Flavorful Frankie Recipe- with curry mashed potatoes, chickpeas, cauliflower, spinach, pickled onions and amazing Cilantro Mint Chutney! Vegan! Gluten-free adaptable.
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Introducing Frankies! India’s flavorful street food, also known as the Mumbai Burrito or roti wrap, this vegan version is filled with curry mashed potatoes, roasted Indian cauliflower and chickpeas, fresh spinach, Cilantro Mint Chutney and Pickled onions, all wrapped up in a warm tortilla. Healthy and bursting with flavor! Traditionally these would be wrapped in freshly made roti with a very thin layer of egg, but we’ve simplified things here a bit.
In our catering business, we would often serve Frankies as mini tacos. Flavorful little Indian Tacos, always a huge hit. ( Think Super Bowl Sunday!) If going grain-free or gluten-free, you could easily turn the whole thing into a “bowl”, with the curry mashed potatoes ( or basmati rice) as the flavorful base.
If you have meat-eaters in your household, feel free to add chicken, which you could roast right along side the cauliflower.
Start by simmering potatoes on the stove top. These will become the earthy, flavorful Curry Mashed Potatoes which will hold it all together.
Roast the Indian spiced cauliflower and chickpeas. (Remember, you can add chicken to the sheet pan as well). Feel free to add onions or other vegetables.
While these are roasting the veggies, make the flavorful Cilantro Mint Chutney. It only takes 5 minutes.
This is essential, so don’t skip this step! It adds so much flavor!!!
Also make the Quick Pickled Onions – another 5 minutes! I promise you’ll find a million uses for any leftovers.
Once the potatoes and veggies are done… start layering, starting with a toasty warm tortilla. Feel free to use GF tortillas or wraps.
Generously spread the tortilla with the curry mashed potatoes.
Then top the Curry Mashed Potatoes with the roasted Indian cauliflower, chickpeas, spinach, chutney and pickled onions.
Wrap it up like a burrito, and serve warm.
Prepare to be delighted.
How easy is that?
Both the chutney and pickled onions can be made ahead.
I’m so excited for you to try this!
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A delicious recipe for Frankies- India’s street food, also called a Mumbai Burrito. Filled with curried potatoes, roasted cauliflower and chickpeas, spinach, cilantro mint chutney and pickled onions. Vegan! GF adaptable.
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 30
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4
- Category: Vegan Main
- Method: Roasted
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
Curry Mashed Potatoes
- 16 ounces baby potatoes – quartered
- 1 tablespoon ghee, olive oil or coconut oil, more to taste
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2-3 teaspoons yellow curry powder
- 1 teaspoon granulated onion or granulated garlic powder ( you could also incorporate sautéed onion and garlic into the potatoes for more flavor)
Filling:
- 1 head cauliflower- cut into small florets
- 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained well
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon coriander
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- generous pinch chili flakes
- 1 teaspoon whole fennel seed ( optional, or use cumin seed or coriander seed)
- 1 teaspoon whole coriander seed (optional)
4 x extra large, whole wheat tortillas – or feel free to use GF wraps or tortillas, or GF bowls using the mashed potatoes and extra spinach and the base.
2 handfuls baby spinach
Few tablespoons Cilantro Mint Chutney
Few tablespoons Quick Pickled Onions
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425F
Cut potatoes and place them in a medium pot, covered with water and simmer until very tender, about 15-20 minutes. At the same time…
Cut the cauliflower into small florets and place on a parchment lined sheet pan ( to one side). Add the drained chickpeas to the other side. Drizzle both with olive oil. Sprinkle cauliflower and chickpeas with the spices and salt, tossing to coat well. Place in the oven and roast for 20-25 minutes ( tossing halfway throuth) or until cauliflower is tender.
While the veggies are roasting, make the quick pickled red onions and blend up the flavorful Cilantro Mint Chutney, and place both in jars ( Of course, you could make these ahead). They take about 5 minutes each. Please don’t leave out the chutney- it’s imperative!!!
Once the potatoes are very tender, drain but save about 1 cup of the hot water. Place the potatoes back in the pot and mash with some of the hot water ( start with ¼-½ cup ) salt, spices and ghee ( or oil) and mash the potatoes to combine until smooth. You want a fairly loose, spreadable mash so add more hot water if necessary. Scrape down the sides. Stir well. Taste. You want this to taste flavorful and slightly salty as the tortilla will mute some of the flavor. Feel free to add more ghee or oil as you please for extra richness. Cover and keep warm.
When the roasted veggies are done, assemble. Warm the tortillas either in the oven, over a gas flame or over grill. Spread generously with the Potato curry, then top with chickpeas, cauliflower making sure to get some of the whole spices that will have dropped to the bottom of the pan. Add a handful of spinach leaves, a few teaspoons of cilantro mint chutney and some pickled onions and roll up like a burrito. Keep warm in the oven until ready to serve, or serve immediately! You can also refrigerate and reheat for meals on the go.
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Oh my gosh! So yummy! I made these tonight and loved them. I was thinking the potatoes, cauliflower, and chickpeas would be yummy stuffed into samosa dough and baked, with the chutney as a dipping sauce. Might have to give that a try.
So delish! A symphony of flavors, all complementing each other. Although I have made the pickled onions many times for tacos before, I am sure the cilantro mint chutney is my new favorite condiment. Since roasted cauliflower is my latest obsession, candy for the veggie lover – I also added turmeric to the spice combo for it…. made me eat too much 😉 – late lunch, feelin’ good.
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Sounds Perfect Jeannette!
These were absolutely delicious. My 17 year old daughter loved this as did my meat-loving husband. Healthy, fresh, & delicious. I wanted to drink the entire blender full of the cilantro mint chutney. Great leftovers for lunch tomorrow too! Thanks so much for a new recipe that will be going into my regular rotation!
Haha, you made me chuckle…thanks Nancy!!!
Is the mint chutney supposed to be thin I followed exactly and it’s super runny?
How much water did you add? It should be a little thin, but not very thin. 🙂
These are delicious! I can’t wait to make them again!
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thanks so much Sarah and thank for posting on Instagram!!
Could these be made using sweet potatoes or do you think that would change the flavor too much?
It might make it too sweet, but you could give it a try?
These were a hit at my niece’s vegan bday dinner. However, because there is yogurt in the cilantro-mint chutney i was corrected that the recipe isn’t actually vegan….lol….will definitely make again!
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Yes, you can make a vegan version of the cilantro mint chutney- I made it more clear. Thanks and sorry about that!!!
Totally delicious! Everyone had seconds. Amazing flavour combination!!
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Yay Alice!!!