CHICKEN TIKKI BURGER

A burger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun which is bursting with flavor. Burgers are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and condiments such as mustard sauce, mayonnaise, and ketchup. Veg burger was made in my kitchen for the first time because both of my daughters always insisted to go out at McDonalds or KFC. I tried a veg aloo tikki with some spices which turned out really awesome. The tikki was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I deep fried it but you can try shallow frying or baking too. I make these on occasions when we want to have street food like burgers or frankies with French fries. I always avoid getting vegetable burgers from any food chain outlets. I make veggie patties at home. Even though it takes time, homemade ones are always better. This recipe post has many pictures so please bear. My veggie patties are flavored with Indian spices. You can play around and add your own choice of herbs and spices. All the credit for today's recipe goes to my best friend Arifa Shaikh, from Mumbai, who is a good cook and I love her makings, specially the non-veg dishes. So let’s start with the step by step picture recipe of veg burger. 

INGREDIENTS:

250 gms Chicken, minced

For Marination:

1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

1 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder

½ teaspoon Pepper Powder

1 Chopped Onion

1 tablespoon Green Paste [ginger, garlic, mint leaves and green chillies]

For Fresh Ground Masala Powder:[see notes]

3-4 Dry Kashmiri Red Chillies

½ teaspoon Fennel Seeds [saunf]

½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds [jeera]

½ teaspoon Dry Coriander Seeds

Other Ingredients:

 1 Egg + 1 tablespoon Milk Mixture

Bread Crumbs for coating the tikkies

2-3 tablespoon any spread of your choice like veg Mayo / Mustard Sauce

1 tablespoon Tomato Sauce

Cheese Slices

Lettuce, Onion rings and Tomato roundals

Oil for deep frying

METHOD:

STEP 1 -  Mince the chicken

and add onion in it and add it to a mixer pot and ground it again for few minutes for making a fine paste.

STEP 2 – Dry roast all the ingredients for fresh masala powder like Kashmiri red chillies, fennel seeds, coriander seeds and cumin seeds. Cool it and make a fine powder of it. Keep aside.

STEP 3 – Now transfer the chicken-onion mince in a mixing bowl and add all ingredients under title “ marination”, mix well

 and keep the mixture aside for at least 1 hour.

STEP 4 – Now divide the chicken mixture into small equal portions. 

STEP 5 – Keep ready the egg mixture

and bread crumbs on your working platform.

STEP 6 - Try to shape into small discs of 4 “ diameter.

Likewise make all the tikkies and keep aside.

STEP 7 – Now deep the tikki in egg mixture

then coat them with bread crumbs

and repeat it again. [see notes]

STEP 8 – Arrange the tikkies on a plate and refrigerate them for atleast 2 hours.

STEP 9 – Heat oil in a deep kadai on medium flame.

After 2 hours, remove the tikkies from refrigerator and deep fry them.

STEP 10 – Fry till golden brown in colour and them remove with the help of slotted spoon. Drain excess oil on the kitchen towel or tissue paper and tikkies are ready to use.

Assemble the burger:

STEP 1 – Cut the burger buns into two halves. Heat tawa with little butter. Toast the buns from both sides.

STEP 2 – Take the base of the bun pav, spread some mustard sause or any sauce of your choice, keep some lettuce on it. Apply ½ tablespoon Sauce on the other bun and keep it aside.

STEP 3 – Then put 1 tikki on it. After that put 1 cheese slice, few onion rings and tomato roundals. Then cover it with the second half of the pav and your chicken tikki burger is ready to serve.

Serve it with some tomato sauce or some other sauce and some French fries and enjoy.

NOTES: *Use only half teaspoon fresh ground masala powder for best results.

              *You have to coat the tikki with egg mixture and bread crumbs for 2 times.