Dried green lentils cooked and mixed with flax egg, carrots, onions, and flavorful spices are formed into handmade patties and pan-fried to crispy perfection!
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Sandwiches
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 6Burgers
Calories 289kcal
Author Ligia Lugo
Ingredients
1cupgreen lentilsdried
½onionchopped
1carrotfinely chopped in a processor
¾cupsrolled oats
½cuppepitasyou could use sunflower kernels to
1tablespoonflaxseed Mealand 3 tablespoons water, mimics an egg
¾cupbread crumbs
4tablespoonstamari, low sodium
1teaspoonground ginger
1 ½teaspoonsmoked paprika
½teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonpepper
2tablespoonscoconut oilfor frying the 'burgers'
Instructions
Cook the lentils:
Put 2 cups water and 1 cup dried lentils in a large saucepan.
Bring to a boil.
Turn down the heat and cook for 20 minutes.
Drain the liquid off of the lentils.
Set the lentils aside.
Now for the rest:
Mix the flaxseed meal with the water and set aside so that it can gel a bit.
In a large bowl add the cooked lentils, the flax seed meal mixture and the remainder of the ingredients. Mix well.
Form the patties so that they will fit the shape of the buns that you have.
If the patties seem too moist and won't hold their shape well enough add more breadcrumbs. You can use ¼ cup of panko also.
Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan and cook the lentil patties on each side.
Spread your buns with all of your favorite condiments and add lettuce and onion of your choice too.