Chickpea Patties

Ingredients:

1. Chickpeas soaked overnight and boiled 1/2 cup

2. Salt to taste

3. Egg 1

4. Black pepper 1/2 tsp

5. Lemon Juice 1tbsp

6. Plain Flour 2 tbsp or according to your need

7. White cumin seeds 1tsp

8. Green coriander chopped 2tbsp

9. Spring onions 1

10. Bread crumbs

Method:

1. In a blender add boiled chickpeas(kabuli chana), Cumin seeds, Black pepper, Plain flour and blend all of these

2.Then add green coriander, salt and egg and blend again

3. Now add spring onions, lemon juice, and blend all of these to a very fine paste.

4. Remove the paste from the blender into a bowl and with the help of a spoon roll it in the bread crumbs

5. Try to form a ball and then flatten it like a pattie, once all the patties are made refrigerate it for atleast 4 hours so that the pattie settles and becomes firm

6. Shallow fry the patties in a pan till golden brown

7. Serve hot with yougurt, date and tamarind chutney.

Tip: U can add plain flour according to your need, if the batter is hard enough to bind then use very little of plain flour.In this recipe the egg and plain flour(maida)is only used to bind the pattie,,so try blending the chickpea mixture without water