Just made your cauliflower patties. They are fabulous! So easy to make and held together very well. I used white beans as I had a can already open, but I will be making these again for sure and will use the chick peas next time. Thank you for this delicious recipe. It will be one of my regulars now. Love you recipes Ela! Thanks again.
Amazing! Thanks for your great feedback, Anne! 🙂
I tried them a few days ago and really liked them, but I found it hard to find a sauce to go with it (I´m not a really big fan of mustard) do you have any suggestions?
I am glad you liked them! I like using a vegan bbq sauce and sometimes I just use my 3-minute vegan cheese sauce as a dip. 🙂
You might consider an organic soy sauce
I don’t have a food processor is there an alternative?
Yes, you could use a potato masher or a fork to mash the chickpeas & cauliflower and then mix everything with your hands. 🙂
I can’t eat flax seeds. Can I replace them with something else?
Ground chia seeds are a great alternative. 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
hvad kan man bruge i stedet for kikærter? Tåler dem ikke
You can try oat flour or buckwheat flour but it might not taste as good.
Can these be frozen?
I am pretty sure that would be fine. 🙂
Any tips on time and oven temp for baking option?
I would suggest 180 degrees C. Bake for about 15 minutes per side (or until golden brown).
Delicious! Even my omni hubby loved them. I served them with mango chutney
So glad you liked my recipe, Ann. Thanks for your feedback. 🙂
Hello! Do you think these would be good reheated the next day?
Never tried it but yes, I think they would taste good reheated the next day. 🙂
These patties are to die for and a perfect accompaniment to any buddha bowl concoction. I had these with quinoa, tomatoes, artichoke, kale and a lemon hummus dressing. I think my omni family will happily eat these too. Love love love! Thank you!!
So happy you liked my recipe, Diane. Thanks so much for your wonderful feedback. 🙂
Recipe calls for oil for frying but directions say to bake. Are they fried or baked? Or both?!
Hi Brenda, frying is correct! I will correct the instructions asap. Thanks for letting me know. 🙂
Love these! Made a few changes as I didn’t have the exact ingredients. Used quinoa flour instead of chickpea flour. Used celery leaves instead of parsley. Used olive oil. Used dried onion flakes instead of powder. No salt added. Australian tins are mostly 400grams so probably should have added some extra wet ingredients, but still very nice, thank you!
Thanks for your feedback, Lene. I am glad you love these cauliflower patties 🙂
Do you think these would turn out well baked? These sound delish but I don’t care for fried foods.
Yes, I think they will be a little bit more dry but still tasty 🙂
I’ve got to make these this weekend because they look and sound so good! I’m still a “work in progress” vegan and struggle with meal planning because my husband isn’t keen on it. Thank you, as always, for your delicious recipes. I look forward to reading and making them!
Thank you Tamra! So glad my recipes are helpful. 🙂
Where do I find chickpea flour?
Check the Indian section of your grocery store! It’s also called Garbanzo bean flour.
These are making me so hungry Ela. There are so many options – lunch, dinner, snack! Thank you for providing so many filling versatile recipes! Happy Thursday! Dee xx
Thank you, Dee! I hope you will give them a try. Happy Friday 🙂
DIe waren echt super lecker, danke!!!
Ich hab charlotten statt onion powder benutzt, hat gut geklappt!
Freut mich sehr liebe Michelle 🙂 PS: Hast du gesehen, dass ich auch auf Deutsch blogge? 😉
These are amazing. They were so easy to make. My family loved them as well. I’m so excited to try your other recipes. Everything is so beautiful.. Thank you.
So glad to hear that, Mary! Thanks for your great feedback 🙂
These look great Ela! I am not a huge fan of cauliflower unless it’s masked well and these look perfect. I LOVE chickpeas and use them so much it should be illegal, haha! Love how easy they seem too!
Thank you, Brandi! Haha, illegal, so funny. I go crazy about chickpeas as well, I probably eat them 6 times a week. 😀
I loved this recipe! It was liked by my husband too. It’s so full of flavour and nutrition. I added some nutritional yeast for a cheesier taste. I also didn’t have chickpea flour so I substituted it with regular apf and some panko bread crumbs for a crispier texture! Thank for this lovely recipe, Ela!
Thanks for your sweet comment, Sarah! I am happy they turned out great, even with a different flour. The addition of nutritional yeast flakes is such a great idea 🙂
Made these little ones. Very easy and quick receipe!
Personal tip: don’t make them too big, and bake them long enough so they are nice and crunchy & you’ll love them!
Really happy they turned out great. Thank you, Nina!
How long did you bake at what temp? I would like to do the same as well to keep them oil free.
I would suggest 180 degrees C. Bake for about 15 minutes per side (or until golden brown).
Wonderful recipe. Made it twice so far and my kids loved it. They normally hate to eat cauliflower, but when I “hide” it in these patties they really enjoy it. Thank you!
Yay, that’s incredible! Makes me so happy that your kids love these patties as well. Thanks for your great feedback, Anne 🙂
This is AMAZING! The recipe itself is so easy to make, and all the ingredients are very easy to find in Russia. I’ve always struggled with vegan recipes, because some ingredients are super expensive or you simply have to order online from other countries.
But back to this patties. They are so soft, the texture is perfect. I’v never tried better vegan patties ever. Thank you for this recipe.
Thank you so much for this amazing feedback, Sveta! I am really happy you liked my cauliflower patties. 🙂
These are not plant based if you use oil
Of course, they are! We are using VEGETABLE oils which ARE plant-based.