Black Bean-Shiitake Burgers with avocado-wasabi dressing

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 2 cups Shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and diced 
• ¼ cup grated carrot 
• 1 small can black beans, drained and rinsed (265 grams) 
• 2 small shallots 
• 2 cloves garlic, minced 
• 1 green chilli pepper (or less to taste) 
• 2 teaspoons light soy sauce 
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt 
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ cup oat flour
• ½ teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water

Ingredients for the Dressing

o    1 avocado

o    1 teaspoon wasabi paste

o    ½ green chilli pepper finely chopped (or more to taste)

o    1 teaspoon soy sauce

o    ¼ cup soy yoghurt

o    ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice

o    1 tablespoon coriander finely chopped

Directions

• 1 avocado 
• 1 teaspoon wasabi paste 
• ½ green chilli pepper finely chopped (or more to taste) 
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce 
• ¼ cup soy yoghurt 
• ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice 
• 1 tablespoon coriander finely chopped

Preheat the oven at 200⁰C

• Mix ground flax seed with water 
• Remove the stems from the Shiitake mushrooms and dice finely 
• Chop the onions, garlic and chilli pepper. 
• Grate the carrots. 
• Heat the olive oil in a pan, add onions and fry for 2 minutes, add grated carrots, garlic and chilli pepper. 
• Add shiitake mushrooms, cook for 2 minutes. 
• Cool the cooked mixture. 
• Preheat the oven at 180⁰C 
• Mash the beans slightly. 
• Mix all ingredients 
• Divide the mixture into 4 portions. Form a ball with your hands, the mixture should stick together as you press together and form it. Press down into a 2 cm. thick burger. Dust with sesame seeds. 
• Place the burgers on a (lined) baking tray. 
• Bake for 10 minutes, flip over and bake another 10 minutes.

Variations

Serve on a salad leaf with the dressing on top.

Serve as a burger on a bun:

• (hamburger) buns 
• 2 cups rocket 
• 2 tomatoes, sliced 
• Top with the dressing 
• Gari (Japanese pickled ginger) at the side