How to cook Chickpea Burger – Simple and Delicious.

These Chickpea Burgers are excellent meatless burger to serve during Lent and other religious and cultural events when meat may not be not appropriate. The Chickpea Burger will give you all the flavors you may want in a "burger".

Always remember that any veggie burger may have all the flavor you want, but it will most likely not have the texture of meat. So, prepare you palate - the object is not to fool your taste buds, but to intrigue and engage them.

Ingredients:

• 450 Grams Chick Peas (soaked 24 hours) -- (1 pound)
• 1 Medium Onion
• 1 Medium Potato, Peeled
• 4 Cloves Garlic
• 1 Teaspoon Coriander, Ground
• 1 Teaspoon Cumin, Ground
• 2 Teaspoons Salt (or to taste)
• 1/2Teaspoon Pepper
• 1/2Teaspoon Cayenne (or to taste)
• 1 Tablespoon Flour
• Vegetable Oil for Frying
• 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 Recipe Sesame Seed Sauce

Drain the chick peas. Quarter the onion and potato. Run all through the fine holes of a meat grinder along with the garlic two times. Add coriander, cumin, salt, pepper, cayenne and flour and mix well. Run this mixture through the grinder once more. Mix again. Cover and leave to rest for two to three hours. Heat the oil for deep frying. While the oil is heating add the baking soda to the chick pea mixture. With dampened hands, form mixture into balls the size of a walnut, then flatten slightly into a patty. Deep fry, making sure patties are cooked through and are golden brown. Remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Serve with Pita bread by cutting the loaves in half and filling the pockets with 2 or 3 patties. Add sliced radishes, chopped parsley, diced tomatoes, pickles and hot peppers. Drizzle Sesame Seed sauce over the contents.