Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated
I love hummus. And hummus is made with chickpeas. So I was sure I’d like these vegetarian patties made primarily with the beans. I wasn’t wrong, but I didn’t love them. I did, however, love the cucumber-yogurt sauce.
The patties are made by crushing two cans of chickpeas and mixing in eggs, bread crumbs, scallions, spices and a shallot. The mixture is formed into patties and fried in a little bit of olive oil.
The patties had okay flavor and a nice meaty texture, but they were a bit dry. Especially on the second day, when I reheated several in the microwave.
The real star of the recipe, the yogurt sauce, is simply shredded, drained cucumbers mixed with scallions and plain Greek yogurt. Some sort of alchemy takes place, as this sauce becomes greater than its parts. Without the sauce, this recipe would be boring.