Vegan Chickpea Cakes with Avocado

Ingredients

• Bulgur

  Dry

  ½ cup or 70g

• Parsley

  Raw

  ½ cup or 30g

• Spearmint

  Fresh

  ½ cup or 46g

• Fresh cilantro

  Coriander leaves, raw

  ½ cup or 8g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 cloves, minced or 3g

• Coriander seed

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 0.9g

• Jalapeno peppers

  Raw

  1 pepper or 14g

• Chickpeas

  (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned

  15 oz or 425g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Wheat flour

  White, all-purpose, unenriched

  ½ cup or 63g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  ½ cup or 118g

• Panko Breadcrumbs

  Japanese Style - Trader Joe's

  1 ½ cup or 102g

• Vegetable oil

  Natreon canola, high stability, non trans, high oleic (70%)

  ½ cup or 112g

• Avocados

  Raw, All commercial varieties

  1 fruit or 201g

• Lime juice

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Limes

  Raw

  ½ fruit or 34g

Directions

1. Chop herbs and de-seed & chop jalapeno.
2. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil over high heat. Add bulgur wheat and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain carefully.
3. While wheat cooks, combine parsley, mint, cilantro, garlic, jalapeño and coriander in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped, scraping down sides as necessary, about 10 to 12 short pulses. Add half of chickpeas and pulse until a rough puree is formed, scraping down sides as necessary, about 8 to 10 short pulses. Transfer to a large bowl.
4. Add remaining chickpeas to food processor and pulse until roughly chopped, 4 to 6 pulses. Transfer to bowl with chickpea/herb mixture. When bulgur wheat has drained, add to bowl. Season with salt and pepper, then fold mixture together, starting with a rubber spatula, and finishing by hand when cool enough to handle. Form mixture into patties roughly 3/4-inch thick and 3 inches wide (you should be able to work 8 to 12 patties).
5. Combine flour and water in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth. Place breadcrumbs in second medium bowl.
6. Working one patty at a time, dip in flour mixture to coat, then transfer to breadcrumbs. Cover with breadcrumbs on all sides, then transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining patties.
7. Heat half of oil in a large cast iron or non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add half the patties in a single layer and cook, swirling pan occasionally, until golden brown on bottoms, about 2 minutes. Carefully flip and cook second side, swirling pan occasionally as they cook, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer to a plate and keep warm while you cook the remaining patties.
8. Place avocado in a medium bowl and mash the flesh with a fork. Season with salt and add lime juice. serve fried chickpea patties with mashed avocado and lime wedges.