Falafel Burger

This recipe for falafel burgers is from Feasting At Home. We did cook the garbanzo beans. and did bake the patties, this was not a raw dish for us, maybe this summer. For the tzatziki we used a cashew based one from Megan May's cookbook. We served these patties as part of our Buddha Bowl with sweet potatoes, brown rice, broccoli, mushrooms and peppers with a lemon tahini sauce.

Ingredients:

• 1 shallot
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 C a mixture of Italian parsley and cilantro
• 2 tsp cumin
• ½ tsp smoked paprika (omitted)
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp cayenne pepper (omitted)
• 1 1/2 cups cooked garbanzo beans

Directions: 

1. In a food processor, pulse all the ingredients except garbanzo beans, until chopped and combined. Add garbanzo beans and pulse repeatedly, scraping down sides, until it sticks together, and forms a granular paste. (Do not blend until smooth.)
2. Form 4 patties and place on parchment lined baking dish and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes.
3. If baking, pre heat oven to 400F. Bake for 20 minutes.