- CHICK PEA ANDWALNUT BURGERS

The idea of these comes from Middle Eastern falafel, which are little deep-fried balls made of chick peas and spices.

You can use either ordinary dried chick peas or chick pea flour (available from health-food shops), which gives marginally less flavour but means that you do not have to boil and pound thepeas. Ifyou have access to a blender, you can try using it to process the peas: add the given quantity of their liquor, the onion, garlic and cheese. You may, however, find that it sticks because the mixture is too stiff: do not add more liquid. It is also a mistake to include the spices when processing in this way, as they will not be properly ground, or the walnuts, which will make the mixture even stiffer.

It is important to bake the burgers quickly in a hot oven, because if the heat is too low and they take longer, they will become dry. For 4.

- INGREDIENTS -

4 oz/125 g chick peas, soaked overnight in cold water, or 4 oz/125 g chick pea ffour

3 Y2 oz/l00 g walnut pieces

2 teaspoons coriander seeds

3 doves garlic Salt

4 oz/125 g ffrm medium-fat s* cheese