As a crazy Uni. student back in the day, I lived with lots of weird types. Mm hmm, did someone mention dope, drugs, nudity and lots of noisy, wild, monkey sex? No, I didn't think so. Vegan food was all the rage in our student household, so we were always on the lookout for dairy-free, meat-free foodstuffs. Let me tell you, these were not easy to come by except in really expensive Health Food stores.
This would have been perfect for those weird and wonderful days. Not a cow in sight! Ah well, we do have one egg, but buy free-range or grow your own and you can feel completely virtuous about eating these. This recipe is from Delicious magazine; date unknown.
Serves 4-6:
ingredients:
1/2 cup (100g.) couscous
2 tbs olive oil (40mls)
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 red chilli, finely chopped - remove the seeds if you wish
1 tsp cummin seeds
1/2 tsp ground coriander
400g. can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 tbs fresh coriander, roughly chopped
zest of 1 lemon
1 egg, beaten
bread rolls, salad leaves and relish to serve
Method:
Put the couscous in a bowl with 100mls. of boiling water
Cover and let it sit for 5 minutes then give it a good stir with a fork
Heat 1 tbs of the oil in a large frypan over medium heat
Add the onion, garlic and chilli and stir for 5 minutes
In go the cummin and ground coriander
Stir and cook for another minute and put aside
Mash the beans coarsely in a large bowl
Stir in the cooled onion mix, couscous, fresh coriander, zest and the egg
Season well
Shape the mixture into 4 - 6 patties, depending on how thick you like them
Chill for at least 30 minutes
Heat the other 1 tbs oil in the frypan and cook the patties on each side for 2 minutes
Place on a baking tray and into a 180C oven for 6-8 minutes
Serve each pattie on a bun, with the leaves and relish
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| ingredients |
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| fry the aromates for 5 minutes |
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| throw in the cummin and coriander |
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| mash those beans |
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| add the other ingredients to the mashed beans |
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| patties ready for frying and baking |
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| get frying |
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| chop that salad |
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| add a salad and some avocado purée |
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| my beany doodle |
These burgers were deliciously flavourful, Mr P says. Don't you love Mrs Pickings' doodle of the can of beans? Very Warhol . . .
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr P. U r too kind.
DeleteHaha I want to hear more about your wild and wonderful days Sherry! You can't tease us with those tidbits without revealing more ;)
ReplyDeleteooh we would have to be in a private room lorraine so no one else could hear!
DeleteYum! We eat vego half the time. I love how bacon lured you back to the dark side eventually haha.
ReplyDeletethere is just something about bacon isn't there? we have a friend who replaces it in recipes with capers but it just isn't the same..
DeleteI had a go at a black bean and couscous burger and it was an utter disaster. I think the issue was a lack of moisture, so the cannellini beans may be a better options. If you were a vego in Brisbane in the 80's, you must have frequented Squirrels at West End?
ReplyDeletethese were great. we loved them! oh yes we did indeed frequent Squirrels. ah the memories!
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