Namaskaram friends – who is ready for Tea?
You – you or you ? Then please come and join me at my table for some delicious little “Fusion-Chickpea-Burgers” – (…… of West-Africa and India).
The original recipe I managed to extract from a dear friend in Nigeria, where we lived for nearly 5 years a long time ago! Her cook seemed to have a never-ending supply ready for ‘Madam’s visitors’, and there were always plenty, since her husband was the Governor of Western Nigeria. She and I became very good friends over those years and it was truly sad to have to say goodbye to her and the family.
Over the following years I ‘tweaked’ the recipe a bit here and there to suit our personal taste. I have not made this for quite some time until the other day, when I was caught having been a bit over ambitious cooking far too much ‘white Kaddala’ – Chickpeas. I believe that most of you can just go to the nearest grocery store and buy tins of readily cooked chickpeas – I cannot, but this is not too much of a bother. I normally just soak the amount I need overnight and wash and cook them the next day, ready to be used in all sorts of recipes – Indian or International – (I particularly love to use them in a nice fresh salad), so you can always find a container of them in my fridge.
Now, cut a long story short, looking at this big bowl of cooked chickpeas suddenly the idea of making some delicious snacks for our tea time came like a flash. But where did I keep the old recipe? Of course, in the hurry I could not find it and so just from memory I jotted it down and started ‘tweaking’ again and I came up with the following:
I do hope you like this and will give it a try.
Remember: if you cannot buy tinned chickpeas – soak and boil!!!! In advance.
I used the following for 8 little Burgers:
1 ½ x cups of boiled chickpeas
2 x medium sized boiled potatoes
½ x cup of very finely grated carrots
¼ x cup of finely chopped red capsicum
4 x garlic cloves
1 x tsp of hot red chilli flakes
1 x Tbsp of wheat flour (you can use 1 x egg instead for binding, if you prefer)
1 ½ Tbsp of Chaat Masala (store bought)
Salt and pepper to taste
A splash or two of Tabasco
Plenty of finely chopped coriander (you can also use parsley instead)
Oil for shallow-frying!
Method:
Put everything with the exception of the carrots (those have to be grated separately) into the Mixy and pulse just for a few seconds. You may have to add a few drops of water – so keep checking.
Do not over-pulse this, a little bit of crunch is nice!
Wet your hands and start making small Burgers – not to thick thou. Keep on a plate/tray and move to your freezer for 30 minutes or so.
Add little bit of oil to your favourite frying pan and on a medium to low heat start frying those little Burgers – 3-5 minutes each side was enough for mine, but please keep checking yours – they should end up golden brown and not dark!!!
Drain on plenty of kitchen paper and serve while still hot – with a nice cup of tea or coffee.
They are also very nice for Lunch or a light evening meal with a good salad on the side.
And guess what – tomorrow I will make yet another batch for my freezer!!! – after all there are still chickpeas left!!!
BTW, today is my late mother’s birthday – Happy Birthday, Mutti – R.I.P
Guten Appetit.
Carina xx
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Well, you picked your time well – was just going off for the weekend and would have had to wait for this fusion beauty! Love chickpeas to bits, best home cooked but time often does not allow – sugar, I can get about ten different brands of tinned ones in any s’market!! Cheapest ingredients to buy also: even when they come from Italy!!! As long as one rinses the excess salt off, most will do!! Have not used potatoes alongside nor chaat masala [do have!] so this is an interesting fusion and I can ‘fuse’ my own way too 🙂 !! Think of your lovely late mother with a smile . . . and explain from where that beautiful china bird has come . . .
Thanks my friend – Meissen!! 🙂 🙂
🙂 🙂 !! In retrospect a silly question – should have picked it as Meissen ! Have a lovely Sunday: if one can with the news out of München . . . . so sad thinking of how many innocents will again be blamed for the latest . . .
🙂 – want to see the other ones?? in time! I thought you had gone away for w/e break? Not seen any news until just now.xx
These are absolutely delicious and simple to make. We love having these and feel guiltless when the pile on our plate is a little more than usual. 🙂
🙂 🙂 – we know that feeling in this house 🙂 🙂
Yummy! 🙂
Maren – hallo! Ja, Du hast recht – lecker!!!! Hast Du sie mal versucht? 🙂
Nein, noch nicht, aber mir lief schon beim Lesen das Wasser im Mund zusammen. Ich liebe Kicherbsen!!!
Very well illustrated carina👏 and the presentation is great as well. What comes straight in my mind is parippu vada😂 I am drooling seeing this burger.
thank you Sumith – dont just ‘drool’ – make some:) :). I do lik p.v. but these here are soft! and nothing like p.v.:)
Hi Carina will try this for sure. It looks soo delicious!!
I love chickpeas!! And this looks absolutely delicious. I’m ready for tea!!! Have a wonderful weekend.
Wishing you a peaceful weekend as well. Hope you actually will make these burgers one day.xx
We buy chickpeas in bulk – so I’m hoping to make it soon too!
Rebecca – in bulk!! 🙂 🙂 how many do you feed??xx
Chick peas, fresh, cooked, ground, whatever are great. Your burgers look terrific. Love the parrot.
Good morning – I do agree with you. Passed your “like” on to Coco – the Parrot! 🙂 🙂
Mmmmmm those burgers sound delicious. Saved this one, I happen to have a tin of chick peas in the cupboard.
Suzanne – good morning in N.Y. 🙂 thanks for saving this one and maybe you can let me know later, when you have made those burgers, what you think. Value your opinion. Ciao Carina x 🙂
Hello, Carina. I’m visiting your blog for the first time and pleased to find a very interesting chickpea dish on offer. I enjoy chickpeas but don’t cook nearly enough things with them though I DO make falafel and chickpea curry. I’ve even made an Indian sweet (besan burfi) with chickpea flour and a gluten free pasta, though the latter wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped..
I’d love to give these burgers a try.
Namaskaram – thank you for joining us here:) We too like chickpeas/garbanzos/Kichererbsen (whatever they are called around the world). Have you tried our Kaddala?? Carina
I have made chickpea curry … is that the same as Kaddala?
This certainly looks yummy to me. In Texas chickpeas are readily available, both dry and in cans. Many stores here also now carry refrigerated plastic tubs of fresh hummus in various flavors. Because of the large Mexican presence here, historically and up through the present, chickpeas in Texas often go by the Spanish name garbanzos. I just looked at the label on an empty container of hummus and saw the first ingredient listed as garbanzos rather than chickpeas.
I see in one of the comments above that lecker is the German word for yummy. I’m assuming it comes from the verb lecken, from the idea of licking your lips.
🙂 🙂 – haha clever you! Correct!! And I hope you will do this AFTER you have made my little ‘burgers’ – hmmmm – lecker!
thats right, Chickpeas, Garbanzo, Kichererbsen etc. etc. it’s all the same but I have to cook mine, as I said, since no tins are available. Hummus is though.
Loved them
Namaskaram Rity – thank you for coming back here, does this mean you actually made them??? GREAT. Carina
I did. They were delicious. Thanks so much
These look and sound really tasty, I quite like chickpeas but never sure what to make with them
Namaskaram Sam, thank you for your compliment – to start with make “my” burgers, then use them in a salad (just a handful is enough), make hummus, make soups, make Kaddala – we just had this for our own breakfast:) ) etc. etc. just come back to me and ask I am more than happy to help. Give a little cuddle to your “babies” please. Carina
You have very interesting breakfasts Carina 🙂 My babies always appreciate more cuddles and they get really sooky in the winter months even though it is not very cold.
Owch, so tempting, the both burgers and tea. And it doesn’t look hard to make. Wanna try it, someday. 🙂
hallo Yuna – thank you for looking through some of my pagaes and I do hope that you will make those burgers and enjoy. 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by Carina… I’m eager to explore your blog space:)
Hugs
You are most welcome – hope you enjoy browsing through my site 🙂 Namaskaram, Carina
I accidentally bought two packets of chickpeas instead of one and this has come at just the right time. Thanks Carina! 😀
My pleasure, Lorraine – enjoy 🙂 x
It looks real Yummy..Carina
and the photos are awesome…:-)
thank you for your compliment and the photographer in me appreciates this in particular 🙂 🙂
🙂
I love the flavour of chick peas, Carina, and grew up with the idea of soaking vegetables overnight (i.e. mostly dried peas – back in the ’50s and ’60s). Your chickpea burgers look absolutely scrumptious. I’d probably enjoy them most with a salad, although anytime would be fine!
I really enjoyed reading about how you were introduced to this lovely recipe, and I wish your belated mother a really happy birthday. 🙂
Thank you Millie – I have to ‘confess’ – I too have them frequently just with a clean crisp salad for a light meal. Take care.
Wow, they look so delicious and healthy. 😀
…. 🙂 thank you. Yes, not only that, they are delicious!
You had me at chickpeas 🙂 This sounds absolutely delicious and I cannot wait to try it!
wonderful mixture herbs and spices,very nice recipe.
thank you for looking in. These little burgers are perfect to have as a snack with a cup of Chai, for a light meal and in a sandwich.
Can this be oven-fried? I dislike having to stand over the stove and get splattered.
lol Karina, to be honest, I have never tried this – maybe I will do so next time just to see.
Tea any time Carina! Missed you visiting my blog dear friend!
Sorry, have not been around much decently, too many things were and are still going on which need my near undivided attention most of the time. Will write you email.
No problem Carina! My wishes are always with you! My email is 272@gmail.com You can share with me anything anytime! Stay happy 🙂
Yummy burgers or Tikkis as I would call it. They look just perfect for tea time snack, my kinda recipe :).
Namaskaram Ashu – Tikkis – Burgers – whatever:) 🙂 we love them as tea time snack – so glad you like them.
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