Recipe: Perfect Spiced Sweet potato, Black Bean and Chick-pea burgers with Lime Raita

Spiced Sweet potato, Black Bean and Chick-pea burgers with Lime Raita. Add black beans to a mixing bowl and mash half of them for texture. These vegan sweet potato-black bean burgers spiced with curry powder are easy to make. Blending the mixture with your hands gives you a soft, uniform texture then the outside gets crispy by cooking in a cast-iron pan.

In a large mixing bowl, toss together the sweet potato, onion, and garlic. You may recognize this recipe as the "Sweet Potato and Black Bean Veggie Burgers" that have been hidden in the archives for quite some time. Finely dice the onion and fry in a large frying pan on medium heat. You can have Spiced Sweet potato, Black Bean and Chick-pea burgers with Lime Raita using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Spiced Sweet potato, Black Bean and Chick-pea burgers with Lime Raita

1. Prepare 1 pack of Sweet potatoes, scrubbed and pricked all over.
2. Prepare 1 tin of chick peas, drained and rinsed.
3. You need 1 tin of black beans, drained and rinsed. Or any other beans you have, even baked beans.
4. It's 1 of red onion, finely chopped.
5. Prepare 1 of red pepper, finely chopped.
6. You need of Garlic cloves, I used 3 fat ones. Chop finely or macerate with salt to a paste.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of Smoked Hot paprika.
8. Prepare 2 tsp of Sweet paprika.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of Chilli flakes.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of Dried Oregano.
11. You need 1 of Bayleaf.
12. It's of Malden Sea salt.
13. You need of Ground black pepper.
14. You need 1 tbsp of Concentrated liquid stock.
15. Prepare of Panko Breadcrumbs, about half a packet.
16. It's 1 tsp of Smoked Paprika, sweet or hot.
17. It's 1 tsp of Oregano.
18. It's 1 tsp of Garlic granules.
19. It's of Plain yoghurt.
20. It's of Lime, juice of half and half cut into wedges.
21. You need of Rapeseed oil.

I served the burger with homemade sweet potato fries and we dipped them in the chipotle mayonnaise - equally amazing!! We were in Hawaii last summer for the birth of our first grandchild. We ate at a locally owned, organic restaurant almost everyday. They had a black bean tofu burger that was really good, but this one was even better.

Spiced Sweet potato, Black Bean and Chick-pea burgers with Lime Raita instructions

1. Heat the oven to 200 degrees C. Pop the washed and pricked sweet potatoes into the oven and bake until soft, about 30 - 40 minutes. Or for speed, pop into a microwave, cook for 12 minutes on high and then finish in the hot oven for 15 mins..
2. Place the beans and chickpeas into a pan along with the stock and Bayleaf. Just cover with boiling water, season and simmer for 15 mins or until the stock has reduced..
3. While the beans and chickpeas are simmering, prep the onion, pepper, garlic and spices. I like to put my spices, seasoning and herbs onto a small plate and then blend together.
4. Heat a frying pan, add a splash of rapeseed oil and then sauté the onions until golden, add the garlic, heat gently for 1 minute, add the red pepper, stir, add the herbs and spices, season and cook gently for 10 minutes or until soft..
5. While the onions and pepper cook, remove the cooked sweet potatoes from the oven, cut through and leave to cool slightly. Peel off the skin and mash lightly with a fork. Season. Turn the oven down to 180 degrees C..
6. Drain the beans and chickpeas and pulse gently in a food processor. It's important not to over process and to have some texture. If you don't have a food processor, mash with a fork or potato masher or chop roughly with a knife. Then thoroughly mix the beans, chickpeas, sweet potato mash and onion mixture together. Taste and adjust seasoning and spicing if required..
7. Place half a pack of Panko breadcrumbs into a shallow bowl, add the spices and herbs and mix together. Take a large tablespoon of the burger mixture and put it onto the breadcrumb mix. Form into patties an cover with breadcrumbs. Once all of the burgers are formed chill for 30 mins in the 'fridge to firm up a bit. It's not essential to chill if you're in a hurry..
8. Bake the burgers in the oven at 180 degrees C approx 20 mins or shallow fry in hot Rapeseed oil until brown and crisp, approx 5 mins each side. Serve with a wedge of Lime, some Yoghurt blended with juice of half a Lime to make a Lime Raita and some veg of your choice a green salad or in a bun with some salsa, mozzarella and salad leaves. Enjoy..

Bursting with flavour, these Thai-inspired veggie burgers will make your every dream come true! The patties are made with a base of shredded sweet potato and chickpeas and are flavoured with fresh garlic, ginger, cilantro, basil, and a sprinkle of lime juice and sesame seed oil. Cook the sweet potatoes either by baking them in the oven or cooking them in the microwave. Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili. Make a double batch of this quick vegetarian chili, full of black beans and sweet potatoes, and eat it for lunch the next day or freeze the extras for another night.