Chickpea and Walnut Masala Veggie Burgers

I love a good veggie burger. With V vegetarian on two days of the week, one of them being a  Saturday, veggie burgers are a great option for me to take to a potluck or get together so that he has something to eat and I don’t have to spend too much time making them. Since veggie burgers are so easy to put together these also make a great weeknight meal and can be perfect to pack in the lunchbox. I love the black bean burger recipe that I have posted in the past but for a while I had been thinking of doing a chickpea burger. After looking at different recipes online, I combined elements of a few of them and came up with the recipe for these vegan Chickpea and Walnut Masala Burgers that I am posting today.

While most veggie burgers are crumbly, these chickpea burgers benefit with the moisture that grated carrots lend to the patty. Prompted by the #iheartwalnutcontest I decided to add toasted walnuts to the burgers and they do make a great addition to these meatless burger patties. A little roasted cumin, garam masala and chillies make these burgers flavorful and my new favorite recipe.

For convenience I used canned chickpeas, but you could soak and boil the chickpeas.Instead of regular burger buns I like serving these with whole wheat english muffins or sandwich bread because I like the bread to patty ratio. I serve it with some garlic tahini sauce, but tzatziki dip would also taste great.While I don’t have a gluten intolerance, for people who prefer gluten free you can use gluten free bread to make the bread crumbs. You could also add cheese to the patty mix, but I wanted to keep them vegan so that they cater to a wider range of people with different dietary restrictions. Cheese lovers can just add a slice of cheese on top!

My Sunday was spent recovering from Saturday night’s drinking session. We had friends over and I had too many watermelon margaritas (that I made) and tequila shots and spent Sunday drinking litres and litres of water to flush out the alcohol in my body. I have never been a great drinker and with age I am not improving. Thankfully I make sure to drink water while I am drinking and enough before I sleep so that I don’t get headaches the next day. Besides the watermelon margaritas, which I feel I should share a recipe of ( they have lime, jalapenos, watermelon and tequila!), the following was on Saturday’s menu. If you click on the item it will lead you to the recipe.

Appetizer Menu:

• Roasted red pepper and garlic hummus (recipe yet to be posted on the blog)
• Tzatziki dip
• corn and potato tikkis ( a recipe that I adapted from here and will share soon with my adaptations)

Dinner Menu:

• Slow cooker dal makhani
• Vegetable raita
• Paneer makhani
• Missi Roti
• Vegetable Pulao

Inspired by theabove list I am thinking of doing a weekly meal plan round up. Is it something you would be interested in? Let me know your thoughts. For now hope you enjoy these vegan Chickpea and walnut masala burgers.