Lentil Burger Recipe

LENTIL BURGER
These are exceptional veggie burgers with a middle eastern flavour. These veggie burgers do not contain flour, they are gluten free and suitable for those who cannot tolerate gluten.
This recipe makes 18 lentil burgers. If you do not need that many you can freeze some of the uncooked patties and use them later for another really easy vegetarian meal.

Ingredients:

2 cups green lentil beans, soaked for 2 hours
4 cups water
1 1/2 cups sunflower seeds
1 1/2 cups oats
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, pressed
2 tsp. cumin powder
2 tsp. ginger powder
3 tsp. sea salt
2 Tbs nutritional yeast
2 Tbs vegetable oil

Preparation:

Soak the lentils for 2 hours in a pot, make sure that the water covers the lentils by at least an inch.
Drain water from soaked lentils. In a large pot pour the 4 cups of water and add the lentils, bring to a boil and then turn down to simmer and cover. Cook lentils for 1 1/2 -2 hours until almost dry . Transfer into a mixing bowl and mash with a potato masher until they have a paste like consistency.
In a small skillet or pan toast sunflower seeds over low heat for about 4 minutes until they are golden. Let them cool a little bit and then transfer them to a Vita-Mixer blender or grind in a blender of your choice. They are also very nice in large pieces and the larger pieces give the veggie burger a little crunch.. Add all other ingredients to the mixing bowl with the sunflower seeds and lentils, mix well and form into medium sized burger patties with your hands.
Add the vegetable oil to the skillet and cook the patties on medium heat for about five minutes on each side. Let them get nice and crispy brown.
Serve the lentil burgers on a whole grain bun with your favorite condiments and they are great on their own as well with a side of yam fries.

This is a favorite vegetarian burger recipe among our friends and family, and because it does not contain animal products it makes a great vegan burger as well!