What would you like to have: sandwich, cutlets or both???…
Need a break from the usual chicken or turkey or beef sandwich? Try this protein-rich and healthy vegetarian sandwich. It’s good to be a vegetarian at least once in a while.
Yesterday, after a heavy Easter lunch, one thing I was damn sure about was skipping dinner. To burn all the calories, in the evening my husband and I went for power walking and running over the Pedestrian bridge. It was such a beautiful evening and we ran and walked for almost 2 hours. We felt really healthy and revitalized. As I had burned some calories, I felt I should have a simple salad for dinner. But, when I entered my kitchen, I couldn’t resist canned cooked chickpeas that were sitting in my pantry and ended up making a cutlet out of chickpeas and spinach. I just blindly added a few ingredients and was pretty impressed by the outcome. I made a sandwich with this cutlet, and also ate a couple of the cutlets just as it is.
I had some leftover mashed potatoes from Saturday’s BBQ party, hence I smeared the sandwich bread with the leftover mashed potatoes. Placed the Chickpea and Spinach Cutlet between the bread and the next thing I did was open my mouth wide and took a huge bite of the sandwich. Tasted delish.
Chickpea-Spinach Sandwich and Cutlets
Ingredients:
- Chickpeas, canned- 1 can (400 ml)
- Green onions, chopped- 1/4 cup
- Fresh spinach leaves, rinsed- 1 cup
- Cumin powder- 1 tsp
- Chili powder- 3/4 tsp
- Bread crumbs- 1/2 cup
- Ground black pepper- 1/4 tsp
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Yogurt, thick- 2 tbsp
Instruction:
- Rinse the canned chickpeas under running water.
- Into a food processor, add the chickpeas, green onions, cumin powder, chili powder, and ground black pepper, coarsely grind them.
- Transfer the ground mixture into a bowl.
- Mince the fresh spinach leaves.
- Combine the ground chickpeas with the minced spinach leaves.
- Add the bread crumbs, yogurt & salt to the mixture and combine well.
- Taste and adjust the spice and salt according to your needs.
- Make medium-sized patties out of the ground mixture.
- Place a non-stick pan over medium heat, add some oil for pan frying.
- Place the patties on the pan and cook till both sides until golden brown.
- If the patties are too moist, add more of the bread crumbs to make them less moist.
Building the sandwich:
- Toast the slices of bread. I used rye bread.
- Smear the slices of bread with mayonnaise. I smeared it with mashed potatoes.
- Place the chickpea and spinach cutlet between the slices of bread, also place a few spinach leaves on the bread, and close the slices of bread.
- Next, open up your mouth and have a huge bite of this healthy sandwich.
Tips:
- Don’t make the chickpea-spinach mixture too moist, add more of the bread crumbs if it’s moist.
- You could substitute an egg for yogurt.
- Enjoy the cutlets with tomato ketchup.
- Chickpeas, canned- 1 can
- Green onions, chopped- ¼ cup
- Fresh spinach leaves, rinsed- 1 cup
- Cumin powder- 1 tsp
- Chili powder- ¾ tsp
- Bread crumbs- ½ cup
- Ground black pepper- ¼ tsp
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Yogurt, thick- 2 tbsp
- Rinse the canned chickpeas under running water.
- To a food processor, add the chickpeas, green onions, cumin powder, chili powder, and ground black pepper, coarsely grind them.
- Transfer the ground mixture into a bowl.
- Mince the fresh spinach leaves.
- Combine the ground chickpeas with the minced spinach leaves.
- Add the bread crumbs, yogurt & salt to the mixture and combine well.
- Taste and adjust the spice and salt according to your needs.
- Make medium-sized patties out of the ground mixture.
- Place a non-stick pan over medium heat, add some oil for pan frying.
- Place the patties on the pan and cook till both sides until golden brown.
- If the patties are too moist, add more of the bread crumbs to make them less moist.
- Toast the slices of bread. I used rye bread.
- Smear the slices of bread with mayonnaise. I smeared it with mashed potatoes.
- Place the chickpea and spinach cutlet between the slices of bread, also place a few spinach leaves on the bread, and close the slices of bread.
- Next, open up your mouth and have a huge bite of this healthy sandwich.
You could substitute an egg for yogurt.
Enjoy the cutlets with tomato ketchup.