Lamb and Tomato Burgers

Lamb and Tomato Burgers

Chef	:	Roopa Gulati
Recipe Servings	:	4
Recipe Cook Time	:	40 Minutes
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Juicy patties made with lamb mince, freshly made tomato sauce and loads of herbs.

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion chopped to a paste
  
  1 1/2 tsp garlic paste
  
  Salt to taste
  
  Freshly ground pepper
  
  25 gm butter
  
  1/2 tsp oregano (optional)
  
  1/2 kg skinned, de-seeded & chopped tomatoes
  
  2 Tbsp fresh, soft bread crumbs
  
  125 ml milk
  
  2 Tbsp softened butter
  
  4 Tbsp chopped parsley / coriander
  
  2 finely chopped, deseeded green chillies (Optional)
  
  1 egg
  
  1/2 kg lean minced meat (Keema)
  
  
  To coat:
  
  Seasoned flour
  
  1 tsp oil
  
  1 Tbsp butter

Method

For the tomato sauce:

Melt 25 gm butter.  Add onion paste & cook for 5 minutes.

Add garlic paste & continue cooking for 2 minutes more. Season well.

Add oregano & prepared tomatoes. Simmer until well reduced & very thick.  Set aside to cool. 


For the patties:

Soak breadcrumbs in milk for 10 minutes.  Squeeze out excess milk & add breadcrumbs to tomato mixture.

Mix raw mince with softened butter, herbs, egg & chillies. Add tomato mixture & beat well for 5 minutes.

Form 6-12 patties with mince.  Refrigerate for 20 minutes.  Mix flour, salt & pepper.

Coat each burger in seasoned flour.  Heat 1 tsp oil. Saute each burger for 5 minutes on each side.

Place cooked patties in the centre of split, buttered buns and serve with sauces of your choice.

Key Ingredients: tomato, onion, garlic, sea salt, black pepper, butter, oregano, breadcrumbs, milk, coriander leaves, green chillies, egg, keema, all purpose flour,vegetable oil, parsley