Holidays are a depression telephone substitution matter amongst me, together with although they are oftentimes an chance to celebrate amongst to a greater extent than elaborate nutrient spreads, I truly require no excuse to fuss closed to inwards the kitchen for hours to exercise unique together with exceptional meals. This past times weekend was Thanksgiving inwards Canada together with I went amongst something easy, preferring non to pass every bit good much fourth dimension cooking, but every bit humble every bit these petty burgers mightiness sound, they are truly an exquisite agency to celebrate pumpkin flavor amongst the fellowship of friends. Just because.
Packed total of protein, these spicy patties amongst a moist together with meaty texture are a perfect vegetarian substitute when the craving for a "burger" hits. Chickpeas furnish the base of operations together with the improver of quinoa together with tahini adds a pleasant undertone of nuttiness to accompany the sugariness pumpkin. The mingling of flavors is difficult to resist, every bit is the fragrance that fills the kitchen spell they are baking, together with an sense your palate won't presently forget. Yes, they are that good.
I served them upwardly amongst
tomato chutney together with a yogurt tahini lemon sauce together with some mini naan breads. Eat them every bit burgers betwixt breadstuff or only every bit they are amongst chutneys together with sauces together with a side serving of vegetables to fill upwardly out the meal.
Note: Roasting the pumpkin brings out the natural sweetness, but if you lot don't desire to roast it, laid upwardly according to your preference. Make certain to
save the seeds for roasting after every bit they brand for a delicious together with good for you lot snack.
There is no argue at all to boundary your intake of pumpkin to only a few months of the year. Instead of relying on canned pumpkin purée, consider taking wages of the harvest together with freeze small-scale bags of roasted pumpkin for hereafter use.
 Chickpea Quinoa Pumpkin Burgers |
Recipe past times Lisa Turner
Published on October 14, 2014
Moist, nourishing together with flavorful spiced vegan burger patties made amongst seat down chickpeas, quinoa together with roasted pumpkin
Ingredients:
- 3/4 loving cup dried chickpeas (2 cups cooked)
- 1/3 loving cup quinoa (1 loving cup cooked)
- 1 1/2 cups roasted pumpkin, mashed
- 1/4 loving cup sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 small-scale ruby-red onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1-inch slice ginger, minced
- 1/3 loving cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 jalapeños, seeded together with chopped
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 2 teaspoons seat down cumin
- 1 teaspoon seat down coriander
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon seat down cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon seat down mace or nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2/3 loving cup chickpea flour (besan), or every bit needed
- 1 1/2 teaspoon body of body of water salt, or to taste
- fresh seat down dark pepper to taste
Instructions:
Generation Engelmundus Rinse the chickpeas, comprehend amongst water, together with soak for at to the lowest degree 8 hours or overnight. Meanwhile, rinse the quinoa together with soak inwards 2/3 loving cup H2O overnight inwards a small-scale saucepan. Generation Engelmundus Drain together with rinse the chickpeas, transfer to a medium saucepan, comprehend amongst water, together with convey to a boil. Reduce the rut to low, cover, together with simmer until the beans are soft, almost 1 hour. Generation Engelmundus Bring the quinoa to a boil, trim the rut to low, cover, together with simmer until the H2O has evaporated, almost fifteen minutes. Set aside to cool. Generation Engelmundus Meanwhile, soak the sun-dried tomatoes inwards hot H2O for twenty minutes, thus drain together with chop. Generation Engelmundus To roast the pumpkin, cutting it inwards half, scoop out the pulp together with seeds, together with transfer to a baking dish amongst a small-scale total of water. Bake inwards a preheated 350° oven until fork tender — xl to l minutes, depending on the size of the pumpkin. Let cool together with take the skin. Mash amongst a fork or white patato masher together with laid aside. Generation Engelmundus When the chickpeas are cooked, drain together with transfer to a nutrient processor. Pulse into a fine meal. Add most of the onion, the garlic, ginger, parsley, jalapeños, sun-dried tomatoes together with tahini together with pulse until smooth. Generation Engelmundus Put 1 1/2 cups of the roasted together with mashed pumpkin inwards a large bowl. Stir inwards the chickpea mixture until good combined. Stir inwards the remaining onion, spices, quinoa, together with tabular array salt together with pepper. Add plenty chickpea flour to larn a mixture that is moist but dry out plenty to sort into patties. Chill for thirty to lx minutes. Generation Engelmundus Line a baking canvas amongst parchment newspaper together with preheat an oven to 375°. Shape the chickpea pumpkin mixture into ii to three inch patties together with transfer to the baking sheet. Bake for fifteen to twenty minutes per side until golden. Generation Engelmundus Serve every bit burgers amongst chutneys or only every bit they are amongst your favorite condiments together with a side salad.
Makes 12 to fourteen burgers |
Other pumpkin recipes you lot may savor from Lisa's Kitchen:
Indian Chickpea together with Pumpkin Soup Pumpkin Scones Pumpkin Gingerbread Waffles Refried Beans amongst Pumpkin On the altitude of the reading stack: My Past together with Thoughts - The Memoirs of Alexander Herzen
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