A pleasant surprise

jason r - April 26, 2009 11:10:50 PM PST

This is a wonderful dish, I call it the hummus burger. It was a great alternative to meat, very flavorful and healthy. I doubled the sauce just to make sure we had plenty and I\\\'m glad I did because it accompanied the burger so nicely. I added fresh tomatoes and cucumbers to give it some freshness.

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This recipe is a keeper!

neal_ka - April 21, 2009 08:42:59 PM PST

The chickpea burgers are quite delicious! The recipe is very forgiving in that I substituted and added a couple of things....the changes are:
2 cans of chickpeas (15 oz. ea)
1 small clove of garlic
2 small shallots (instead of scallions)
2 Tbsp. of fresh oregano
1 egg
2 Tbsp. flour
a sprinkle of crushed red pepper to taste
1/2 tsp.(heaping) cumin
1/4 tsp. (heaping) salt
It turned out great and I will be sure to make these again. Also, I used plain Greek yogurt to make the sauce with...it was great. Use some baby greens and sliced avocado to add a punch to the already delicious sandwiches. I think it\\\'s a perfect springtime/summer meal.

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Good recipe but needs some tweaking...

mariasolis1 - July 26, 2009 08:21:56 PM PST

This is an excellent recipe but I felt it needed a little something, something after I began eating it. I put some garlic powder in the sauce and walah! The burger popped! I love my spices and besides that one little thing it was excellent.

FYI-Try non-fat greek yogurt, just as good without all the fat!

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Inventive Combination of different Middle Eastern recipes

stephanie0937 - June 8, 2009 06:47:05 PM PST

We usually make that tahina recipe to eat on fish not falafel, and that chickpea recipe is just like larger version of falafel sans egg. We boast that falafel is completely vegetarian so the egg kind of turned me off but this was still good. I guess you need the egg to make it stick together if you\\'re going to pan fry and not deep fry. Another poster was right, you can modify it safely, adding the same ingredients that you would normally put in your falafel.

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Don

- July 13, 2009 04:17:43 PM PST

To all those who tried this recipe and threw it away because it looked too watery, don

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