Garbanzo And Cilantro (chickpea And Coriander) Burgers

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 14 ounces garbanzo beans, drained
• 1 lemon (zest of whole lemon and juice of half of it)
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 ounce cilantro, chopped
• 1 egg
• 4 ounces fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 red onion (1/2 sliced and 1/2 diced)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 wholewheat hamburger buns
• 1 tomato, sliced
• 1/2 cucumber, sliced

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor, whiz the garbanzo beans, lemon zest, lemon juice, cumin, half the cilantro, egg and some salt and pepper. scrape into a bowl and mix with 3oz of the breadcrumbs and the diced onions.
• 2 form 4 burgers, press remaining breadcrumbs onto both sides and chill for at least 10 minutes
• 3 heat the oil in a large frying pan until hot. fry the burgers for 4 mins each side, keeping the heat on medium so they don’t burn.
• 4 to serve, slice each bun and fill with a slice of tomato, a burger, a few red onion slices, some cucumber slices and the remaining cilantro.