Budget recipes
Couscous burgers with tahini mayonnaise for $6.80
Feed 4 for $10 or less with the Woman's Day budget weekday meal planner!
INGREDIENTS
½ cup couscous
½ cup boiling water
400g can white beans, rinsed, drained
1 carrot, grated
2 green onions, chopped
1 egg
¼ cup dried breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons tahini
Few drops of Tabasco
2 tablespoons oil
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 lettuce leaves
4 English muffins, split, toasted
METHOD
- Place couscous in a bowl. Pour boiling water over. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside 10 minutes. Fluff grains with fork.
- Mash beans until smooth. Add to couscous with carrot, green onion, egg, breadcrumbs, half the tahini and Tabasco. Mix well. Form into 4 flattened patties.
- Heat oil in a frying pan on medium. Cook patties for 3-4 minutes each side.
- In a bowl, mix together mayonnaise, lemon juice and remaining tahini.
- Place lettuce on muffins. Top with a pattie and tahini mayonnaise.
Top tipTahini is a sesame seed paste, found in the health food section of supermarkets.
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