DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Dhaltjies
Spinach, potato and onion chilli bites made with chickpea and cake flours.
About Dhaltjies
Fatima Sydow and Gadija Sydow Noordien share these dhaltjies in their Cape cooking collection. Chickpea flour and cake flour form a batter with egg, grated potato, onion and chopped spinach.
Turmeric, garlic and roasted masala provide the seasoning, alongside salt. The vegetables run through the thick batter and give the bites their substantial texture.
Spoonfuls of batter are deep-fried until browned on both sides, then drained. The publisher presents them as food for sharing at a party and also suggests serving them with soup.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Dhaltjies
Fatima Sydow and Gadija Sydow Noordien's Cape dhaltjies.
- Chickpea flourBase
- Cake flourBase
- Baking powderBinder
- SaltSeasoning
- TurmericSeasoning
- Roasted masalaSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- EggBinder
- OnionBase
- GarlicAromatic
- PotatoBase
- SpinachBase
- WaterLiquid
- Deep-frying oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- SoupAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chickpea flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual58 explicitly chana/chickpea flour, not unspecified pulse.
- Cake flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual59 conventional cakeflour Wheat.
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual60 full productformula unprovided.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Roasted masala: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual63 named compound, constituentspices/full formula unprovided.
- Egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual64 wholeegg.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Spinach: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Deep-frying oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual70/73 genericoil, species unprovided.
- Soup (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual51 optional broad pairing, no exact soup recipe/ingredients specified.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- South Africa
- South AfricaCatalogue link pending review
- South AfricaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cape Malay Cuisine
- Cape Malay cuisineCatalogue link pending review
- South African Indian cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.