Home made veggie and meat burgers

Quater cup mong daal(soaked, boiled with some salt)

200 grams halal mince meat marinated

Spices for marinate:ginger 1 tablespoon,garlic half teaspoon,

Spices for marinate:Salt 1level teaspoon

Spices added:black seeds,tumeric,black pepper

2 small potatoes, grated and partly boiled

Onions: spring onions,red onions,white onions, chopped finely

2 small carrots,grated

Half Yellow pepper finely chopped

1 cup choped corriander

1 Celery stick peeled and finely diced

Spices:garlic half teaspoon,crushed black pepper,zaatar herb,

Spices:Half a medium lemon or 1 small lime,half teaspoon garlic

Spices :optional spices are 1 teaspoon cumin seeds

Some Semolina flour /egg yolks for coating (if necessary)

Marinate the mince meat,and prep the lentils by soaking 4 hours or more and boiling til soft,(see the ingredients section).then set aside.then prep the veggies, peel and rince them.

Chop or dice the veggies finely.then set aside..also can grate the carrots and celery if prefer.and these together with the corriander are added last in the pan,after the heat turned off…required to give end nice textures and flavors inshaAllah

Prep the potato grated to fine shredded, needed for these in order to be thin as possible.here added quater cup of water and microwaved for minute till water absorbed and potatoes are stick/glue textured.stir well to combine

Now,in your stir fry pan or large flat pan add the meat and lentils, and cook under low heat..crushing with a fork as go along.then after the mince is British and not many liquids coming out,add the choped and diced veggies

Then add the par boiled grated potato, these will combine well and carry on to cook in the pan,and should may be slightly seen or even tasted at end…this is just to add some depth and maybe some absorption of fluids,but mostly the potato helps the mixture to stick together as binding while making the patties.if the fluids are not drying enough try add some bread slice or discard them,as the mixture has to be workable.

Add the lemon,the grated carrots(you can leave the grated carrot, if mixture is getting liquid and a bit sweet.taste for salt and add as required…alternatively add some stalk powder cubed for better flavor if prefer but remember to reduce the salt content as the cubes has salt already

Now take off the heat and let cool completely before you form the patty rounds.you can coat these in some flour or use beaten egg yolks or any other form of coating that may work for this recipe..it may mean you do some exploring or bit of risk taking.maybe use it on some of the shaped patties first, and try to pan cook them. And see if it works!!!so you can continue the rest of the batches.this way you will not waste away all your hard work just to crumble at the end..

Can refrigerate briefly to help them keep together better, then take out and put only a little amount of cooking oil (just enof to coat pan).then fry to fit in your pan(in batches if necessary)

Turn once golden brown and turn gently not to break the patties..let cool and use on burgers buns or as part of wraps…garnish with corriander,red onion rings,and can also add salad of choices..Bismillah