Vegan potato cakes made with leftover mashed potatoes, rice, carrots, onions, and parsley! These potato cakes are crispy and lovely from the outside, but super soft from the inside.
They are so easy to make, and the kids love them. Naturally gluten-free, and suitable for toddlers. Also great for freezing and make ahead meals.
Vegan Potato Cakes
I grew up eating potato cakes. My Mum always made different variations of potato cakes (maybe that’s a Russian thing?), and our whole family really loved them.
I shared my Mum’s cheesy potato cakes recipe on the blog a couple of years ago, and as so many of my readers loved the recipe I thought that it’s time to share a different variation that I really love.
This recipe is dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, uses more vegetables and will also save the leftover mashed potatoes that you don’t know what to do with from being thrown out.
The cheesy potato cakes recipe uses an egg to help bind the mashed potatoes to create dense cakes (can be subbed with flax egg), it also calls for some starch or flour. However, this recipe is totally vegan and gluten-free! We add rice and some veggies for that extra flavour.
We don’t normally use any spices to make these vegan potato cakes but feel free to do so especially if you’re not cooking for really young children.
The Ingredients
The ingredients used to make these potato cakes are quite simple. You will need:
- Leftover mashed potatoes, or just boiled potatoes
- Cooked white rice
- Sauteed diced onion with shredded carrot
- Chopped parsley
- Salt
- You could also add some spices if you like
The Directions
After you mix the ingredients together in a mixing bowl, shape the mixture into small patties.
If you’re finding it difficult to shape patties because the mixture is too soft, pop in the fridge for 15-20 minutes and then work with it.
Shape the patties, and shallow fry them in a frying pan until they’re golden and crispy. Serve warm.
Expert Tips
- If you’re boiling potatoes to make these potato fritters or cakes, use a potato ricer or masher to mash them and make sure that there are no lumps left.
- Fully cook the rice before adding it to the mixture.
- Make patties that are not too big. Big patties start to break and won’t easily cook through.
- You could add different herbs to the patties, I’ve added parsley this time but I also add dill or chives sometimes.
- When shallow frying the potato cakes, fry on medium heat until the patties start to crisp as the crispy exterior is what’s so special about these potato fritters.
Whether you are making these for yourself or for your family including young children, I hope that you love them as much as we do!
Recommended Tools
- Non-stick pan. I like to shallow fry fritters and vegetable cakes on a good quality non-stick pan, it ensures that they never stick to the pan and they always cook evenly.
- Glass bowl. This is the set that I have and use for everything from baking to cooking.
- Stainless steel measuring spoons. I’ve had this set for so long now, honestly, the quality is amazing and they will last you for ages!
- Turner. Always make sure that the turner that you’re using is heat-resistant!
More Potato Recipes
- Smothered potatoes (my fav!)
- Cheesy scalloped potatoes
- Instant Pot buttered potatoes
- Smashed potatoes
- Cheesy mashed potato cakes
- Vegan potato soup
- Instant Pot potato salad
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Vegan Potato Cakes with Rice
Ingredients
- 1 pound (450 grams) potatoes russets
- ½ cup (100 grams) rice
- 2 small onions diced
- 2 carrots peeled and grated
- 5 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves chopped
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Boil peeled potatoes until soft, and mash them.
- Cook the rice.
- Saute onions and carrots until they’re soft.
- In a bowl combine the mashed potatoes with the cooked rice, sauteed carrots and onions, parsley and season with salt to taste. Divide the mixture into 14-16 portions and shape balls then flatten into cakes using your hands.
- Fry in vegetable oil on medium heat until the cakes are golden and crispy for 3-4 minutes (the mixture will be very soft so be careful not to break the cakes while frying), flip and cook for around 3 more minutes. Serve hot.
Notes:
- If you’re boiling potatoes to make these potato fritters or cakes, use a potato ricer or masher to mash them and make sure that there are no lumps left.
- Fully cook the rice before adding it to the mixture.
- Make patties that are not too big. Big patties start to break and won’t easily cook through.
- You could add different herbs to the patties, I’ve added parsley this time but I also add dill or chives sometimes.
- When shallow frying the potato cakes, fry on medium heat until the patties start to crisp as the crispy exterior is what’s so special about these potato fritters.
Nutrition Information
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© Little Sunny Kitchen
Kobie says
Could you freeze these?
Lucy says
I’m wanting to make these with a meal , any ideas that I can put this with.??
Diana says
Hi Lucy, I’d serve the potato cakes with some type of protein, a dollop of yogurt, and a fresh salad.
Brenda J Thacker says
I make these in the oven and they come out great. They do take longer to crisp up though but no oil fewer calories isn’t a bad thing.
Veronica says
I just made these and they were delicious! I didn’t have any rice and they still turned out great. I used some dill to flavor it and ate them with a side salad for a light dinner. This was the perfect way to use up my remaining carrot, potato, and onion.
Beth says
These were too wet, and falling apart to cook. I added breadcrumbs, and turned out great.
Diana says
Hi Beth, it depends on the mashed potatoes that you’re using and if you’ve added any milk or cream to them. Glad it turned out well for you!
VERA says
Can you bake them?
Diana says
I haven’t personally tried, but a few readers tried baking the potato cakes and reported good results.
Barbara says
Hello. I was wondering, could you get these ready a day early? Thank you.
Diana says
Hi Barbara, yes, you can! Just reheat them in the oven or Air Fryer before serving.