Ingredients:

• 6 burger buns
• 2 tbsp – Butter
• Tomato sauce as per taste
• For patties:
• 3 Potatoes boiled, peeled, mashed
• 1/4 cup – mixed veggies, finely chopped
• (beans, carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, etc.)
• 4 green chillies, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp – ginger, grated
• 1/2 tsp – garlic, crushed
• 1 tbsp – Tomato sauce
• 1/2 tsp – soya sauce
• 1/2 tsp – Corn flour
• 1 tbsp – oil
• Salt to taste
• Oil to shallow fry
• For burger sauce:
• 1 Tomato
• 1 Capsicum
• 1 Onion
• 1 tbsp – Tomato sauce
• 1/5 tsp – omum seeds (ajwain)
• 10 flakes Garlic
• 1/2 piece ginger, sliced
• 3 Red Chillies
• 1 tsp – Sugar
• 1/2 tsp – chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp – white Vinegar
• Other ingredients:
• 1/2 cup – cabbage, finely shredded
• 2 Carrots
• 2 Tomatoes
• 1 Cucumber
• 2 Onions
• 1 bunch salad leaves
• 1.5 cups – grated cheese (processed or mozzarella)
• Big decorative toothpicks and paper napkins (optional)

Method:

1. For patties:
2. Heat oil in a heavy saucepan, add ginger, garlic, chillies, stir.
3. Add chopped veggies, stir-fry till tender and bright.
4. Add both sauces, salt, stir-fry for a minute.
5. Add potatoes, cornflour, stir till well blended and a soft dough is formed.
6. Cool to handle easily.
7. Shape into patties, keeping in mind size of burger buns.
8. Shallow fry on a hot griddle or under a grill, or deep-fry if desired.
9. If shallow-frying, then keep them half done, and complete process just before.
10. If deep-frying, roll in fine breadcrumbs beforehand.
11. Also deep-fry just before required.
12. Keep aside.
13. For sauce:
14. Marinate whole chillies in vinegar and 1/5 cup water, for 2-3 hours. Choose very healthy vegetables, pierce a fork at base of capsicum.
15. Hold over open fire, in gas flame, to burn the skin.
16. Wash off burnt skin with tap water.
17. Repeat for onion and tomato.
18. Chop into chunks. Transfer in a mixie with all other ingredients.
19. Run mixie till a smooth sauce is obtained.
20. Keep aside.
21. Other preparations:
22. Slice buns into halves horizontally.
23. Brush soft butter on buns.
24. Grill them in a hot oven for 2-3 mins or till sizzling and light golden.
25. Chop all veggies into thin round slices.
26. Shred half the salad leaves into big pieces.
27. Chop other half very fine.
28. To assemble:
29. Place bun base on a serving plate.
30. Place a salad leaf piece over it.
31. Arrange cucumber, carrot, cabbage, onion over it.
32. Place a sizzling hot pattie from the grill over it.
33. One tomato slice, and chopped salad leave to top it.
34. Sprinkle grated cheese generously.
35. Dot with both burger and tomato sauces.
36. Place top of bun and press lightly.
37. Secure with a toothpick if desired.
38. Grill for 2-3 mins just before serving.
39. Or microwave if desired.
40. Serve hot with French fries or potato wafers and sauce.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi