Why recepie famous for?
Always think of burgers as junk food, going by the commercial versions? A homemade burger can be a reservoir of nutrients if you use the right stuffing. Here, spongy whole wheat buns are packed with an iron-rich chawli bean tikki that is enchantingly flavoured with mint leaves and bound together by fibre-rich oats. With nutritious and tangy green chutney and sliced veggies too, this healthy Chawli Beans and Mint Burger is a meal in its own right.
Ingredients
For The Chawli Bean and Mint Tikki
1 1/2 cups soaked and boiled chawli (black-eyed beans)
1/4 cup finely chopped mint leaves (phudina)
2 tbsp quick cooking rolled oats
1/2 tsp chaat masala
1 tsp green chilli paste
1 tsp lemon juice
salt to taste
1 1/2 tsp oil for greasing and cooking
Other Ingredients
4 whole wheat burger buns
2 tsp butter
8 tsp healthy green chutney
4 lettuce leaves
12 cucumber slices
8 tomato slices
4 onion slices
salt and freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch) to taste
Instructions
For the chawli and mint bean tikki
Mash the chawli beans in a deep bowl, add all the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions and roll out each portion into a flat round tikki.
Heat a non-stick tava (griddle) and grease it using ½ tsp of oil. Place the tikkis on it and cook each tikki, using ¼ tsp of oil, till it turns golden brown in colour from both the sides. Keep aside.
How to proceed
Cut each burger bun horizontally into two. Apply ¼ tsp of butter on the insides of each half of the burger bun and toast them lightly on a tava (griddle).
Apply 1 tsp of the healthy green chutney on the buttered side of all the bun halves.
Place a lower half of the bun on a clean, dry surface with the buttered-chutney side facing upwards.
Place a lettuce leaf, a chawli mint and bean tikki, 3 cucumber slices, 2 tomato slices and 1 onion slice over it and sprinkle a little salt and pepper evenly over it.
Cover with an upper half of the bun with the buttered–chutney side facing downwards and press it lightly.
Repeat steps 3 to 5 to make 3 more burgers.
Serve immediately.
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