Whoever said TV dinners cannot be healthy? These burgers are perfect TV food to pile on a plate and curl up on the couch watching your favourite soap or movie. This recipe is another discovery in my quest for high protein vegetarian recipes. The food and dining section of NYTimes, Guardian, WashingtonPost is my regular haunt not only to see the food trends around the world, but invariably I stumble upon some interesting stuff. The recipe of Spinach and Chickpea burgers from The Washington Post is what inspired me to come up with this version.
We all love burgers, at least most of us. This one is way easier than the mixed vegetable burgers, where you have to clean, cut and prepare an assortment of veggies. This one has just two main ingredients – chickpeas and potatoes. Add to this your favourite greens and spices and you have some really filling burgers ready. Eat them as it is, or as an open sandwich or inside a burger bun. Choice is yours. Pair it with slices of fresh cucumber and tomatoes, lettuce if fresh ones are available – to make up for the lack of vegetables in the burger. I like it with a kick of sharp mustard like Coleman’s but ketchup, barbeque sauce, pepper sauce, anything is fine.
Chickpeas are vegetarians’ best friends to catch up with protein requirements. Not to mention how loaded in fibre and folic acid they are. Two of these patties provide 25% of your daily fibre requirement and 35% of your folic acid requirement. Combine chickpeas with rice or bread and you get a high quality protein from the meal from a combination of various amino acids. The fibre content not only keeps your full for longer but also helps lower bad cholesterol. Fibre also makes sure your sugar levels go up gradually and this is of special benefit for diabetics.
Sunday night dinner - Chickpea Basil burgers
Ingredients
- 1/2 - 3/4 Cup chickpeas water dried - soaked in lots of overnight
- 1/2 cup potato mashed
- 1/3 cup basil chopped leaves or any other herbs / greens
- 1 tsp pepper ground
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Besan gram flour / if required
- 2 tsps olive oil vegetable oil or
To assemble
- Bread of your choice (6 burger buns or 12 slices of bread)
- tomatoes cucumber lettuce leaves Sliced , , washed and dried
- 6 cheese slices (optional)
- Ketchup mustard ,
Instructions
- Pressure cook the chickpeas with 2 cups water for 8 minutes or so. (After 3 whistles, lower the flame and keep on sim for 7-8 minutes).
- Drain and mash with a heavy mortar or till coarsely mashed in a food processor.
- In a large bowl, mix mashed chickpeas, potatoes, chopped basil, pepper, salt, red chilli powder.
- Sprinkle gram flour or bread crumbs if the mixture is too wet.
- Divide this into six balls, flatten into thick patties and place on a lightly greased non-stick tava / skillet on a medium flame. Grill each side for 5-7 minutes, till golden brown using little olive oil.
- Remove and keep aside.
I love these N… always on the lookout for fun vegetarian options and this is just the thing! Very yummy!
They look lovely! Perfect for a lighter alternative to the ‘standard’ burger. Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such a lovely comment too 🙂
its delicious n healthy meal …love the presentation Satyahttp://www.superyummyrecipes.com
Like adding chickpeas to potato and making burger. Good clicks. Like the recipe. Thanks for sharing. Good to be here as always.
Although my husband and me do eat meat I try to get at least 1 or 2 veggie style meals into our diet every week. It is hard to find something different that is easy to do so I am definately going to try some of your recipes
This sounds really good! I could eat the patties just by themselves.
I’ve been looking for a new veggie burger. This sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing with us.jessyburke88@gmail.com
Good recipe. I will definetly try this this weekend. I have couple questions. Can i use sweet potatoe instead of white and also can I freeze the prepare the patties and freeze and serve before eating. You are answer is greatly appreciated.Thanks!