Tomato Chickpea Burgers
Simple, Quick, Easy, and Tasty, Tomato and Chickpea Burgers are perfect for these hectic back-to-school nights!
I’ve partnered with Red Gold Tomatoes to bring you these juicy, vegetarian, tomato and chickpea burgers. As always, all opinions and recipe are my very own. Thank you so much for supporting the brands that keep this Srilankan Runnin!
If you’ve ever worked with Photoshop, there’s no denying its crazy editing powers…
Hair can be added to bald spots; a green lawn can appear without brown spots; necks can be lengthened; streets can be widened; I mean, there’s really no end to what a few clicks can do!
Sometimes, a few clicks can result in something controversial: as in those highly edited print advertisements…
And, sometimes, a few clicks can result in something just mind-blowing…
Recently, I was perusing the interwebs, when I came across “foodscapes” by Carl Warner.
Mr. Warner has been around perfecting his art of photography and photo manipulation, for the past 15 years, but I just found out about him and his amazing talent of using vegetables and fruits to create mind-blowing landscapes, or, rather – “foodscapes”!
I then proceeded to spend way, way too much time feasting my eyes on his Onion Taj Mahal, his Celery Forest, and his Salmon Sea.
To be honest, I’ve never been much a salami fan – but, I gotta say, salami never looked so good as in his Salami Mountain or Salami Tuscany.
In one article, Mr. Warner was quoted as saying: “It’s really quite fun… just creating something from nothing. I like the idea that I can grab a bag of groceries in the morning, and in the afternoon I’m retouching a photograph of a beautiful broccoli forest. That really inspires me, because it makes you think you can do so much with so little.“
And, doing “so much with so little“, is all what these burgers are about!
These are simple vegetarian burgers, made with Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilies Red Gold Tomato Paste, and chickpeas.
An egg, a little seasoning, and these burgers were ready in less than 30 minutes!
Simple, easy, and quick!
My daughter and I eat these with a side of Spicy Pineapple and Mango Sauce. Since we managed to polish off all these burgers last night, I am just sitting here wishing I could use Photoshop to clone or “rubber stamp” a copy of these burgers for lunch today!
Ingredients
- 1 10 oz . can Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies
- 1 15.5 oz . can of chickpeas
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon Red Gold tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Add the olive oil to a pan and let it heat up over a medium flame
- Meanwhile, add the chickpeas and the Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies to a blender and pulse till chickpeas are broken down
- Scrape this into a bowl and add the chopped garlic, egg, Red Gold tomato paste, paprika, and cumin – and mix well.
- Form into circles and let cook/fry/brown in the pan with the olive oil for 3- 4 minutes (or till golden) on each side.
- Enjoy with Spicy Pineapple and Mango Sauce!
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Those foodscapes are incredible. Thank you so much for sharing that with us Shashi, you’ve made me discover something truly amazing and inspirational (the Wheat Thins stadium is unbelievable).
And also thank you for sharing these awesmazing chickpea burger. So creative and they look so delish!
Thanks Mike! Duuude – you are freaking awesmazing – you’ve on vacation and checking blog posts and commenting!!! Thanks so much! Enjoy your time with your couz over the pond!
Yeah, wouldn’t it be great to use Photoshop to clone food? Fun idea! And fun burgers — these look mighty tasty. And I happen to have plenty of chickpeas on hand! Thanks.
Haha – you sure are right! Thanks bunches KR!
First of I have to check out this fantastic website and foodscapes 🙂 But secondly can we talk about how incredible these burgers look! Amazing! So creative! What a great vegan meal!
Thanks so much Mila – I am so sorry, but these burgers have an egg in them – that makes them non-vegan right?
I so love your innovative recipes, Shashi! These burgers are everything; stunning, adorable, delicious, flavorful! I would have never thought to making tomato burgers, this is a pure genius idea! This is a show stopper, girl! Cheers! 🙂
Thanks so very much Anu! You are too too kind, my friend!
Chickpeas and tomatoes in a pattie? I love this idea and it’s so healthy, even when you doctor it up with all your favorites.
Gotta have healthy burgers if chocolate cupcakes are for dessert 😉
Thanks Maureen – hope you are feeling better…
I love chickpeas.. these burgers look so delicious and flavourful.. Definitely making them! 😀
Thanks so very much!
I could never get photoshop to actually do all those weird things! Great looking burgers Shashi 🙂
Thanks so much Tandy!
I’ve seen those foodscapes before, and I totally agree — absolutely amazing. I would have never thought to make art from, but it’s amazing what kind of creativity people can come up with. Which is how I feel about a lot of your recipes! I’ve never made my own veggie burgers before, but I seriously need to give it a try one of these days because they seem so simple and delicious!
Aww-you are a sweetheart – thanks so much, Amanda! Homemade veggie burgers are so darn good – a definite must try no matter whose recipe you use! BTW, I made your chocolate mug cake today, I didn’t have coconut flour so I used 1 tbsp tapioca flour and 1 tbsp oat flour and lady – they turned out so good! I planned on taking a picture and tagging you – but geewhiz – my daughter and I took a taste and couldn’t stop! Thanks so much for that recipe!
I do love the look of these. They do look like salmon patties and it’s great to see they’re made instead with chickpeas and tomatoes. They are a very pretty colour and would make a wonderful lunch or light dinner xx
Thanks so much Charlie! You know what – I never really paid attention to their color – but, now that you mention it – they are a funky shade of salmony-orange indeed!
Hope you are having a wonderful week! xx
I love homemade veggie burgers and these look and sound fab! Chickpeas are so versatile! Love your side sauce, too!
Thanks so much Patricia! You are right – chickpeas are so versatile indeed – to think I only ever ate them straight out of the can during my college years! 🙂
Love this simple and delicious vegetarian recipe. Do you have any reccs for an egg substitute in order to keep it vegan as well?
Thanks so much Felicia!
Well, I know some other bloggers use a “flax egg” which is 1 tablespoon of ground flax seed mixed with 3 tablespoons of water….I haven’t tried using flax eggs in burgers, so I am not sure how the end result would be…I am so sorry, but other subs totally evade me right now…
I will have to check out those Foodscapes — they sound so interesting! Love how simple and flavorful these burgers are!
Thanks so much Ashley!
I’ve never made chickpea patties, but I know I can trust your recipes Shashi, so I must make these very soon! Such a great, light and easy to make meal! Love cooking with simple ingredients!
Oh Mira – thank you so much! I am honored, my friend! Those are some mighty kind words!
Haha, that takes made skill! Editing though is the worse find it so tedious, I would never be able to sit there doing that!
I’ll just cook the food, like these burgers, YUM!
Haha – editing people photos can be fun – sometimes!
YUUUMM!! As soon as I saw these on twitter, I was so excited to see this post. I love chickpea burgers, and these look and sound soooo delicious. So many amazing flavours Shashi! Paprika and cumin are the best spices!
Harriet – paprika and cumin ARE indeed the best – throw in some cayenne and ooh – it’s a partay indeed! 🙂
Btw – thanks so much! xx
That is one of my mantras Shashi. Making something out of nothing….I like this Carl Warner. But I like you more. And your burgers. And I’m also thinking about that yummy pineapple mango sauce too. Lots “on my plate” to think about this morning….Salami Mountain, Onion Taj Mahal and Tomato Chickpea Burgers…the Seven Wonders of the Food World…
Hahaha – Allie, I need to shrink you and take you everywhere in my pocket because I could get used to compliments like this all through my crazy day! Thanks so much! xx
If only you COULD shrink me Shashi, I would be eternally grateful! And it would save me time at the gym.
HAHAHAHA! Oh Allie – you crack me up! Well – win-win for both of us – I guess 😉