Nivi's Indian Bean Burger

This recipe is purely my own invention with what I had in hand & man it was so good and filling.

INGREDIENTS:

Garbanzo beans- 1 can,drained of juice and washed well

Butter Beans-1 can,drained of juice and washed well

Roasted Red peppers from can-3 or 4 pieces, chopped

White/Yellow onion-1/4 of a medium, finely chopped

Green Onions-2 bulbs-chopped

Red chilli powder/Paprika Powder-1 tsp

Coriander seed powder-1 tsp

Roasted Cumin seed powder-1 tsp

Garam Masala-1 tsp

Ginger Garlic Paste-1 tsp

Salt-According to taste

Oil- 2 tsp

Chick pea flour-2 tbsp

PROCEDURE:

1.Pulse the beans in a food processor or mixer until smoothe. Does n't have to be too smoothe.

2.Mix all ingredients

3.Make burger patties or kabobs and grill until done.

4.Serve on burger buns with green chutney and some sliced onions.

5.Eat hot and enjoy your summer.

Quinoa Patties

Patties are my new favorite thing to eat! The possibilities are endless. You can eat them with a sandwich, make a burger, serve as a side with pasta, serve over a salad, or just gobble up with ketchup! Yummy!

This is my latest effort to include Quinoa in our diet. Its is a complete protien, very healthy etc etc etc. I am sure you can get all the good qualities of this super grain online. So let me jump straight to the recipe

For about 8 patties you'll need:
1 cup white/red uncooked quinoa
2 cups water/stock/water + buillion to cook the quinoa
1 big potato
Lots of cilantro
2 Green chillis finely chopped
Cumin powder
chilli powder
or just use a mexican Chilli powder
Salt to taste
Oil

Wash the quinoa well. Bring it to a boil with 2 cups of water. I use stock or add a bullion cube into the water to give it more flavor. Once the water is bubbling through the quinoa, lower the heat , cover the pot and cook for another 10 mins or so. Turn the heat off and let it sit for 5 mins or so.

Meanwhile microwave/boil the potato.

Mix the potato and quinoa and mash the two togeather. Add spices, cilantro, salt. You can get very creative here. Add vegetables, chopped walnuts, zucchini goes especially well. Or add spinach, beans. The list is endless.

Divide into 8 parts. Shape each part. Coat with breadcrumbs. Roast it on a skillet with a tsp or oil on each side. You can do with even lesser.

The quinoa cooks into a nice crunchy golden brown crust.

Thats it, patties done!

I also tried patties with quinoa, black beans and chopped zuccnini. Very good!

Black Bean burger patties

With the big "3" "0" lurking around the corner, I am finally beginning to realize that my body ain't what it used to be. It used to be this wonderful calorie cruncher. Dump a yummy fried potato cutlet in and its gone. But as years went by, more and more of that cutlet found its ways to places I'd rather have hidden from it. I saw the jean sizes go higher and higher. But no more!

But, I refuse to eat tasteless healthy food. I will beat the system. Here is one of my earliest attempts at something healthy and very tasty. I prefer this to any of the veggie burger patties out there.

For 4 patties you'll need:

1 can black beans (or soak black beans and cook)
1/2 an onion chopped fine
cilantro chopped fine
1/2 bell pepper chopped fine
1 chilli/serrano pepper chopped fine
salt to taste
1 tsp red chilli flakes
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 tbsp flour/atta
Add cheese (optional, I don't)

Preheat oven to 450F. Drain the black beans. Mash and add rest of the listed ingredients. Divide into four parts. Shape each part into a patty. Dip each patty into a bowl full of bread crumbs until the patty is well coated. Place patties on a greased cookie sheet. Spray with oil. Bake for 15 minutes. Flip and make for 15 more minutes. Done!

I usually add some roasted mushrooms, sliced tomato, chopped lettuce, and ketchup to the burger.Jalapeno peppers and pickles will taste pretty good too. I serve it with a side of roasted sweet potato (recipe coming soon).

Enjoy!