Ingredients:
- 1 can of green lentils
- 115gr dry chickpeas
- Sea salt
- Black pepper
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 red chilli (optional)
- 5 tablespoons of plain flour
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
Extra flour to dust your hands and either olive oil or sunflower oil to fry the burgers.
For a healthier version see below.
You'll need a food processor for this.
Start by placing the chickpeas in water for about 1-2h. Get a food processor and with the chopping blade chop the onion, the garlic cloves and the chilli. Now add chickpeas (drained) and the lentils (rinse well so they are loose). Blend again for about 1 minute.
Now add the lemon juice, olive oil, flour, cumin, salt and pepper. Blend until this forms a paste (around 2 minutes should be enough).
Flour your hands and with about 2 tablespoons of the burger mix shape this into a burger patty.
1) For a healthier version of this recipe you can shape the burgers and place them on baking paper on an oven proof tray. You can bake them for around 20-25min on 180oC.
or you can fry them, just like meat burgers.
2) In a frying pan heat some oil and carefully place the burger shaped patty into the pan. With a skimmer carefully turn them so they fry on both sides. Around 4 minutes on each side should be enough to cook the burger and give it a golden colour.
or you can fry them, just like meat burgers.
2) In a frying pan heat some oil and carefully place the burger shaped patty into the pan. With a skimmer carefully turn them so they fry on both sides. Around 4 minutes on each side should be enough to cook the burger and give it a golden colour.
The amount in this recipe makes 5 big burgers. Estimated cost for 5 burgers = under 40 cents (€) per burger.
