These lentil and nut veggie burgers are full of flavour and make a hearty and satisfying lunch or dinner. Combining our Vinofood Indian Tomato & White Wine Sauce to add lots of flavour with our Vinofood Tomato & Riesling Relish to top it off. These have to be the best veggie burgers we have tasted! Serve by themselves with a simple garden salad or add a toasted bun and make it a burger.
Lentil Veggie Burger
- 1 each onion (diced)
- 1 each sweet potato (medium)
- 2 each garlic cloves
- 2 each carrots
- 150 gm peanuts (crushed)
- 100 gm breadcrumbs
- 1 tin brown lentils (400gm)
- 1/4 cup Vinofood Indian tomato & white wine sauce
- 50 gm chia seeds
- 1 tsp coriander (ground)
- 1/2 tsp cumin (ground)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
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Cook and mash the sweet potato. You can either peel and cook on stove in a pot of water or roast in the oven. Just cut in half (lengthways) place on a baking tray line with baking paper and roast in the oven on 200°C for approx 40 mins or until cooked through. Put aside. Once cool enough to handle scoop out the middle, discard the skins and mash.
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While the sweet potato is cooking heat olive oil in a fry pan and gently sautee the other veggies with the cumin and coriander until softened and cooked through.
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In a big bowl add the mashed sweet potato and cooked veggie mix and combine.
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Add all the other ingredients and mix together, combining well.
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Add salt and pepper to taste.
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Make into 4 patties and brown on each side in fry pan.
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Cook in oven for 10 minutes on 180°C.
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Top with Vinofood Tomato & Riesling Relish and serve with a simple side salad or add a toasted bun and make it a burger.
