Middle Eastern Beetroot Burger
Middle Eastern Beetroot Burger
Vivo Life
Category
Dinner
Cuisine
Muscles & Bones Strengh
Servings
4
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Calories
2192
Beetroot works so well in burgers and this burger is packed full of flavour. One of the spices, Baharat, is also known as Lebanese 7 spice, which is available in most supermarkets. If you can't get hold of Baharat you can always add a little cinnamon and allspice if you have it in your cupboard!
Ingredients
- 2 small/medium cooked beetroot (about 220g), roughly chopped
- 240g chickpeas
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp coriander
- 1 tbsp Baharat (Lebanese 7 spice)
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- Small handful of parsley, roughly chopped
- Small handful of coriander, roughly chopped
- 4 spring onions roughly chopped
- Salt
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 250g cooked wholegrain rice or quinoa
- A good twist of black pepper
- 200g plant-based natural yogurt
- 2 tbsp harissa paste
- Lemon juice
- Burger buns
- Mixture of green leaves
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
For the Burger
To Finish
Directions
- Add the chopped beetroot, chickpeas, spices, herbs, spring onions, a couple of big pinches of salt and the lemon juice to a food processor. Blitz until you have made a coarse mixture.
- Add the tahini and rice/quinoa to the food processor and blitz again until half the mixture is almost a paste. Spoon the mixture into a bowl and add the protein powder. Mix well and taste to season.
- Shape the mixture into 4 burgers. Store the burgers in the fridge for at least an hour or two to let them set.
- When ready to cook, in a large frying pan over a medium/high heat, add a little olive oil followed by the burgers.
- Heat an oven to 200???C and prepare a baking tray to finish off the burgers in the oven.
- Cook the burgers for around 5 minutes, you want them to have started colouring a bit. Turn over carefully and cook until starting to colour on the other side. Transfer the burgers to the baking tray and cook in the oven for a further 5 minutes.
- While the burgers are in the oven prepare the harissa yoghurt sauce by combining the yoghurt, harissa, a pinch of salt and a little bit of lemon juice. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.
- When the burgers are ready, spread the harissa yoghurt on the buns then layer up with the burger, green leaves and tomatoes.
- Serve on their own or with some sweet potato fries for a filling meal.
Nutrition
Calories 2192, Carbs 88.10 grams, Protein 26.90 grams, Fat 13.20 grams