Chickpea Cutlets

This is another incredible recipe from the amazing Veganomicon just with a few of my own little tweaks, this book never ceases to amaze, everytime you open it up you find so many more amazing recipes to try that you missed last time!! Do yourself a favour if you haven't bought yourself this book yet, go out and get it now!! Dont worry this post will still be here when you get back, go now!!!!

For those of you who are still here lets just get straight into these Incredible Chickpea Cutlets, these are amazing with a good mushroom gravy, Ill do a post for my mushroom gravy soon....

Ingredients:


1 Cup cooked chickpeas
2 Tablespoons oil of your choice (I use Coconut oil)
1/2 Cup vital wheat gluten
1/4 Cup vegetable broth
2 Tablespoons tamari
2 Cloves of garlic, pressed or grated on a microplane
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon Hungarian paprika
1/4 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
Oil for frying

Method:


In a medium mixing bowl, mash the chickpeas together with the oil until no whole chickpeas are remaining.

Add the rest of the ingredients and knead for about 3 minutes or until strings of gluten have formed.

Preheat a large nonstick frypan over a medium heat. While the pan is heating divide dough into 4 even sized portions. To form the cutlets knead each piece in your hand for a few moments and then flatten and stretch each one into rectangular cutlet shape roughly 6 x 4 inches in size.

Add a moderately thin layer of oil to the pan. Place the cutlets in the pan and cook on each side for about 6 or 7 minutes. You can add more oil, if needed, when you flip the cutlets. They are ready when they are lightly browned and firm to the touch.

These also work well baked if you would rather. Baking these cutlets will them a more chewy texture and firm bite. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius, Lightly oil a baking sheet, brush bith sides of the patties with oil, place on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Flip patties and bake for another 8-10 minutes until firm and golden brown.