Veggie Bean Burgers For Kids
In this recipe, children take charge in mashing chickpeas and mixing them with flavorful vegetables and spices to create delicious bean burgers or falafels. With adult supervision, these little chefs then shape the mixture into patties, coat them with sesame seeds, and bake to crispy perfection. A fun and interactive cooking experience for the whole family!
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 1 x 400g/14oz tin chickpeas
- 300g/10½oz cooked, mashed vegetables such as carrotsquashpotatosweet potatoparsnip
- 1 garlicgarlic
- 1 tbsp sunflower, vegetable or olive oil
- squeeze lemon juice
- pinch ground cumin, coriander
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 4 tbsp sesame seeds
Instructions
- Adultâs job: Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
- Kidâs job: Mash the beans or chickpeas as much as you can either with a potato masher in a bowl or with a hand mixer (supervised). Alternatively you could make the mix in a food processor if you have one.
- Kidâs job: Add the mashed vegetables and garlic and any herbs, spices or tahini that you want to use.
- Kidâs job: Mix well and the kids can taste and add lemon juice, spices or pepper to their taste.
- Kidâs job: The mixture then needs to be rolled into four burger-sized balls with wet hands, or make 12 smaller "falafels" - kids have the perfect sized hands for this. Flatten the balls slightly. If you like, you can coat them with sesame seeds, crushed crackers or breadcrumbs for extra crunch.
- Kidâs job: Drizzle a tablespoon of olive oil on a baking tray and place the "falafels" or bean burgers on top and then turn them all over so that they have a coating of a little oil on each side.
- Adultâs job: Place the baking tray in the oven and cook for 20-30 minutes, turning the burgers over midway through cooking. Allow to cool a little before serving.
Cook Time
30M
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Makes 4 burgers, or 12 falafel-sized balls
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