I've been experimenting with making meals without meat in them, the idea being that we could (once or twice a week) potentially have a meatless meal - bringing food costs down, as well as introducing a bit more nutrition variety.
This is a slightly amended version of Jack Monroe's "Carrot, Cumin & Kidney Bean Burgers". In the original recipe, the Cumin does most of the flavouring work, and we just felt like it was missing something...
In the photo, they're served in a pitta bread with tomato chutney and mixed leaf salad - Also had wedges on the side.
Cooking Time
Prep: 10 mins
Cooking: 20 mins
Total: 30 mins
Categories
Main
Ingredients
- 1 small onion
- 1 large carrot
- 1 tin kidney beans (400g undrained)
- t tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp flour (heaped. Will also need some for your hands later)
- cooking oil
Method
- Peel the onion and chop is finely
- Wash and peel the carrot and then grate it (use the side with large holes on the grater)
- Empty the kidney beans into a colander
- Hold them under a running tap to rinse them thoroughly
- Empty into a saucepan and then cover with cold water
- Turn on the hob to start bringing the kidney beans to a boil
- Put the onion, carrot, cumin and black pepper into a frying pan
- Add a splash (about 1tsp) of oil to them
- Mix around so that the onion and carrot gets well coated in oily cumin and pepper
- Turn the hob onto an extremely low heat to start softening them
- Once the kidney beans' pan starts to boil, set a timer so the beans are boiled for 10 mins
- Stir the carrot and onion to make sure it doesn't get burnt
- Once the beans have boiled for 10 mins, empty them into the colander and drain well
- Stir them into the onion and carrots then remove from the heat
- Empty into a large bowl or saucepan
- Use a potato masher to mash the mixture until you get a mash-like consistency (is quite hard work compared to potatoes)
- Add the flour and use the masher to mix it in well to thicken the mixture slightly
- Ideally, put into the fridge for a couple of hours before cooking
- Put some oil into the frying pan and bring up to a medium heat
- Apply some flour to your hands
- Take a quarter of the bean mixture and roll it into a ball, before placing carefully to one side
- Repeat 3 times so that you have 4 balls between the full mixture
- Place a ball into the oil and then use a fork to gently push the ball down into a burger shape - don't use the spatula for this!
- If there's room in the pan, repeat with the others
- Cook for a few minutes on the first side
- With spatula and fork, carefully flip each of the burgers (they're very fragile)
- Cook for a few minutes on the second side,
- Continue to flip and cook as needed until they're cooked through and beginning to crisp on both side
- Remove from the pan and serve immediately
Based On
Keywords
Burger, Vegetarian, Vegan, Vegetables,
