Vegan burger on a plate

Vegan burger

Name: Vegan burger
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 shallot or ½ onion, chopped; 1 stick of celery or ¼ red pepper, chopped; handful of parsley leaves; 400g can chickpeas drained and left to dry a little; 1-2 tsp garam masala; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 2 tbsp plain flour; 1 tbsp polenta couscous, or dried breadcrumbs; oil for frying; burger buns or pitta bread, lettuce, tomato, and sauces to serve

Lulu Grimes

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 5 mins - 10 mins

plus drying time

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Make this fantastic base recipe for a vegan burger and add whatever you fancy – chilli flakes, grated lemon zest or other herbs all work really well

Dairy-free

Egg-free

Healthy

Vegan

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

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1 shallot

or ½ onion, chopped
1 stick of celery

or ¼ red pepper, chopped
handful of parsley leaves
400g can chickpeas

drained and left to dry a little
1-2 tsp garam masala
1 tbsp tomato purée
2 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp polenta

couscous, or dried breadcrumbs
oil

for frying
burger buns

or pitta bread, lettuce, tomato, and sauces to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal190
fat8g
saturates1g
carbs21g
sugars1g
fibre5g
protein6g
salt0.04g

Method

step 1

Whizz the shallot, celery, parsley and most of the chickpeas to a coarse paste. Don’t overdo this, you want a texture slightly rougher than hummus. Mash the remaining chickpeas and stir them into the paste with the garam masala, tomato purée, flour and polenta. Season well.
step 2

Shape the mixture into four patties. Let them rest for at least 30 mins – you can leave them overnight in the fridge if you like. The polenta needs time to absorb any extra liquid.
step 3

Heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan and cook the patties until they’re brown and crisp on each side. Try not to handle them too much as they’ll be quite soft when warm. Slide into buns or pitta with the accompaniments that you’d like.

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