Chickpea Veggie Burger Patties

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (15 ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed (garbanzo beans)
• 3 large eggs (make it vegan ( skip it)
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 small red onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 4 slices whole wheat bread, toasted, cooled and processed into bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup of chopped pistachio nutmeats (optional)

Recipe

• 1 toast the 4 slices of bread.
• 2 in a large bowl, put the onion, cilantro and pistachio and toss together.
• 3 in a food processor, process the chick peas, eggs, salt, pepper, crushed garlic, cumin and parmesan cheese until it forms a thick but chunky paste (like a slightly chunky hummus).
• 4 place the processed chick pea paste in the bowl with the onions and cilantro and mix together until evenly distributed.
• 5 process the bread until you have coarse bread crumbs.
• 6 mix the bread crumbs with the chick pea paste and distribute evenly.
• 7 let the mixture sit for a few minutes and then form patties from the mix (use 3/4 of a cup of mix for each pattie).
• 8 bake under the broiler on low on a greased baking sheet until golden brown, and then flip them over to brown the other side or cook them on the skillet at low-medium heat until both sides are golden brown.
• 9 serve on whole wheat buns with some curry yogurt sauce, alfalfa sprouts, a tomato slice and some crushed avocado.