Chickpea patties with caramelised onions- you must try this!

[Butterfly Child]

I Tried something different for dinner last nite Chickpea patties with caramelised onions. Was so delicious i got it out of this amazing vegetarian cookbook with the best recipes in it so i thought id share this one as it is a MUST try i will definently be making this a regular thing to make.

Im not much of a vegetarian cook but this wasnt to difficult and one of the best meals ive had in a long time

Ingredients- Serves 4

1 T olive oil
1 red onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves
1 T ground cummin
2x 310g tin of chickpeas
30g/1/3 cup sunflour seeds
1 large handful of chopped coriander
2 eggs lightly beaten
75g/ 2/3 cup besan (chickpea) flour (i just used normal plain flour as i didnt have any)
Oil for frying
Rocket to serve

Caramelised onion
40G of butter
2 red onion thinly sliced
3 T of soft brown sugar

In the recipe it says to serve with rocket and plain yogurt,
but i served mine with an aioli where i just used a good quality mayo and minced garlic and a bit of lemon juice, i found it went really well with the combination of flavours there was.


1. heat the oil in a frying pan, Add the onion and cook over medium heat for 3 min . Add garlic and cummin and cook for 1 min. Allow to cool slightly

2. Blend the chickpeas, sunflour seeds, coriander, egg and onion mixture in a food processor untill smooth. Fold in flour and season. Divide the mixture into 8 portions and, using floured hands, form into patties. heat 1cm of oil in a frying pan and cook the patties in two batches over medium heat for 2-3 min on both sides.(or untill firm) Drain on paper towels. keep warm

3. To make caramelised onions, melt the butter in a small frying pan and cook the onion over medium heat for 10 min , stirring occasionally. Add sugar and cook for about a min, or untill caramelised. serve with yogurt or as i did aioli and rocket.

Ill be trying out a few other recipes in the book if your interested and like this one i can type more out .xxx

[PumpkinZulu]

Mmmm I love stuff like this! Will deff try it, thanks (and I'd also go with aioli, I could eat that by itself lol, yum!)

[Butterfly Child]

Let me no what you think when you make it how good is aioli hay lol