Tuesday, September 18, 2007

my veggie burgers


Searching for "Veggie Burgers" for long time - looking around recipes for V. burgers and tried to cook those, buying V.burgers at the natural food stores, and order V. burgers at vegetarian restaurants.
But my taste had not satisfied with those burgers which I tried. I like V.burgers, contain a lot of vegetables and little grains or beans.
Last year I challenged to create my own Veggie Burgers and did it. I graded my Veggie Burgers A+!


ingredients:

1 cup cooked black beans, drained
2-3 kale,remove tough part of stems and steamed
2 stalks celery,cut into 2 inch-long pieces and saute
4 ounces carrot, raw
1 stalk broccoli florets, steamed
1 cup cilantro,coarsely chopped
1/2 cup sunflower seed
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup Texture Vegetable Protein(TVP)
4 ounces onion, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon Ex.V.O.Oil
1/3 cups gluten free flour*
2/3 teaspoon cumin seed, ground
1 teaspoon salt
* combine: 2cups brown rice flour, 2/3cup potato flour, 1/3cup tapioca flour
The amount of chopped vegetables, except TVP/onion mixture, will be 3cups


procedure:

1 lightly roast sunflower seed in 350F oven and ground in a food processor to make coarse meal.
2 Saute onion with 1T oil until translucent, add TVP and saute briefly. Add 1/2t salt.
3 Place carrot and garlic in a food processor,to finely chopped (not puree)and transfer to a large bowl.
4 Place celery and broccoli in a food processor, pulse until finely chopped ( not puree)and add to the carrot/garlic.

5 Place black beans in a food processor, Just pulse until very coarsely chopped( never to puree). Add to the veggie.

6 Add cilantro, onion TVP mixture, gluten free flower, cumin, and salt to the veggie and use your hands to mix until well combined.

7 Divide veggie mixture into 8. Form 3and1/2 inch patties.
8 Chill patties , covered , at least 1 hour.
9 In a well seasoned skillet, heat oil over medium heat until hot, cook patties until lightly browned, 4-6 minutes on each side. Serve with tomato salsa is good.

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