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hi my name is ritu and welcome to my channel,indulgentfuel. today we're going to be making chick peas,cheese, and veggie patties. chick peas are an excellent source of vegetarianprotein and fiber. did you know that just one cup of boiled chick peas contains 12 gramsof protein and 10 grams of fiber? incredible! and, these patties are incredibly satisfyingand nutritious. let's get started.to make these patties, you will need: * 1 15-oz can of chick peas, you can alsouse 2 cups of boiled chick peas (garbanzo beans)* 5 oz of halloumi cheese (or paneer) * 1/4 to 1/2 cup of bread crumbs* 1 zucchini
* 1 yellow squashthis is where you get creative and add whatever vegetables you want.* 1/2 lime * 1/2 an inch piece of ginger* 1 medium green chili * 1/2 tsp of whole cumin seeds* 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper * 1 tsp of chopped cilantro* some salt to taste * 2 tbsp of olive oil let's get started! my chick peas have been drained and rinsed.i'm just going to take the back of a fork and crush them, just like that.all done! next let's start grating our veggies
and cheese.cut the ends of your zucchini like so and start grating.same thing with the yellow squash. take a piece of ginger, chop of the peel,and grate it. with the chili, i'm just going to take theends off, slit the chili right in the middle. this chili doesn't have a lot of heat in it,and i love the spiciness, but if you don't want the heat, just get the seeds out, becausethe heat lies in the seeds. then, just going to chop it.next, just going to grate my cheese. so i'm just taking a paper towel and i'm blottingout all of the excess moisture from the zucchinis, because moisture is the enemy of a good patty.get all of that out. that way you don't have
to use more bread crumbs which only makesthe recipe less healthy. i have my chick peas here. to the chick peasi'm going to add the cheese, the green chilis, the zucchini, and the yellow squash.now add the cumin, the red pepper flakes, the cilantro. going to use some - actuallyall of the salt. going to use my fingers to form these intopatties. depending on how wet it is, i will decide how much of the bread crumbs to use.wow this smells amazing - the smell of the cilantro, green chilis, and ginger - thisis going to be so flavorful! and this is going to make 4 really big patties,or 6 smaller patties. i think i'm going to make the 6 smaller patties - it will be easierto flip when we're cooking them.
and you see, there is still a little bit ofmoisture, and that is why we need these bread crumbs.i think i'm going to use about 1/4 cup of bread crumbs. if need be i can add some more.i'm just going to pat this down and let it sit for 10 minutes. this is really importantbecause the bread crumbs will absorb the moisture and it will be easier to form the patties.ok, i'm going to start making the patties, as its been about 10 minutes.just take some like this, form these into patties, and if they stick to your hand, justwet your fingertips a little bit. but again, remember not to add too much moisture- just enough so they don't stick, but not enough to soak them.i'm going to go and make more, i'll meet you
back here and we're going to cook these.look at these precious little patties! beautiful, round, and hearty looking. let's just frythem up - without using too much oil! i have a big skillet on medium heat. i justadded about a tablespoon of olive oil. i'm going to move it around so the oil coats thepan evenly. and i will add the patties. make sure to leave this on medium heat, becausewe haven't cooked the zucchini and ginger, so when it cooks slowly it will cook through- you don't want raw zucchini. but it really doesn't take very long for the zucchinis tocook since we grated them. about 3 minutes on each side and we can take them out.i'm just going to add a little more oil. we've used about 2 tbsp of oil for the wholething, so that's about 1 tsp for each patty,
which is nothing.now i'm going to flip them. it's been about 3 minutes. when you flip them, flip them gently.oooh, look at the color. you want that color on the other side as well.all flipped. and about 3 more minutes before you get that golden-brown on the other sideand we're going to take them out. it smells amazing! i smell the cheese! you'dthink that you'd smell the ginger because ginger tends to be more potent, but i smellthe halloumi cheese. it's like cheese melting, so good, reminds me of a greek saganaki.i just have some spring lettuce mesclun on a plate here with some heirloom cherry tomatoes.i've just dressed it with simple extra virgin olive oil and lime juice. just going to putthe patties down carefully. one, and two!
just like that!to finish this off, i'm going to put some crushed red pepper on it, hit it with somepink himalayan sea salt. garnish with a couple slices of lime, giveit a squeeze of lime juice, and that will be my lunch!look! this looks nothing short of a restaurant meal.it has the little south asian flavors, so much protein, so much flavor, so good youguys! i can't wait to eat this, it is my lunch today.tomorrow's lunch i'm going to throw this in a bun withs ome lettuce tomato and onion,and make it a full on indulgent burger. if you like recipes like this, don't forgetto subscribe to my channel indulgent fuel,
i will see you soon!
