Turmeric Chickpea Cakes/ Burgers

turmeric chickpea cakes with garlicky avocado cream (vegan/gf) | healthy recipe ideas @xhealthyrecipex

INGREDIENTS :

• 1 small onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 can rinsed and drained chickpeas (or 1 1/2 cups pre-cooked)
• small bunch of fresh parsley, roughly chopped (about 1/4 cup)
• 2 tablespoons potato starch 
• 1-2 teaspoons of sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 – 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 2 tablespoons chickpea flour + extra 3 tablespoons for coating
• grape seed oil for cooking
• Garlicky Avocado Cream to serve (recipe will be shared separately soon) (for now you can try this recipe for Avocado Lime Cream and omit the lime and add 1/2 minced garlic clove instead)

DIRECTIONS :

1. In a large cast iron pan, drizzle in a little grape seed oil and fry the onion and garlic until slightly golden but not burned. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
2. In a food processor, process the chickpeas until they turn to a  slightly textured paste, be sure to turn off the food processor and scrape down the sides to get all the chickpeas ground up. Add in onion and garlic, salt, pepper, turmeric and cayenne pepper and mix to fully combine. Turn the food processor off and stir in the chopped parsley.
3. (If you do have kids, I would omit the cayenne pepper entirely as most kids are not into spicy foods. Or divide the batch into two and season them differently for kiddos and adults.)

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