Vegetarian Chickpea, Carrot, Cilantro, Curry Patty (Secret Recipe Club)

by Dorothy Reinhold on July 28, 2013


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Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…especially when you can throw together a big-flavor, meatless patty that won’t weigh you down in the heat.

This one is packed with kapow! flavors and perfect for Meatless Monday. I made them two days in a row, which is a testament to their deliciousness and popularity here.

Make them small, as I did here for appetizer bites, or larger as full-size patties to nestle in a bed of fresh-dressed salad greens.

Either way, dinner is delicious.

Vegetarian Chickpea Carrot Cilantro Curry Patty on Shockingly Delicious

Recipe: Vegetarian Chickpea, Carrot, Cilantro Curry Patty

Summary: Indian-inflected vegetarian patty with big flavors can be eaten for an appetizer, or atop a salad for a light summertime lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup currants
  • 1 brown onion
  • 2 large carrots
  • ½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 (15-ounce) can (425g) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil or grape seed oil (divided use)
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 egg + 1 egg white
  • 1 cup fresh multigrain breadcrumbs
  • 1/3 cup chickpea (besan) flour
  • Dipping sauce: Mango chutney, to serve
  • Salad greens

Instructions

  1. Put currants in a 1-cup measuring cup and cover them with hottest tap water. Set aside while you work on the rest of the recipe so currants soften.
  2. Finely chop onion and set aside. Grate carrots to make 1 cup grated carrot (I used a food processor) and set aside. Chop cilantro and set aside. Mince garlic and set aside. Whirl chickpeas in a food processor until finely chopped, and scrape them into a big mixing bowl and set bowl aside.
  3. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a non-stick skillet. Cook onion over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes until tender, stirring often. Add grated carrots and cook for another couple of minutes. Stir in curry, cumin, garlic and salt. Cook and stir for 1 minute (spices will smell amazing!). Remove from heat and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
  4. Into the bowl with the chickpeas, add egg, egg white and bread crumbs. Add slightly cooled onion mixture, cilantro and drained currants and stir to combine. (Use your hands if you like!)Vegetarian Chickpea Carrot Cilantro Curry Patty on Shockingly Delicious
  5. If making appetizer portions, divide mixture into 20 lumps and shape each into a small tight patty with your hands. Spread chickpea flour in a wide, shallow bowl or pie plate and lightly coat patties in chickpea flour, shake off excess and place on a plate. If making larger patties for a main-dish salad, portion into 4 or 5 and repeat process described above.Vegetarian Chickpea Carrot Cilantro Curry Patty on Shockingly Delicious
  6. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in the same skillet. Cook the patties over medium heat for 4-5 minutes per side, or until golden brown and cooked through. If making 20 small patties, you will need to do this in 2 batches, adding another tablespoon or so of oil for the second batch.Vegetarian Chickpea Carrot Cilantro Curry Patty on Shockingly Delicious
  7. Remove to a wire rack to drain.
  8. For appetizers, place on a serving platter lined with lettuce or another green (for pretty), and decorated with grapes. (Melissa’s Produce sent these champagne grapes for recipe review. )Vegetarian Chickpea Carrot Cilantro Curry Patty on Shockingly Delicious
  9. For main dish, dress the greens with a light dressing and portion onto 4 dinner plates. Place a patty atop each bed of salad.
  10. Offer mango chutney as a spread or dip.
  11. Serves 10 for appetizer (2 per person), or 4-5 for a meal.

Ingredient notes

  • Chickpea flour on Shockingly DeliciousGluten-free bread crumbs can be used to make these patties gluten free, making this a wheat-free/gluten-free meal.
  • Chickpea flour (aka besan) can be found in health food stores, Indian markets and some supermarkets. If chickpea flour is not available in your area then rice flour will also work.

Source

Source: Adapted from Food.Baby.Life. and she credits the recipe to Sanitarium.

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Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4 (main dish) to 10 (appetizer)
Culinary tradition: Indian
My rating 5 stars:  ★★★★★ 

Secret Recipe Club button on Shockingly DeliciousI found this recipe on the charming blog Food.Baby.Life, penned by Susan, a mom of two carrot-topped boys in Australia. It was my Secret Recipe Club assignment this month, and I enjoyed perusing her creative ideas.

She is quite the baker and dessert maker, participates in several Internet baking groups, and has made several very fun kiddo birthday cakes. I wish someone would make ME a Digger Cake or a Dinosaur Cake for my birthday.

I have my eye on her Christmas Rice Salad, which would be perfect at any summer potluck or barbecue, and I have her Rustic Potato Loaves bookmarked for when the weather cools down.

I need to look away from her “slices” — No-Bake Lemon Slice, Apple Streusel Slice, Chocolate & Coconut Slice and Scrummy Six-Layer Slice.

What is a slice? It’s Australian slang for a dessert bar. See, that’s one of my favorite parts of Secret Recipe Club – finding out new words and ideas from other places.

You can see what other cooks in the Secret Recipe Club made this month, right below here in the array of photos. Click any of them to be transported to that particular recipe!

{ 21 comments… read them below or add one }

Gourmet Creations August 3, 2013 at 5:13 pm

healthy and delicious!

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April @ Angel's Homestead July 31, 2013 at 4:39 pm

I’ve never worked with chickpea flour, but these look just as good, if not better then any meat burger I’ve ever seen.

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The Wimpy Vegetarian July 30, 2013 at 9:32 am

These look great!! I love that they use chickpea flour too! Great SRC selection!!

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Asiya @ Chocolate and Chillies July 30, 2013 at 6:30 am

These look yummy! Great SRC pick!

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Janie E. July 29, 2013 at 10:35 am

I just recently had curry at a local Thai restaurant and I think I would be brave enough to try this burger. It looks very delicious. Happy Reveal Day!

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Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel July 29, 2013 at 9:58 am

I LOOOOVE all the awesome flavors in these! Sounds so yummy 🙂

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amy @ fearless homemaker July 29, 2013 at 9:23 am

These look wonderful! I’d love one in a pita with some tomatoes, lettuce, + tzatiki sauce for a healthy lunch. YUM!

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danielle July 29, 2013 at 7:45 am

These look amazing! Visiting from Group B. Great choice.

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Kirstin July 29, 2013 at 7:44 am

These look interesting but yummy. great choice.

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Kathryn July 29, 2013 at 7:34 am

These look wonderful! I have a question: What’s a brown onion? I’ve used white, yellow, and red onions, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a brown one!

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Dorothy Reinhold July 29, 2013 at 7:40 am

Kathryn,
I think she means a brown-skinned onion.

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Melissa July 29, 2013 at 7:18 am

I love a good veggie burger and this sounds delicious! Great pick this month 🙂

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JJ - 84thand3rd July 29, 2013 at 7:06 am

Love the sound of these, great choice for SRC 🙂

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Traci July 29, 2013 at 6:58 am

This recipe looks and sounds absolutely amazing. I’m going to have to try it. Great pick!

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Rebekah @ Making Miracles July 29, 2013 at 5:52 am

What a cool selection – thank you for sharing!! Happy reveal day. 🙂

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Karen July 29, 2013 at 5:29 am

Now that has really caught my attention as I LOVE food like that, and I have bookmarked these to make! What a GREAT SRC pick! Karen

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sallybr July 29, 2013 at 5:15 am

Great recipe, I love all the flavors in these patties…

Hope you are having a wonderful special Monday, browsing through the collection of goodies in SRC!

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Fran@fransfavs.com July 29, 2013 at 4:48 am

Hi Dorothy! I just bought a bag of brown rice flour for my SRC post this month, so this recipe couldn’t have been more timely. I am a major veggie burger fan (which reminds me that I still need to post my favorite) and love chickpeas. Your post is made to order. Great choice!

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Susan July 28, 2013 at 9:59 pm

Thanks Dorothy! These are one of my favourites so I’m glad you enjoyed them. We’re actually having them for dinner tonight!

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