Meat Free Week! Week 3 of Operation Transformation: Curried Chickpea & Sweet Potato Burger
Ingredients
- 250g sweet potato, chopped
- 1 egg
- 1/2 can of chickpeas (200g), drained and rinsed
- 50g green beans, chopped
- 2 spring onions, chopped
- 75g 3% fat natural yogurt
- 50g butterhead lettuce, chopped
- 100g cherry tomatoes
Food Staples:
- 1/2 tablespoon curry paste
- 1 tablespoon coriander, chopped
- 25g flour
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon mint
Method
- Steam sweet potato for approximately 40-45 minutes until tender
- Place chickpeas in a bowl and mash
- Once cooked, place sweet potato in bowl along with curry paste and mash together
- Add the chopped green beans and spring onion to the sweet potato mix
- Add the mashed chickpeas to the sweet potato mix along with the coriander, egg and flour
- Split the mixture into two segments and shape into burgers
- In a non stick frying pan heat the olive oil and cook the burgers over a medium to high heat
- Cook on each side for 5-6 minutes or until browned lightly and cooked through
- Mix the natural yogurt with chopped mint in a bowl
- Serve the burger with a side salad of lettuce, cherry tomatoes and mint yogurt