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)

How to Make Jassy Vegetable Burgers

• For patties:
• Heat oil in a heavy saucepan, add ginger, garlic, chillies, stir.
• Add chopped veggies, stir-fry till tender and bright.
• Add both sauces, salt, stir-fry for a minute.
• Add potatoes, cornflour, stir till well blended and a soft dough is formed.
• Cool to handle easily.
• Shape into patties, keeping in mind size of burger buns.
• Shallow fry on a hot griddle or under a grill, or deep-fry if desired.
• If shallow-frying, then keep them half done, and complete process just before.
• If deep-frying, roll in fine breadcrumbs beforehand.
• Also deep-fry just before required.
• Keep aside.
• For sauce:
• 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.
• Hold over open fire, in gas flame, to burn the skin.
• Wash off burnt skin with tap water.
• Repeat for onion and tomato.
• Chop into chunks. Transfer in a mixie with all other ingredients.
• Run mixie till a smooth sauce is obtained.
• Keep aside.
• Other preparations:
• Slice buns into halves horizontally.
• Brush soft butter on buns.
• Grill them in a hot oven for 2-3 mins or till sizzling and light golden.
• Chop all veggies into thin round slices.
• Shred half the salad leaves into big pieces.
• Chop other half very fine.
• To assemble:
• Place bun base on a serving plate.
• Place a salad leaf piece over it.
• Arrange cucumber, carrot, cabbage, onion over it.
• Place a sizzling hot pattie from the grill over it.
• One tomato slice, and chopped salad leave to top it.
• Sprinkle grated cheese generously.
• Dot with both burger and tomato sauces.
• Place top of bun and press lightly.
• Secure with a toothpick if desired.
• Grill for 2-3 mins just before serving.
• Or microwave if desired.
• Serve hot with French fries or potato wafers and sauce.