Thursday 24 March 2011

# 12: Burger Basket!

India Vs Australia...Phew! its gonna be one heck of a match.

Yesterday was Pakistan Vs. West Indies.. :) Was busy watching the match when, bro came in bringing packets of buns along! The plan was to eat the bun as is with some gravy or so.. we were so engrossed with the match that thought "a leave" from kitchen should be okay for a  day! ;)

I don't know what happened to me seeing the buns... I was all energised and volunteered to make the today's dinner! I am not sure if i should call it an English dinner.. But yeah! it was one.. An English treat! ;)

Decided. Burgers it is.

When i think of burgers, all i can think of is the yummy burgers you get at Mc Donald's. Even the veg burgers are delicious. Its Lent.. not like we fore go non-veg completely..but ya we try to. So here i began preparing the veg burgers.

My Burger Basket..


Cutlets:

Ingredients:
  1. Boiled Potatoes - 8 to 10 medium size
  2. Soya chunks/granules - 1 cup
  3. Green chilies - 4 (cut into circular rings)
  4. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Tsp
  5. Garam Masala - 1 tsp
  6. Red chili powder - 1 tsp
  7. Salt to Taste
Procedure:

Add the soya chunks in to a bowl of boiling water. Leave it for 15 mins. Once its swells up. Strain the water and squeeze the water out from the chunks using a muslin. Make sure you have squeezed the water out properly else the mixture will be soggy and the cutlets wont get formed. Grind the chunks in a dry mixer.

Mash the potatoes. Add the soya and green chilies and mix well. Add the ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, garam masala, & salt. Mix well. The Cutlet mixture is ready.

Form oval cutlets and roll the cutlets in bread crumbs. The bread crumbs not only will act as a binding agent but also will give the cutlets the required golden glaze and crunch.




Preparing the bread crumbs instantly:

Take a few slices of bread, break it up and grind in a dry mixer. The crumbs are ready. :)





The last stage: Burger Presentation

  1. Tomatoes (cut in rings)
  2. Onions ( cut in rings)
  3. Cucumber (cut in rings)
  4. Butter
  5. Mayonnaise
  6. Pepper
  7. Toothpick.. to hold the burger together.. ;)
(P.S: You can also include lettuce, olives, jalapenos...mustard sauce...)

Ta da.. My burger basket is ready!

The meal turned out be great as we paired the burger delights with mushroom cream soup..while post dinner dessert was my all time favorites.. "Caramel Custard" ;).. Top it all ..A very important match!!!  Our dinner began when Australia's innings got over..and they had a break too... n we were right in time for the Indian innings....LOL!!! 

In our family, meals are never eaten just coz its part of a routine...n m glad with the match on we still could enjoy the grub.. :D


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