Healthy veggie burger

Who doesn't like burgers? It's been loved by people all around the world! here's a small attempt to make burger healthy. The patty is made with mixed vegetables and shallow fried to avoid  extra calories. The patty of the burger can be had has cutlet also. Down below is the simple recipe of the veggie burger.

Ingredients:

Vegetable patty:

boiled and smashed mixed vegetables(carrot, peas, cauliflower etc)- 1/2cup

boiled and smashed potatoes-  1cup

cornflour- 2tbsp
pepper powder- 1tsp

oil- 1tbsp

salt to taste

To assemble a burger:

burger buns -4 nos

mayonnaise- 2tbsp

shredded lettuce- 1/2cup

sliced tomatoes- 1large

sliced onions- 1 medium

dill chips(optional)- 12 pieces

butter/oil- 2tsp

Method:

Vegetable patty:

1. take all the ingredients in a bowl except oil. mix well. take a lemon sized mixture and shape it into 

    a patty(cutlet). repeat the same and make all the patties.

2. heat a nonstick pan, drizzle some oil over it and place all the patties, drizzle some oil on the top. 

    cook both the sides in a medium flame till you get a golden brown colour. 

Burger:

1. cut each burger bun into half, apply butter on the inner side(white side) of the bun and toast them   

    lightly on a pan.

2. on a clean dry surface place the lower side of the bun, spread some mayonnaise over it and place 

    the vegetable patty over it, now add shredded lettuce, dill chips, onion and tomato slices and the 

    upper side of the bun.

3. repeat the same for all the burger buns.

4. serve immediately with french fries and tomato ketchup.

See also:

Bombay masala toast sandwich

Iyengar bakery style tomato toast

vada pav

Chole Bhature

Chole bhature is an all time favourite pinjabi dish. It's the most popular dish of India and is loved by one and all. It is an combination of spicy chickpea curry served with deep fried pooris. It's normally served for breakfast but can be had as any meal of the day. If you have soaked chickpeas it can be prepared within minutes and ideal for an weekend meal! here is the simple recipe of this wonderful dish..

Ingredients:

Chole:
dry white chickpeas(kabuli channa)- 2cups
onion roughly chopped- 1large
tomato roughly chopped- 2large
ginger-garlic paste- 1tbsp
red chilli powder -2tsp
chole masala- 2tsp
coriander powder- 1tsp
cumin powder- 1tsp
amchoor powder- 1tsp
1 tea bag/ 1tsp tea powder tied in a muslin cloth(optional)
cumin seeds- 1tsp
oil -2tsp
salt to taste

Bhature:
all purpose flour/maida- 2cups
fine sooji/chiroti rava- 1/4cup
curd/yogurt- 2tbsp
sugar- 2tsp
baking soda- 1/4tsp
ghee/oil- 1tsp
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Method:

Chole:
1. soak chickpeas overnight.
2. grind together onion and tomatoes.
3. heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cumin seeds, when they splutter add ginger garlic paste, all the
    masala powders and saute for a minute. Now add onion-tomato puree and fry for 2-3mins.
4. add soaked chickpeas, salt and tea bag. Adjust the water accordingly. Pressure cook it for 3-5
    whistles.
5. serve hot with bhature. This will also taste good with naan, poori, chapathi, rice and pulao.

Bhature:
1. Take all the ingredients( except oil that has to be taken for deep frying ) in a bowl. Then add water
     little by little and knead it into a smooth dought. allow it to rest for 10mins.
2. to make the bhature, take a small ball of the dough, roll it into a poori(it should be slightly thicker
    than the regular poori) and deep fry it in a hot oil.
3. serve hot along with chole, with sliced lemon and onions in the side.

See also:
Green chickpeas curry(hara channa masala)
Togari kalu curry(pigeon pea curry)
peas pulao
green peas masala
gujarati thepla

Ragada Patties

Ragada patties is a popular chat recipe. It's an popular breakfast in marathi cuisine and can be had as an one pot meal also. can be easily made if you have soaked peas. Here is the step wise recipe of the famous Indian chat.

ragada patties

Ingredients:

Ragada:

white peas(vatana)-1cup

tamarind paste- 2tbsp
jaggery- 1tbsp

ginger garlic paste- 1tsp
red chilli powder- 1tsp
coriander powder- 1tsp
garam masala powder- 1tsp
mustard seeds- 1/2tsp
curry leaves- 6-7
asafoetida- a pinch
oil- 2tsp

Patties:

potatoes- 3medium
cornflour- 1tbsp
coriander leaves chopped- 2tbsp
lime juice- 1tbsp
red chilli powder- 1tsp
salt to taste
oil- 1tsp

To serve:

onion finely chopped- 1cup
coriander leaves chopped- 1/2cup
sev(thin)- 1 cup
green chutney- 1/2cup
sweet chutney-1/2cup


Method:

Ragada:
1. soak white peas overnight and pressure cook it for 5 whistles.
2. heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida, when the mustard seeds splutter
    add the remaining ingredients of ragada along with the cooked white peas and cook it in low    
    flame for 10mins. check the consistency and add the water accordingly.

Patties:
1. boil and smash the potatoes, add the remaining ingredients of patties and mix well.
2. take a ball sized mixture and shape them into patties.
3. heat a non stick pan and shallow fry the patties by drizzling oil on both the sides. if you want you
    can deep fry the patties also.

To serve:
1. place 2 patties on a plate. pour suuficient amount of ragada over it.
2. add green chutney, sweet chutney, onions, coriander and top it with sev.
3. serve hot.

See also: sev puri
               vada pav