Vegetable burger

This makes a very soft burger. I used cornflake crumbs once when I didn’t have any vegan breadcrumbs and quite liked the taste.

250g red lentils
1 onion finely chopped
1 Tbl fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic crushed
2 tsp ground cumin
3 cups sweet potato grated
2-3 cups vegetable stock
1 Tbl soy sauce
dried breadcrumbs / cornflake crumbs - approx ½-1 cup
oil

Fry onions in oil until soft.
Add garlic, ginger and cumin. Cook one minute.
Add sweet potato and cook for a further few minutes.
Add 2 cups of stock, soy sauce and lentils.
Simmer, stirring regularly to prevent sticking. Add more stock or water if needed.
Cook until the lentils are soft. Cool.
Add sufficient crumbs for the mixture to bind (wait a little between each addition as it takes a while to absorb). Shape into burgers.
Fry in a little oil.

Use as a burger with salad, guacamole, tomato relish etc. These burgers are also good cold as a sandwich filling with some relish.