Eat Veggies, save the planet

Passover is such a challenge. No wheat, oats, spelt, rye or barley.

As a vegan I eat beans, quinoa, rice and amaranth. so I thought I would try to make a burger. First I cooked short grain brown rice and a crockpot full of garbanzos. I only made 8 burgers , as I always go light on a new recipe but you can easily double or triple it. Just don’t over salt the mix. I served them on lettuce leaves but I am sure they would have been good on matzo, too.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of cooked garbanzos
• 1 cup of cooked brown rice
• 1 grated carrot
• 1/2 cup green cabbage chopped fine
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• scan 1/2 cup of garbanzo flour
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1 tsp. garam masala powder
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• a dash of cayenne powder(more if you like
• olive oil to fry in

1. Put the beans and rice in a food processor and combine well.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and process until well mixed.
3. Heat a cast iron pan on medium heat and add oil.
4. Scoop mix with a spoon and flatten.
5. Cook  5 minutes on side one and turn. Watch that they don’t burn. Adjust heat depending on your stove
6. Cook 3 minutes on side two.
7. Cover the pan, turn off heat and let sit for 5 minutes.