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A delicious veggie burger with chickpeas, carrot and tahini. The chickpea burgers are easy to make and delicious on a sandwich or just like that with a meal.
Chickpea Burgers With Carrots
To be honest, I thought, are these carrot burgers or chickpea burgers? Because so much carrot goes into them that both terms could actually apply. The original recipe comes from the BBC Good Food site and I just knew I wanted to make it. I love chickpeas anyway and dishes like these sticky chickpeas with eggplant or the roasted chickpeas keep me coming back for more!
To make the chickpea burgers you need the following things:
- Carrots (750 gr, grated)
- Chickpeas, 400 gr from a can, rinsed and drained well
- onion
- tahin – store bought of make your own tahin
- lemon
- cumin
- panko
- egg
- sesame seeds
And in addition, make a dressing for it with yogurt as a base. If you’re not into yogurt, you can also stir in some mayonnaise. That gives a creamier effect but also more calories. It just depends on what you think is important… 🙂
Vegetarian Burger
By now, the veggie burger is well established. If you walk into the stores you will be hit with it. But if you look at the ingredients on the packaging, it does not necessarily make you happy. The veggie burgers you can buy in the supermarket are not necessarily healthy. Many people make the mistaken assumption that a veggie burger would always be better than a meat burger. So that is pertinently untrue. Apart from the fact that I am not anti-meat, I am anti (fake) meatburger.
How much tastier is it to just make these delicious chickpea burgers yourself at home? It’s not complicated and at least you know exactly what goes into them. No crazy e-numbers to consider.
Just a few tips if you are going to make the chickpea burgers. First, there is a lot less binding in these burgers, if you compare it to a meat burger. That means you have to handle them with a little more policy. Turn them carefully and don’t make them too big. The bigger you make the burgers the sooner they fall apart.
I didn’t find it too bad with these burgers, but be careful not to let the chickpea burgers fall in half when flipping them. They are just as tasty but look a little less charming on your plate.
What To Serve The Chickpea Burger With
Next, serve the chickpea burgers with the yogurt dressing and it is also delicious to top them with mashed avocado. How much you need depends a bit on the size of your avocado. I used one so you get a thinner layer than you see here in the picture. Two avocados for six burgers is more realistic.
Other than that, of course, you can put whatever you like on it. Here we used caramelized red onion, lettuce and chili sauce. Red onion chutney would also be delicious.
Chickpea Burgers With Carrots
Ingredients
- 750 gr carrots grated
- 400 gr chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1 small onion roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp tahin
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 100 gr panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- zest of 1 lemon
- Buns to serve on
- lettuce red onion, avocado, chili sauce for serving
- 3 tbsp sesame seeds
How to make the chickpea burger
- Place 1/3 of the grated carrots in a food processor with the chickpeas, onion, 2 tbsp of the tahin, cumin and egg.750 gr carrots, 400 gr chickpeas, 1 small onion, 2 tbsp tahin, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 egg
- Mix it into a thick paste and place in a large bowl
- Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large frying pan and bake the rest of the carrot for 8-10 minutes. Keep stirring until the carrot is cooked. It will turn slightly more yellow.3 tbsp olive oil
- Add the cooked carrot to your earlier mixed paste with the panko, lemon zest and sesame seeds. Add pepper and salt to taste and mix it well with your hands.100 gr panko, zest of 1 lemon, 3 tbsp sesame seeds
- Divide the mixture in 6 and shape it with wet hands into burger patties. Cover and leave in the fridge until you need it.
- Bake the burgers for 5 minutes on each side or until golden and crispy
- Serve the burgers on roasted buns and decorate with the lettuce, onion, avocado and chili sauce for serving.Buns to serve on, lettuce
Nutrition Information per portion:
Disclaimer:
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
