Lamb burgers

I served these burgers in seeded buns with finely shredded pointed cabbadge, tomatoe slices, cucumber slices, red onion slices and ketchup. If children find them hot; minted greek yogurt can be used as a relish-this takes the heat out of the chilie.

Deeeeeeeee-licious in the words/word of my 3 yr old and my 7 year old went very quite while guzzling it down with satisfied slurpy sounds!

Ingredients:

• 1 packet organic lamb mince-500g
  
• 1 T ginger-garlic paste(minced garlic and ginger stored in rapeseed oil)
• 1 t salt
• 1 t pepper
• 0.25 -0.5 t red chillie powder
• 1 finely diced red onion
• 2 T chopped green coriander
• 1 T dry roasted chickpea flour

The following were also dry roasted in a pan, allowed to cool and ground in a pestle and mortar

• 1 t sesame seeds-till
• 1 t coriander seed-dhaniya
• 1t cumin seeds-jeera

All the ingredients were first mixed with a spoon and then kneaded by hand to really combine all the flavours into the meat. It was quite a sticky mixture. Small hamburger patties were shaped and coated in rapeseed oil to prevent sticking. They were ready to go straight onto the barbecue or grill pan. Patties can be left to stand for 20mins minimum or refrigerated or use later in the day.

Organic Mini Burgers

In a bowl add:

• 1 finely chopped onion
• 1-2 cloves of minced garlic(Ikea garlic crushers are great for whole clove with skin & easy to clean)
• 1 t good quality smokey paprika (will post pic of my favoured brand)
• 1 t salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 t sesame seeds
• 1 t garam masala-optional
  
• 1 minced green chillie-only if you like it HOT.
• 500g organic beef mince

Knead them altogther to mix and combine.


Next shape into burgers to fit your buns and let them rest for atleast 20 minutes. I usually make them early on and leave them to chill in the fridge untill needed for the meal.

To cook, place under a hot grill(broiler) or barbeque. I do 6-10minutes per side but it depends on the size of your burger and preference.

Now for the really fun part, assemble in a bun with shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes and pan fried mushrooms. Ohh and you could add slip some of that homemade coleslaw in too! I enjoy it more because I know what is in it.