Homemade Beef Burger

I'm not a big fan of Burgers but yes I do enjoy it sometimes..Normally I make Chicken/Beef Burger Patties and keep it ready and bring some readymade burger buns and relish it .This time I made it with homemade hamburger buns which I posted earlier .Ohh it was lovely ..I will never ever buy Burger buns from out..These patties are so yumm you wont stop eating..Very simple and easy to make.

Ingredients:

• 250 gms mince beef/mutton /chicken
• 1 egg
• 1 green chilli
• 2 med onions
• 5-6 garlic cloves
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 8-10 peppercorns
• 2 tbsp bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp coriander chopped
• salt to taste
• juice of lime
• 1.5 tbsp oil
• salt to taste .

 Method:

• Wash the mince well and keep it in the colander to drain the excess water.the mince has to be very dry.
• Then ground the onions,ginger garlic,chilli pepper ,coriander together coarsely.
• To this coarsely ground mixture add the washed mince ,egg and crumbs n grind again till combined.
• Mix breadcrumbs,salt and egg to this and shape into patties.
• Keep the shaped patty in the fridge for minimum 30 min.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the patty turning both sides till its cooked well and fried evenly.
• place the cheese slice on the fried patty and place 
• Slice the buns into two  ,spread mayo,ketchup /mustard sauce as you like.
• I just kept a slice of cheese on the hot fried patty so that it melts.
• Then I added onion rings and tomato slices .
• Cover the burger with a tooth pick and serve.

Note

You may even grill the burger patty.
You can mix the ketchup with mayo and spread it on the buns .
You can add lettuce/salad leaves too
If you wish to store longer place parchment paper between each patty and freeze it.

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