Veg burger with samak rice balls and purple cabbage salsa

Cuisine Style: India, America, Mexico | Cooking Time: 25 minutes | To Serve: 1 | Type: Breakfast or Dinner

Ingredients

• Bread Bun[Salted, bread with sesame seeds on top] - 1
• Potato – 1 [Boiled, mashed]
• Little Millet[Samai arisi, samak rice] – ½ cup [boiled]
• Cheese - 4 tbsp [grated]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ¼ tsp
• Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
• Ginger & garlic – 1 tbsp [grated or finely chopped]
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [finely chopped]
• Corn flour – 1 tbsp
• Breadcrumbs – 5 tbsp
• Maida – 2 tbsp
• Green chilli – 1 [finely chopped]
• Lemon juice – ½ tbsp
• Cabbage or lettuce – 1 [Fresh]
• Tomato chilli sauce - 2 tbsp
• Cheese slices – 1
• Grated cheese - 2 tbsp
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sugar a pinch
• Water as needed
• Oil for deep frying

For purple cabbage salsa recipe

• Purple cabbage –3 tbsp [grated]
• Tomato – 1 [Remove seeds & finely chopped]
• Onion – 1 [finely chopped]
• Green chilli – ½ tbsp[finely chopped]
• Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Curd / yougurt – 2 tbsp
• Dried oregano – ¼ tsp
• Roasted cumin powder – a pinch
• Crushed peppercorns – a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Sugar a pinch
• Lemon juice – ½ tbsp
• In a bowl add all ingredients & gently mix.

Preparation Method

• Heat pan add oil, finely chopped onion sauté till soft then add ginger, garlic & green chilli sauté gently.
• Add boiled samak rice, turmeric powder red, chilli powder & salt sauté gently then sprinkle 2 tbsp water & sauté for 3 min.
• Add sugar, & corn flour mix well & cut off heat.
• In a bowl add samak rice mixture, mashed potato, bread crumbs, garam masala powder, coriander leaves & lemon juice mix well & make soft dough.
• Divide the dough into equal size balls & make hole in the center then stuff each ball with 2 tbsp of cheese mixture & shape into a ball again.
• In a bowl add maida, water & make light consistency batter.
• Dip each balls in the maida mixture, then roll it in breadcrumbs. Make sure all the sides of the balls equally covered/sealed with breadcrumbs.
• Heat oil in a pan, deep fry all balls one by one on medium flame.
• Once balls turned golden brown & crispy take it out.
• Drain on an absorbent paper & keep it aside.
• Cut the bread into two halves, grease with butter, and toast lightly.
• Take first half of bread, add tomato chilli sauce, place 2 tbsp of purple cabbage salsa and stack cabbage/ lettuce, cheese slice, & fried samak rice balls one by one.
• Then add grated cheese & tomato chilli sauce.
• Then Repeat the process and finally the other half of the bun goes at the top.
• Once it’s ready serve immediately.