Go Back
Healthy and diabetic friendly broccoli cheese balls snack- Being Rubitah- family recipe conversations
Print Recipe

Healthy and diabetes friendly broccoli cheese balls

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American, Indian
Keyword: broccoli cheese balls, diabetes friendly snack, healthy snacks, keto snacks
Servings: 4
Calories: 32kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp chickpea flour or gram flour or besan flour (or as much as you can hold the balls together)
  • 1/4 cup onions finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup cheddar cheese grated
  • 1/2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
  • 2 tsps coriander leaves finely chopped
  • 2 tsp flax-seed powder
  • 1 tbsp black pepper powder
  • Salt as required

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F). Brush a little sunflower oil (any tasteless oil) on the baking utensil. If you have a baking tray, you can also line it with parchment pper or foil.
  • Wash and steam the broccoli florets in boiling water until tender.
  • Once the florets cool down, finely chop them and keepaside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the chopped broccoli, egg, chickpea flour, cheese, coriander leaves,flax seed powder, ginger-garlic paste, black pepper powder and salt. Mix well. It should not be too watery nor dry.
    The mix-Healthy and diabetic friendly broccoli cheese balls snack- Being Rubitah- family recipe conversations
  • Scoop about 2 tbsps of the mixture and make a ball using your hands. If you find it watery just add more chickpea flour.
  • Place the balls on the baking vessel or sheet and lightly brush all the balls with oil.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes or until slightly toasted.
    Healthy and diabetes-friendly broccoli cheese balls recipe
  • Serve it with your favourite dipping sauce. We had it with chilli sauce.

Notes

  1. To steam broccoli, just place it in a colander placed inside a vessel of water on the stove for about 5-8 minutes. 
  2. If you don't want egg just replace it with 2 tbsps cheese but this would not be advisable for diabetics
  3. You can add any melting cheese in this recipe. Cheddar is my favourite.
  4. You can also steam and pan fry these broccoli cheese balls instead of baking them by adding a little oil in a pan
  5. To make it tastier,  roll these balls into breadcrumbs and deep fry. This would not be a healthy option though and definitely not advisable for diabetics.
  6. I think you can replicate this recipe with cauliflower too though I haven't tried it out myself! Let me know if you do.