Chickpeas Burger

Ingredients:

For Burger:

1. Chickpeas, cooked - 2.5 cups
2. Bread crumbs - 5tbs
3. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Red onion chopped - 1/2 cup
6. Oil - 3tbs
7. Salt to taste

For serving:

1. Thin onion rings- 8-10
2. Tomato slices - 8
3. Tomato Ketchup - 4 spoons
4. Burger Bun - 4

Method:

1. Mash chickpeas well,( you may pulse it few times in a blender). There should be some bites of chickpeas after mashing. (no water should be added)
2. Mix turmeric powder, salt, chilli powder, 3 tbs bread crumbs and onion to chickpeas and mix well using fingers or spoon
3. Make 4 balls with your  palm and flatten it to make burger.
4. Lightly press both sides of burger in rest of the bread crumbs and keep the burger in fridge in a an airtight container
5. When you are about to serve the burger, fry burger in minimum amount of oil in a hot pan, 4 minutes on each side. (2-3 tbs of oil should be enough for this)
6. Arrange burger on bun with a dollop of ketchup, few onion rings, tomato slices and top it with the second bun. (You may also cut a bun into two and keep the burger and vegetables in between for servin. I served it like that))

This recipe is participating in My Legume Love Affair:

http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/2015/09/my-legume-love-affair-88-october-2015.html

http://thewellseasonedcook.blogspot.com/