Vegetarian Chatter #2

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I jsut looked in the freezer last night and remembered I have a heap of vegie burgers too! I love having homemade vegie burgers as they have much better things in them than shop ones and having them in the freezer I can quickly make a meat & veg style meal, burgers with salad, burgers with chips... anything really! The best part of the vegie burgers I make is they are not sloppy and they're vegan (so long as you use vegan breadcrumbs).

Soy Lentil Burgers
1 Tb oil
1 large brown onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 large carrot, grated
2 ts mild curry powder
1 cup red lentils, washed
2 cups vegetable stock
250gm firm tofu, drained
1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves
2 cups fresh breadcrumbs

Heat oil in frypan, cook onion for 2-3 mins. Add garlic, carrot & curry powder & cook for further min. Stir in lentils & stock, cook over low heat, stirring occasionally for 20mins or until lentils are cooked. Drain well (I never seem to need to drain) then cool slightly.
Place half lentil mix in blender with tofu & coriander leaves and combine (iuntil tofu turns into a thick paste). Transfer to bowl and mix with remaining lentil mix & breadcrumbs. Form into patties.

* I omit the coriander
* Last time I made these I doubled the recipe and used 1 cup red and 1 cup french lentils. I like these burgers as the french lentils hold their shape so it adds variety of texture.
* I have frozen these uncooked or prefried. Prefried are awesome as you can pop them on an oven tray to defrost & heat then they're ready. Too easy!