Chickpea Burger
If you are looking for a healthy vegetarian delight in burger there comes in your mind …yes it is chickpea burger blend with right amount of flavor and nutrients.
Ingredients:
Wheat burger buns -4
Chickpea           -1/2 cup uncooked
chopped onion     -3 tbsp
cilantro           -3tsp fiely chopped
bread crumbs      -1/4 cup or as needed
onion rounds       – 4
Tomato slices      -4
oil               -to shallow fry
lemon juice        -little
To blend:
garlic clove         -2 finely chopped
cumin powder       -1/2 tsp
chana masala powder -11/2 tsp
chili powder        -1 tsp
salt               -to taste
Preparation time :10 min + 6 hrs soak time
Cooking time    :20 min
Method:
- Soak chickpea in water for 6 hours and drain it thoroughly.
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- In a pot boil water .Add  chickpeas to it and blanch for 5 minutes .drain well.
- In a blender grind the ingredients  given to blend  along with blanched chickpeas coarsely.
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- Remove and transfer it to a plate.add 2 tbsp of chopped onion , 2 tsp of chopped cilantro and bread crumbs to it and mix well.
- Make it into 4 equal sized patties.
- Heat oil for shallow frying.Fry until golden on both sides.
- In a tawa lightly toast the wheat burger buns.
- Place a sliced onion round over it.
- keep the chickpea patties over it.
- Place sliced tomato.
- Mix a tbsp of chopped onions and cilantro  with little lime juice in a bowl.Top the burger with little mixture over it
- Chickpea burger is ready to serve.
Makes : 4 Â burgers
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Nice healthy snack for all ages:)
Nice healthy snack for all ages:)