I enjoy eating meat, and I don't think I could ever give it up. However, I do try and ensure that we have a few nights a week where we have a vegetarian meal. I felt like we had been eating a lot of meat last week, so one evening I made vegie burgers. My Bro did defeat the purpose a bit by adding bacon to his, but you know what they say about leading the horse to water... ;)
These vegie patties are really easy if you use a food processor and they're also very tasty. I served ours up with some frozen oven fries, which were (surprisingly) great.
Vegie burgers
Makes 6 large patties
2 small onions, peeled and cut into quarters
2 large carrots, peeled and cut into quarters
2 cloves crushed garlic
3 medium potatoes, peeled and grated
1 x 400g can chickpeas
4 slices of stale sourdough or other white bread
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
2 eggs
Salt & pepper
In a food processor, pulse the onion and carrots until chopped finely (don't over process). Tip into a large mixing bowl.
Squeeze as much liquid as you can out of the grated potatoes, and add that to the onion and carrots with the garlic.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, and mash roughly before adding to the vegetable mixture.
Process the bread in the food processor until in fine breadcrumbs. Add to the mixture with the curry powder, eggs and season very well with salt & pepper.
Mix together and, with wet hands, shape into large patties. They may be quite wet - add more breadcrumbs if you need to.
Cook in George (Foreman Grill), or in a frying pan until cooked through. Serve in buns with fresh salad, cheese and tomato sauce.
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