Eating regular meal for a Friday night dinner is a crime and we had two of our girlfriends visiting. The plan was to slip into the cozy rugs on the sofa and watch a movie together while gorging on the comfort food! My guilty mind thought of making something relatively healthy and I thought now will be the time to cook the black bean burgers!
Making BBB is very simple. Needs less ingredients and less time to cook. Its completely vegan and rich in flavors. We served the burgers with mustard mayonnaise along with the caramelized onions. Onions when caramelized add the burnt sweet flavor to compensate the pungent mustard and helps keep the bun moist, just the perfect amount! Here is the recipe to the comforting goodness:
Patty:
1/4 kg black beans (soaked overnight)
1/8 kg chick peas (soaked overnight)
1 large onion
6 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
3 tsp chilly powder
3 green chilies
Caramelized Onions:
3 large onions
2 teaspoon sugar
knob of butter.
Making the patty:
Pressure cook the beans with water just enough to soak all the beans. Add salt to taste. Make sure that the beans are not over cooked. 10 mins in a pressure cooker is enough.
In a wok, heat a little but of olive oil and add chopped onions and garlic paste. Toss in the green chilies. Wait till the onions are golden brown. Add the cooked beans to the wok and sprinkle it with the red chilly powder. Saute for five mins until all the beans are seasoned.
Grind the mixture in a grinder and make a fine paste. Add a little bit of besan for binding the paste! You may add extra chilly sauce if you want to make the patty feisty! Put away the mixture in the fridge for 10 mins.
Make patties of the mixture and shallow fry them in olive oil in a pan for 5 mins approximately! Your patties are ready!
Caramalized Onions:
Chop onions along the diameter to make onion rings.
In a pan, add a knob of butter, you can be generous if you will. Add onions and saute for five mins. When the onions turn golden brown and a dash of sugar to help caramelize the onions. Wait till it turns brown!
Assemble the burger with generous portions of the caramelized onions. You can also add a cheese slice on top of the patties while heating allowing the cheese to melt. These burgers taste great with the mustard mayo sauce and some jalapenos.
The Zesty Ensemble 