Quinoa Patties

Ingredients

Patties

• 1/2
  
  cup quinoa – uncooked (cook as directed on the box. Usually 1/2 c uncooked quinoa is cooked in 1 c salted water)
  
• 3/4
  
  cup Cannellini beans (or chickpeas)- canned
  
• 1/2
  
  potato – boiled (instead of using egg)
  
• 1/4
  
  small red onion
  
• 1/4
  
  cup cilantro
  
• 1
  
  Serrano peppers (depending on your spice level tolerance)
  
• 2
  
  cloves of garlic
  
• 2
  
  teaspoons lemon juice
  
• 1 1/2
  
  teaspoons ground cumin
  
• 
  
  Salt, to taste
  

Yogurt Sauce

• 1
  
  cup plain non-far Greek yogurt
  
• 1
  
  teaspoon Lime zest (optional)
  
• 
  
  A drizzle of honey if the yogurt is too tart
  
• 
  
  Salt, to taste
  
• 
  
  Pepper, to taste
  

Directions

Patties

1. Pulse onions, garlic, green chillies.
2. Add Cannellini beans, cilantro, lemon juice, salt, ground cumin, and pulse for 30-45 seconds (until the beans have just broken down).
3. Add boiled potato, cooked quinoa, and pulse until everything is mixed. Don’t over-pulse the mixture or it will get too mushy.
4. Make 1 inch balls and flatten them.
5. Heat a non-stick or a ceramic pan on medium heat.
6. Drizzle vegetable or extra virgin olive oil on the pan and carefully place the patties on the pan.
7. Cook the patties for ~5 minutes on each side or until they reach a beautiful brown toasted color.
8. These patties can be served at room temperature so let the patties cool off on a wire rack while you make the yogurt sauce.

Yogurt Sauce

1. Mix everything in a bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
2. Slice ~10 cherry tomatoes in halves or thin slices, whatever you prefer.
3. Assemble
4. Place patties on a serving platter.
5. You can either dollop a small amount of yogurt on each patty (this could get messy) or use the sandwich bag technique. Transfer the yogurt mixture in a sandwich bag and cut a small piece at one of the corners and pipe the yogurt onto each patty. This made the dish mess-free and pretty at the same time.
6. Place sliced cherry tomatoes on each patty.