Finding the perfect vegetarian burger can be a never ending search.  Restaurants, Take-Out places just never seem to get the vegetarian pattie right. It either lacks flavour or just cooked to such a crisp, that you might as well eat cardboard.

I found a recipe that is simple and easy, that you can get started on in your own kitchen!!!

Well!  you don’t really need to try every place to find the best vegetarian burger. Simply just make it yourself!

At first the recipe looks complicated, but once you get started it’s actually very simple. It’s healthy, nutritious, flavorful, it’s jam packed with nutrient-rich food like quinoa and avocado and looks like a mouthgasm on a plate.

Visualise the aromatic smell, visualise yourself taking a huge bite out of this scrumptious burger.  You have now become the KING!!! ….of the homemade vegetarian burger.

Without delay here is the recipe:
Serves 4

Patties:

• 1 large sweet potato peeled and cubed;
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped;
• Zest of 1 lemon;
• 1 clove garlic;
• About 3 cm knob ginger, finely chopped;
• 1 egg yolk;
• 2 green chillies (optional);
• 1 cup cooked quinoa;
• Salt and Pepper for seasoning;
• 1 Tbsp oilve oil;
• 4 wholewheat or brown bread rolls; and
• Low-fat yoghurt, for serving.

Salad:

• 1 Tbsp olive oil;
• 1 Tbsp water;
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped or grated;
• 2 cm knob of ginger, finely grated;
• Salt and pepper to season;
• Handful of baby spinach;
• 1 Avocado diced; and
• 1/2 red onion sliced.

Method:

Patties:

• Steam sweet potato cubes until soft and allow to cool;
• Place sweet potato, spring onion, lemon zest, garlic, ginger, egg yolk, chillies, and salt and pepper, in a food processor and blend until smooth;
• Stir cooked qunioa in;
• Shape into patties and refrigerate until firm (45 min);
• Heat oilve oil and fry patties until golden brown.

Salad:

• Make a salad dressing by whisking together the oil, water, garlic, ginger,and seasoning and the toss with the rest of the salad ingredients.

Serve patties on a rolls topped with salad and a drizzle of yoghurt…..

Enjoy!!!