Brown rice and quinoa patties recipe - Real Recipes from Mums

A great healthy brown rice and quinoa patties recipe from Michele Wolff, leading nutritionalist, naturopath and nurse. Have it for lunch dinner or a party snack, this tasty meal will leave you feeling good from the inside out.

Ingredients

Brown rice, cooked with salt, oil and turmeric
Quinoa cooked with turmeric (cook like rice)
Pumpkin, preferably roasted (or oven baked or cooked) as a binder
Sunflower seeds, dry toasted on a pan
Fresh parsley, chopped finely
Cinnamon, ground
Nutmeg, ground
Salt, pepper, chilli powder
Polenta for coating
Oil for frying

Method

Combine the ingredients in a large bowl and form patties.
Soft pumpkin together with soft warm rice will bind the patties nicely.
Season to your own preference.
Coat in polenta and shallow fry.
Serve with salad greens.

Tip

Rice crumbs with chickpea flour can be used instead of polenta.
When cooking rice, add an extra bit of water so rice is not fluffy but soft and sticky. Rinse rice before cooking but do not soak as soaking helps fluffiness, which we want to avoid here.
If you have stock, use stock instead of water for cooking rice and quinoa.

Michèle Wolff is a leading health practitioner and a qualified naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist and nurse. Her new book ‘Digestive Solutions – 101 Proven Methods to Solve Your Tummy Problems Naturally’ is available from bookstores and good online booksellers.

Visit www.digestivesolutions.com.au RRP $39.95

134 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 16 Oct 2022
    10:13 am
I would love to give them a taste test.

- - mom93821 said
  - 11 May 2020
    7:48 am
We love to make and eat patties and quinoa is delicious.

- - rovermum said
  - 13 Aug 2018
    9:27 am
I try and I struggle using brown rice. There is no flavour and it’s harder to cook than other rice.

- - Inayatmum said
  - 10 Aug 2018
    10:58 am
My baby will love it
I will give it a try. Healthy and some something new…

- - Ellen said
  - 10 Aug 2018
    7:44 am
Nice one, but miss the amount of the ingredients in the recipe.

- - crystalangela said
  - 26 Aug 2015
    7:53 pm
These sound pretty interesting. I love trying new things.

- - bubble6369 said
  - 31 Mar 2015
    4:32 am
This sounds fantastic with a hidden superfood too

- - smart_ass said
  - 23 Mar 2015
    11:45 am
haven’t cooked quinoa as yet – but this one looks fairly simple to make

- - jowill said
  - 13 Jan 2015
    9:21 pm
I just bought the Sunrice Rice & Quinoa mix yesterday and have some left over baked pumpkin from dinner tonight, so looks like tomorrow night’s dinner is all sorted! This recipe sounds fabulous. It’s hard to continue coming up with interesting vegetarian/vegan meals. I dislike polenta however so will use rice flour as a coating. Thanks for sharing!

- - Threelos said
  - 29 Aug 2014
    9:50 pm
This recipe looks like a bit of a challenge for me, but I’d love to try it – I’d be so happy if the kids liked it!

- - mom70923 said
  - 24 Aug 2014
    3:51 pm
These look delicious will try them tonight

- - ginoula5 said
  - 08 Aug 2014
    8:02 pm
these look so scrumptious and delicious, will try these out soon, thanks for sharing

- - cloverstorm said
  - 03 Aug 2014
    9:51 pm
This looks fantastic. All of these ingredients work so well together.

- - skbou said
  - 31 Jul 2014
    3:18 pm
I often cook with brown rice & quinoa, but not like this. They sound very tasty. Does the polenta go a little crispy?
- mom93821 replied
  
  12 May 2020 , 6:30 am
  I use a lot of brown rice in cooking/recipes too. Brown rice is filling and has a good taste too.
- - makerschke said
  - 26 Jul 2014
    7:13 pm
omg these look so good!! yummo! Kinda crazy about Quinoa right now

- - mouse said
  - 19 Jul 2014
    12:07 pm
these actually look quite tasty

- - nida saeed said
  - 19 Jun 2014
    10:35 am
has anyone tried it. did kids liked it. i want to try but i am afraid my fussy eater wont

- - no1ladydj said
  - 30 May 2014
    10:48 pm
I’ve never cooked with quinoa, and wonder if I could use couscous instead? I’m a bit of a chicken when it comes to cooking with something I’ve never used before.

- - Gracelow said
  - 29 May 2014
    3:27 pm
These look super yummy and easy to make!

- - scottie said
  - 29 May 2014
    10:19 am
they look so appetising too