Carrots, Veggie Burger for dinner

Carrots, Veggie Burger for dinner
Originally uploaded by askliu.

Ladies and Gents,

I present to you one interpretation of a vegetarian meat-patty substitute.

Vegetarian burger
1 c leftover bean and lentil stew*
1 small onion chopped up
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 tsp pan roasted cumin seed
1 tsp cumin powder
1/2 c cous cous re-hydrated 1:1 v/v
salt & pepper to taste (obviously you can't really taste it raw, so I just put in 1/2 tsp or there abouts of salt and a generous shake of pepper)
1 egg

mix above until well incorporated; if consistency is very wet, add a little bit of flour or corn meal (I used corn meal) to firm it up. I think you're looking for a wet, but not gloopy, lumpy pancake batter-like consistency.

Pan fry on both sides until crisp.

This doesn't serve very many, probably enough for two meals for a hungry person. Very tasty though. (Onions, lettuce, ketchup and mustard required. I didn't have any ketchup, unfortunately.)

*Soak beans and lentils overnight. Cook in salted water until tender. I cooked mine until they're almost disintegrating, but I think you want some texture here.

For the stew, made a soup base from browned onions, garlic and chicken stock, and then I added the beans, and cooked it for a few hours, covered, on low heat.