Besides being very tasty and nutritious, these are really easy to make and hold together well

Delicious Vegan and Gluten Free burgers

• 2 medium beetroots grated
• 1 red onion chopped
• 1 white onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 chilli chopped finely
• salt and pepper to taste
• tablespoon dried mixed herbs
• 3 cups cooked black beans – mashed roughly
• 4 tablespoons chickpea / gram flour
• 1 heaped tablespoon ground flax seeds soaked in a quarter cup of water
• few splashes of cider vinegar
• sunflower oil for frying

Mix all ingredients thouroughly, form into balls, in a frying pan – heat a quarter inch depth of sunflower oil over a medium heat

Place the balls into the sunflower oil and cook gently, pushing the balls flat as they cook to form burger shapes, turn over and cook for about 10 – 15 minutes being careful not to burn

I’ve made these a few times now and even though this recipe is still the best, I’ve had good results with variations – e.g. using red beans or aduki beans instead of black, omitting the garlic and onion, using grated carrot to substitute for part of the beetroot and leaving out the flax seeds.