Lentil & Hazelnut Patties with Soy Yogurt Mint Sauce
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This page as PDF These are very nice burgers. The minty yogurt sauce really makes a nice addition to the flavor.
Yield: 16 burgers
Ingredients:
- 1 & 1/4 cups dry lentils
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 egg equivalent
- 1/2 cup finely chopped roasted hazelnuts or walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
- 1 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1-1/2 teaspoon salt
- pepper to taste
- 1-2 tablespoon vegetable oil for frying
For the soy yogurt mint sauce:
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh mint leaves
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 teaspoon sweetener (agave corn or rice syrup)
Directions:
- Cook lentils according to package directions; drain and cool.
- Combine lentils, onion, bread crumbs, parsley, egg replacer, and hazelnuts or walnuts.
- Stir in thyme, basil, salt, cumin and pepper.
- Mold into 16 burger-sized patties.
- In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, heat vegetable oil.
- Add four patties at a time and brown.
- For best results, wipe out frying pan and add new oil for each new batch.
- Remove from heat and drain on paper towels.
- Transfer onto a serving platter to serve.
To make the min soy yogurt sauce:
Put the soy yogurt chopped mint leaves and sweetener in a blender and puree until smooth.
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Chris, these look delicious! I love lentil patties.
I’ve never thought to put hazelnuts in my patties. Lentils I use quite often, however. So this will be a nice twist on the usual.
Mint sauce! That sounds awesome.
Really tasty – especially with yogurt, but had problems getting the patties to stick together. My chef friend said I should have grated some potato skins to mix in and a little flour.
I liked these, but had problems getting them to stick together as well. The yogurt mint sauce was great, I couldn’t stop just eating it on it’s on with a spoon!
Hi Stefanie,
Thank you for your comment. I’m sorry you had the problem. I guess my lentils were still quite moist from cooking…you could have added a bit of veggie stock or even a bit of water. Glad you liked the yogurt mint sauce, we like it too
I hope next time you make the patties, that they are a bit more moist for you.
Amazing texture and flavor! I too had issues with the patties sticking, but I made do with what managed to stay together and plan on using the rest of the mixture as part of some vegetarian Sloppy Joes.
Hi Ngoc,
Thanks for your comment.
I’m sorry about the stickiness… I will try to remake the recipe. Meanwhile..the Sloppy Joes are a great idea… good at this time of the year