Rice and vegetable burgers

Serve with tomato relish, a slice of cheese and a hamburger bun, and you have the perfect vegetarian burger

• Serves: 8
• Difficulty: medium
• Prep time: 15 - 20 minutes
• Cooking time: 60 minutes

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Ingredients

• 500 g broccoli, chopped
• 500 g courgettes/baby marrows, chopped
• 250 g carrots, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) fresh parsley
• 1 ¼ cups cooked Spekko Saman Brown Rice
• 5 ml (1 tsp) ground cumin
• 5 ml (1tsp) ground coriander
• 125 ml (½ cup)cake flour
• salt and pepper to taste
• burger buns, lettuce, sliced tomato, cucumber, cheese slices and tomato relish

Method

1. To make patties boil or steam broccoli, courgettes and carrots until tender. Plunge in ice water then drain and dry.
2. Place cooked vegetables, garlic, onions and parsley in a food processor and blend to a paste. Transfer to a mixing bowl
3. Add rice, cumin, coriander, flour and seasoning. Mix well.
4. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Remove and shape into patties. Refrigerate until ready to prepare.
6. Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Fry patties until brown.
7. Serve on a burger bun with lettuce, sliced tomato, cucumber, a cheese slice and tomato relish.