Raw Chili Squash Lentil Burgers with Cranberry Chipotle Ketchup
Raw Chili Squash Lentil Burgers with Cranberry Chipotle Ketchup
Makes 4
Burgers:
1 cup red lentils
1 cup sweet winter squash (such as kabocha or butternut), chopped
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup raw shelled hempseeds
1 cup sprouted quinoa flour (or sprouted oat or buckwheat flour)
1 1/2 cups ground flaxseed
2 garlic cloves
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes, soaked until rehydrated and squeezed dry
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chipotle powder
sea salt to taste
Ketchup:
1 cup dried cranberries, soaked until rehydrated, and drained
2 Tbsp maple syrup
1 cup sundried tomatoes, soaked until rehydrated, and drained
1 cup orange juice
1/4 sea salt or to taste
1/2 tsp ground chipotle
2 avocadoes, sliced
For the lentils, you will need to start 2 days ahead. Soak the lentils in filtered water for 8 hours, then drain well and place in a sprouting jar in a well lit area (rinsing them twice a day) until tails begin to form, about 24 hours. Once they have sprouted, add them to the food processor along with the squash, onion, seeds, flour, flaxseed, garlic, tomatoes, yeast, chili powder, chipotle powder, cumin, and sea salt to taste, and process until smooth. Form the mixture into 4 patties, and place on a dehydrator sheet. Dehydrate for about 6-8 hours until firm, but not too dry.
Meanwhile, to make the ketchup, combine all ingredients in a high speed blender, and blend until smooth. Serve the burgers with the ketchup, topped with avocado slices.
13 Comments
These are so cool! It's hard to believe they're raw looking at the pictures. The ketchup sounds amazing too.
Thank you :)! The ketchup was so good!
wow... those look GREAT! Too bad I do not have a dehydrator!
Thank you :)!
do you have to dehydrate them if you are going to eat them that night?
Yes because they are sticky and the dehydration is essential, not optional just to heat them
Can I use fresh cranberries instead of rehydrated dried cranberries for the ketchup?
Yes, but if you are going to do that, I would cook them first in a pan with a little water until they are soft. Otherwise the texture won't be right.
Yum! I'm going to sprout some lentils now! So glad you are adding savory recipes along with the sweet stuff!
Awesome! I am happy you are trying them out! I figure I might as well share the savories I make as well since not everyone has a sweet tooth. My book due out next year is going to include lots of new recipes for savories :)!
Great!
These are in my dehydrator now. But it somehow made 8??? I had 4 cups of lentils once the one cup was sprouted, maybe that was why? Is it possible to freeze these you think??<br />Thanks!<br /><br />Katie<br /><br />ps SO excited for the pb cup cheesecake!!
You probably made them smaller, so they might take less time to dehydrate. Yes, you can freeze them. Awesome! You will have to try the cheesecake once I get the recipe up, it is so good ;)!