Masala Burger

Thursday dinners at our home are “fun food” .And the rule is to cook a dish that requires minimal cooking. As dear hubby points out, half the “fun” is lost if most of the evening is spent in preparation and the remainder in cleaning the kitchen.

On one such Thursday we came up with this particularly unusually delicious mouth watering Burger and since then this Indian version has been immensely popular in the house. The fact that I had made a recent trip to the Indian grocery store did help a lot in conceiving this dish.

Ingredients

Buns – as many as you can eat

Boiled potatoes – 2 large

Finely chopped onions – half a cup

Finely chopped garlic – 1 tsp

Finely chopped cilantro – half a cup

Red chili powder – 1 tsp

White sesame seeds – 1 tsp

Turmeric – a pinch

Tamarind juice – 1 tsp

Tamarind chutney/ketchup – as needed (use either)

Garam Masala – 1 tsp

Sev – as needed

Salt and pepper

Butter or oil

Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and add sesame seeds. Once they crackle, add onions and garlic and cook till the onions are done. Add the cilantro, red chili powder, turmeric, tamarind juice, garam masala, salt and pepper. Stir well and cook for 2 minutes or so. Add the boiled and mashed potato, turn the heat off and mix well. Let the mixture cool.

Heat a flat skillet and lightly toast both sides of the buns using butter or oil. Take one part of the bun and spread 2 tsp of the potato mixture evenly. Sprinkle sev on top. Take the other part of the bun now and spread 1 tsp of tamarind chutney or ketchup and close the burger. The only  instruction I have on this one is, grab it before someone else eats it!

 Serving suggestions

*With chips/pickle/chutney/ketchup/chai

 Tips

*This Burger can be cooked up with any leftover subzi (dry vegetable) that has potato

  in it.

*You can add sliced tomatoes and onions to the Burger.

* The potato mixture can be cooked beforehand, that makes it a good recipe for snack

   for a big group.

  Interesting fact

·       * It cost 10 cents to buy a Burger when it was initially listed in the menus of restaurants.

* Sending this entry to "Flavors of Maharashtra"
 http://simplysensationalfood.blogspot.com/p/simplyfood-events.html
http://seduceyourtastebuds.blogspot.com/2011/02/announcing-flavors-of-maharastra-event.html