Veg burger(veggie burger) recipe

Veg burger (veggie burger recipe)

Serving veg burger (veggie burger) with french fries for veg burger veggie burger recipe

Burger are everyone's favorite. And veg burger is especially for all the foodies and cooking enthusiasts.

Veg burger are versatile, yummy and extremely easy to make. If you have been looking for a veg burger recipe, you have come to the right place. Here I bring you the step by step guide on how to make veg burger at home with details.

What is burger?

Burger is the short form of Hamburger, a sandwich where a cooked Patty ( usually ground meat) is placed inside a bun. The patty may be pan fried or baked or grilled.

Burger are usually served with cheese, tomato,  lettuce,  onion ,  pickles and condiments like mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard are placed on sesame seed bun.
Hugely popular dish around the world and its popularity has given birth many fast food chains like Burger King, Big Mac etc.

According to Wikipedia,

Burger is originally made using ground meat usually beef and hence the term burger can be  applied to the meat Patty. Since the term hamburger usually refer beef,  so burger may be prefixed with the type of meat or meat substitute used as in beef burger, turkey burger and veggie burger.

Though it was invented as a non vegetarian dish, its popularity has made the  culinary experts to produce  vegan version of burger which is called veg Burger.

Veg burger is now as popular as non veg burger . There are more varieties you can choose in veg burger.

Sesame seed bun for veg burger recipe

Today we are going to make vegetable or veg burger ( veggie burger) recipe . You can make different types of veg burger at home with these simple and easy recipe.

The most important part in making a burger is its Patty. If you know the basics of making a Patty then you can experiment with different ingredients to make different types of burger easily at home.

Veg burger recipe is very simple and you need some basic ingredients which are easily available at  your kitchen.  You just need  to buy the Bun.

Today I am going to show you how to make Mix veg burger.

Usually a burger recipe is consist of the following three steps 
  • Burger Patty making
  • Burger sauce making
  • Sauce and vegetable arranging

Steps to make the burger

Preparation 

Burger patty making

Chopped  French beans, cauliflower, carrot and green peas and  boiled them for 6-7 minutes. You can also pressure cooked them for one whistle. Grate or mashed the potato. 

Drain the vegetables and let them cooled down . Now grind them in a mixer grinder roughly. If you can finely chopped the vegetables then don't need to use the mixer grinder.

In a mixing bowl , take the vegetables mixture and add the Cumin powder, turmeric powder, chilli, garam masala and salt. Add the mashed potatoes as well.

Further add one tablespoon corn starch, bread crumbs and Cilantro leafs and mix to make a dough. Corn starch work as a binding agent. You can substitute it with others like rice flour and maize flour.

Corn flour cottage cheese bread crumbs added with mix veg mixture for mix veg burger recipe

Mix veg dough mixture for mix veg burger recipe

Now make a round shape Patty with the mixture and keep aside. Make sure the size  of your Patty is as equal as your burger buns.

Mix veg burger Patty for veg burger recipe

Making batter 

In a mixing bowl add the remaining corn starch and all purpose flour. Then pour two to three tablespoon water to make a thick batter. Don't make the batter watery.  Add some more Corn starch if the batter become diluted.

Batter of corn starch and all purpose flour for veg burger recipe

You can make another batter by  mixing gram flour and rice flour together with little water.  Maze flour  can also used to make a batter with gram flour.

Grilling the burger Patty

Dip the prepared Patty into this batter and dust with the bread crumbs. Make sure all part of the patty is nicely coated with the crumbs. Press the patty between your palm of your hand lightly to set.

Mix veg Patty dipped into batter for veg burger recipe
Battered mix veg Patty dusting with bread crumbs for mix veg burger recipe

Take a non stick pan and heat olive oil in slow flame. Grill the patty in both side till crisp golden.

Grilling mix veg Patty on a Non stick pan for mix veg burger recipe

Crisp golden mix veg Patty on Non stick pan for mix veg burger recipe

Mix veg burger patty on tissue paper for veg burger recipe

Remove the patty on a tissue paper to absorb any excess oil. You can either baked or grilled the patty in oven also .You can grilled these burger patty in a Preheated oven at 180 degree celcius for 20 minutes on each side.

Making burger sauce

A good burger sauce is very important for a classic burger recipe. It is the sauce that makes your burger  taste great. So you need to make a perfect classic burger sauce.

A burger sauce is a flavoured mayo sauce with some extra ingredients. These flavoured mayo sauce is  known as Aioli.

My favorite one is easy to whip up and most of the ingredients are easily available in your kitchen or pantry.

In a mixing bowl , mix  together all the sauce ingredients and whisk to make the burger sauce. You can make two types of burger sauce at your home.
  1. BBQ Aioli ( 1/3 cup  mayo + 1 tbs BBQ)
  2. Mustard Aioli ( 1/3 cup mayo + 1 tbs  French mustard)
You can covered and refrigerated these sauce  for one week to use.

Classic burger sauce and mustard Aioli sauce for veg burger recipe

MAKING THE  VEG BURGER    

Slice the sesame seed bun into two equal halves and toast till crisp brown. You can spread some butter on the bun while toasting as well.

Toasted two halves of burger bun for veg burger recipe

In restaurant , sometimes cheese is spread on one half of the bun. 

Cheese spread on one side of burger bun for veg burger recipe

Now take the lower half of the bun and spread the prepared burger sauce over the toasted side. Place the Patty over it and  topped it with onion and tomato slices. Again place  the shredded or chopped lettuce leafs over the onion tomato slice.

Arranging burger patty,onion tomato slice and lettuce over burger bun for veg burger recipe

Take the second half sesame seed bun and spread the sauce over the toasted side. If you have applied cheese then avoid spreading the sauce.

Now  cover the first half bun with the second sesame seed bun.  Take a toothpick and olive and thread from top of the bun to set the burger.

Arranged burger patty and vegetables covered with half of the sesame seeds bun for veg burger recipe


Burger bun and vegetables set by olive and toothpick for veg burger recipe

Serve the yummy burger with some french fries or potato wedges.

        Veg burger(veggie) recipe

Serving veg burger (veggie burger) with french fries for veg burger(veggie burger) recipe

Veg burger recipe step by step. Grilled or baked vegetable patty is arranged inside a toasted sesame bun with onion, tomato slice and lettuce. Burger sauce is applied inside the bun to make veg(veggie) burger.

Prep time     cooking time     serving
25 min            10 min                      2
Author :- Mobasir hassan

   Ingredients

  •  A sesame seeds Bun
  •  Some Lettuce leafs chopped
  • Few Onion slices
  • Few Tomato slices
  • Salt as per taste
   For veg burger patty
  • 1/2 cup french beans
  • 1 medium size carrot
  • 1/2 cup green peas
  • One small head of cauliflower florets
  • 1 boiled Potato 
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon garam masala ( optional)
  •  2 green chili ( jalapeno) chopped
  • Fresh Cilantro leafs( chopped)
  • 2 tablespoon corn starch
  • 1/2 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • 4 tablespoon fine quality bread crumbs
  • Salt as per taste  
   For burger sauce
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup tomato ketchup
  • 2 teaspoon sweet pickle relish
  • 2 teaspoon White vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
   How to make the recipe 
  1. Finely chopped the beans, cauliflower, carrot and green peas. Blanched them for about 5 minutes.n
  2. Drain and cool down completely. You can grind them in a mixer as well. Grate the boiled potato.
  3. Take the vegetables in a mixing bowl  and mix with cumin powder, turmeric powder, green chili, garam masala, cilantro leaves and salt.
  4. Add the grated potato, corn flour, all purpose flour and bread crumbs.
  5. Mix everything nicely to make a dough like texture.
  6. Divide the dough into equal parts and make round shaped Patty. .
   Making batter for burger
  1. Take a mixing bowl and add the remaining corn flour and all purpose flour. Pour 2 - 3 teaspoon water and mix nicely to make a thick batter without any lumps.
   Grilling the burger Patty
  1.  Dip the prepared Patty in the batter and coat with the bread crumbs nicely so that all parts are coated well with the bread crumbs.
  2. Press the coated Patty between the palms of hands to set. For soya Patty coat them with crushed corn flakes.t
  3. Heat olive oil in a non stick pan or tawa and grill all the Patty on both sides till crisp golden.
  4. Youu can even bake them in a oven at 180° C for 20 minutes on both sides.
   Making the sauce for burger
  1. In a mixing bowl whisk together all the ingredients for burger sauce to make the sauce.
   Making the veg burger
  1. Slice the sesame bun into two equal parts and apply butter. Toast them  to crisp golden. You can even apply cheese on one half of the bun.
  2. Now apply the prepared sauce on the inner side of the toasted bun.
  3. Place the burger Patty over the lower half of the bun. Apply some sauce over the patty.
  4. Place the onion and tomato slice over the patty. Topped them with chopped or shredded lettuce leaves.
  5. Place the second half toasted bun over  the lettuce and press slightly to set everything.
  6. Take a toothpick and thread from the top with a olive to set the burger.
  7. Serve it with french fries or potato wedges.
                      Nutritional value
                      (Serving size 1)
  • Calories : 281.3
  • Fats : 4.7
  • Protein : 10.9
  • Carbohydrate : 50.6
                        Serving tips
  • You can serve these delicious and healthy burger with french fries or potato wedges. 
  • Serve classic burger sauce or mustard Aioli sauce with your favorite veg burger. 
  • A Coleslaw can be served along with the veg burger along with some tomato ketchup.
                          RECIPE NOTE
  •  Using any types of binding agent is important for the burger patty. Only bread crumbs will not help to bind the patty. It only absorb the excess moisture. So the burger patty may break down while grilling if binding agent like corn starch and all purpose flour is not used.
  • you can saute the mix vegetables to dry and apply the seasoning to further saute them .
  • cheese slice can be used inside the bun with vegetables. You can apply burger sauce over the patty to give it a extra flavour.
Burger Sauce applied over the patty for veg burger recipe

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