Oh I most certainly did eat that. The ‘that’ in question is a crispy edged, deliciously spiced, sweet potato and chickpea burger slathered in tahini yoghurt. This recipe is based on one that my mum makes for sweet potato fritters – they are delicious and we used to eat them with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce for a funky take on eggs Benedict.

I decided to burgerize those light, herby fritters and this is what I came up with! The burger version turned out so well that it’s now a regular in my kitchen. Here’s hoping it can become a regular in yours!

And yes, this is a totally vegetarian dish. Not vegan, though. Can I be honest with ya’ll? I’m 24 and I live on a budget. Eating something that tastes this good, which has plenty of protein and doesn’t include expensive meat just makes sense.

If there are members of your share-house, family or just your partner who are iffy on skipping the meat, then I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that making a meatless burger is the way to go! Especially if it’s crispy and has plenty of texture and flavour like this baby. And it’s so easy! A 30-minute meal MAX. Here’s how it’s done!

The burgers come together super quickly, so I like to make the tahini yoghurt first. It’s my new condiment obsession – on a piece of grilled salmon, or on felafel, or just to dunk an entire bowl of sweet potato chips into, it’s SO GOOD. And it’s as simple as dumping some yoghurt, tahini (aka sesame seed paste), salt pepper and lemon juice into a bowl and stirring it together. Sometimes I add a little garlic, and sometimes I don’t – totally up to you.

Then I throw some rinsed, canned chickpeas into a bowl, grate up a sweet potato – you want about 2 heaping cupfuls, and crack in an egg.

To that mixture, I add some flour, ground coriander, smoked paprika and dried oregano. A little chopped fresh parsley or some sliced spring onions are great if you have them, but today I went without.

From there, just squelch the mixture together with your hands, aiming to break up some of the chickpeas and leave others whole for a nice variety of textures. Then shape the mix into four patties and cook in a little olive oil in a frying pan until golden brown and crisp on both sides.

Then it’s time to build your burger! I always like to let people assemble their own burgers, firstly because it means they can customize it however they like. And secondly because it’s super fun, and I would feel bad hogging all of the stacking good times to myself.

These patties are really delicious, and I like to taste the sweet potato, so I make mine fairly simple with just the yoghurt, some rocket (aka arugula) and red onion. But hey, throw on hot sauce, sliced tomato, coleslaw, mayo, barbecue sauce or whatever you like! I don’t want to tell you how to burger. Just know that you should burger. You should THIS burger.

xx Sarah.

P.S. Burger is a verb now.



