Chickpea And Millet Nut Roast Food

SPICY ROAST CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 4. Tip the chickpeas into a bowl and toss with the rapeseed oil, smoked paprika, cumin and coriander along with a big pinch of salt. Toss well until the chickpeas are well coated, then tip out onto a baking tray and bake for 35 mins, moving them round the tray halfway through so they dry out evenly and are crunchy. Leave to cool, then store in an airtight container.

SIMPLE ROASTED CHICKPEA SNACK

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk the oil, cumin, garlic powder, chili powder, sea salt, black pepper, and red pepper together in a small bowl; add the chickpeas and toss to coat. Spread into a single layer on a baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until nicely browned and slightly crispy, about 45 minutes.

CHICKPEA & NUT BURGERS WITH SWEET POTATO CHIPS

Steps:

• To make the yogurt sauce, stir together the yogurt and mint in a bowl and cover and chill until needed.
• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Half fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Add the sweet potato wedges and cook for 4 mins then drain through a colander and return to the saucepan. Pour over the oil, tossing until lightly coated then season with ground black pepper.
• Scatter the potatoes onto a small baking tray and roast for 15 mins. Take out of the oven and turn over, then cook for a further 10 mins or until tender and lightly browned.
• While the chips are cooking, make the burgers. Put the onion, garlic, nuts and spices into a food processor and add lots of freshly ground black pepper. Blitz until as smooth as possible. Add the chickpeas, flour, coriander and lemon juice and blitz until the mixture comes together to make a thick paste. It shouldn't be too smooth as you are looking for some texture to give the burgers a bit of bite. Form the mixture into 4 balls and flatten into burgers, just under 2cm/ 3/4in deep.
• Heat 1 tsp of the oil in a medium non-stick pan over a low heat and cook the burgers on one side for 5 mins. Add the remaining 1 tsp of oil to the pan and turn over. Cook on the other side for a further 5 mins or until nicely browned and cooked throughout, keeping the heat low, so they don't burn.
• Divide the salad leaves, tomatoes, cucumber and spring onions between two plates. Add the burgers, chips and mint sauce, plus a couple of lemon wedges for squeezing. Drizzle the balsamic vinegar over the salad and serve.

CHICKPEA AND ROASTED NUT DIP

Steps:

• Place cashew nuts (or almonds), chickpeas, reserved brine, lemon juice and coriander into a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon into a serving dish, drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with extra chopped cashews or slivered almonds depending on which ones you have used in the dip.

SPICED CAULIFLOWER WITH CHICKPEAS, HERBS & PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the cauliflower, garlic, spices, 2 tbsp oil and some seasoning in a roasting tin, then roast for 30 mins.
• Add the chickpeas, pine nuts and remaining oil to the tin, then cook for 10 mins more. To serve, stir in the herbs with your chosen dressing.

CHICKPEA AND MILLET NUT ROAST

Steps:

• Put the millet to a saucepan and add the 200ml of water and vegetable stock cube. Bring to the boil and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes, stir occasionally to prevent the millet sticking to the pan. When all the water is absorbed it is ready. (The cooked millet should be a mushy consistency, which will help the nut roast bind together) Leave the millet on the side for a few moments to cool.
• Dry roast the sunflower seeds. Heat a non-stick pan without any oil on a medium heat. Add the sunflower seeds and heat until they start to go brown.
• Dry roast the fennel seeds in a pan without oil until they start to go brown. Then grind in a pestle and mortar.
• Grind the peanuts in a pestle and mortar. However, they do not need to be ground too finely, just roughly.
• Mash the chickpeas in a large bowl and add all the ingredients together (including the millet) and mix well. Add the breadcrumbs last followed by the 3 tbsp of warm water. Mix with your hands so that the mixture binds together to form a dough.
• Press into a loaf tin (or any square or rectangular baking tin you have) Bake in the oven for 30 - 40 minutes at 180C/35F Gas mark 4 until the top starts to brown nicely.
• Turn out onto a plate and garnish with parsley and lemon. Slice and serve with onion gravy or your favourite sauce and vegetables. Of course with chips and ketchup is great too.
• N.B.
• 1. Red or white kidney beans can be used instead of chick peas.
• 2. Salted peanuts can be used, but this means that less salt should be added to the recipe as a whole.
• 3. I use a loaf tin which is 23cm x 10cm x 6cm.