Chicken Patty Burger/ Breaded Chicken Burger

       Two weeks before i have shared Fried Chicken Burger Recipe with you and this is also an easy to make burger. Both the burgers tastes entirely different.  This burger could be made with minced chicken too by adding a teaspoon or two beaten egg as a binding agent.You can make these patties and freeze them by keeping a wax paper/ parchment paper in between patties. When you need them just you need to fry them and serve them instantly.

       You can prepare these patties spicy or less spicy according to your palette. Add green chillies/ Pepper powder for spiciness. You can use any dried or fresh herb of your choice. You can use garam masala powder for flavour if you donot have any herb. I have dipped the patties in egg and rolled in flour to get the crunchy outside. You can skip that step and fry the patties just after spreading into patties. You can shallow fry or deep fry these patties. If you are planning to shallow fry the patties skip the last step (dipping in egg and rolling in flour). The size of the patties also according to your convenience if you are planning to shallow fry them make thin patties rather than thicker ones for easy to cook inside.

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken Breast/ boneless pieces, chopped/ Minced Chicken- 1 (250 grams)
Onion, chopped-1
Green Chilli-1-2
Ginger, chopped- 1 teaspoon
Garlic, chopped- 1 teaspoon
Thyme or any dry herb- Big pinch(or) Garam masala- 1/4 teaspoon
Pepper- 1/4 teaspoon
Salt- to taste
Sugar- Big pinch
Bread crumbs- 2-3 tablespoon
Egg- 1
All purpose flour- 4 tablespoon
Corn flour- 2 teaspoon
Oil- to fry

PROCEDURE:

• In a blender jar add the onion, green chillies, ginger and garlic. Pulse or coarsely grind it. Now add the chopped chicken pieces and pulse for two to three times.

• Now season with thyme, pepper, salt and sugar.
• Pulse once more to combine.
• Tip in the chicken mixture into a bowl and add a tablespoon of breadcrumbs at a time and mix well with hand and uniformly combine with chicken.

• Repeat the process till the chicken mixture stops sticking to your hand and able to shape it form.
• Dust your hands with flour and Now divide the chicken into equal sized balls.

• Roll the balls into flour and shape them with hand as flat round patties by dusting hands in flour.
• With this quantity you can prepare 5 very big patties (or)8 medium sized patties. You can fry and serve them at this stage too. The following step is optional. If you like crunchy outside layer proceed to the next step.

• Beat the egg till frothy using spoon.
• Mix All purpose flour and corn flour with a pinch of salt.
• Dip the patties in the egg mixture then roll it in flour mixture and repaet the process once more.

• Like wise do twice for all the prepared patties.
• Heat oil in a pan till smoking hot and reduce the flame to low and fry the patties till golden brown on out side.
• Now the patty feels to touch little elsatic rubbry. Dont worry your patties are just perfect.
• Cut the burger bun ad keep the lettuce and tomato rings Kep the chicken patty on top and Keep Jalapenos on top and add Mayonnaise, Tomato Sauce, Chilli Sauce, Mustard sauce of your choice.
• Close the burger with the top of the bun and serve hot. 
• Note: If you are using minced chicken skip the first step. Add a teaspoon or two beaten egg for binding and follow the same procedure.

Serve with Coleslaw salad, French Fries or Potato wedges and cool drinks.

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Fried Chicken Burger

         Nowadays everyone is so concerned about one's Health and start on a diet without much interest and it finally leads to an outburst one day and we start eating more than normal. Junk foods (fried foods) are to be avoided normally but if we start avoiding these at home the week ends would end up in KFC, Mc Donalds, Pizza etc.

       If we prepare this at home, sometimes we will not able to match the taste but we can use fresh oil to make this fried items and stay healthy. Once in a while by preparing this feast at home it becomes a real treat for the family members.

      I have used Thyme in this recipe for flavour. You can use any herb of your choice or can use mix of some herbs also. Add garam masala if you do not have any herbs at home.You can use chicken with skin pieces also to make it more crunchy and crispy than this.This is an easy to make tasty burger. Try this at home, your kids are also going to love this.

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken breast (cut into 6-8 pieces) – 1

Chilli powder-1teaspoon

Ginger garlic paste-1 teaspoon

Thyme- ¼ teaspoon (or) Garam masala- ¼ teaspoon

Lemon- ½

Salt- to taste

All purpose flour- 6 tablespoons

Cornflour-4 tablespoon

Egg (beaten)-1-2
Milk- 1 tablespoon (optional)

Oil- for frying

To Assemble:

Burger buns-6

Mayonnaise-6 tablespoons

Tomato slices-6

Lettuce leaves (midrib removed and cut into two)-6

Tomato Ketchup-3 teaspoons (optional)

PROCEDURE:

• Cut the chicken breast into two thin slices. (to reduce the thickness. Otherwise inside of chicken will not cook)

• Then cut each slices into three pieces. So will get totally 6-8 pieces. Marinate the chicken using chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, thyme/garam masala, lemon and salt for 10-15 mts. You can continue if you are running out of time.

• In a flat plate add flour and corn flour and pinch of salt and mix well.
• Another bowl add egg (and little milk if you like) and beat well using spoon .
• Take a piece of chicken and dust in the flour mix and then dip in the egg then again coat the chicken with the flour mixture. Again dip the chicken in egg mixture followed by flour. 

• Likewise do for all chicken pieces twice and shake off the excess flour from the pieces before frying.
• Heat the oil well and deep fry the pieces till crispy and golden colour appears.

• Cut the burger buns into two and keep the lettuce, tomato slice, then fried chicken keep mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, chilli sauce, mustard sauce as you prefer.

• Cover with the top piece of bun and serve hot.

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Potato Wedges/ Home Fries/ Jojos

      Potato wedges are a variation of 'French fries'. As their name suggests, they are wedges of potatoes, often large and unpeeled, that are either baked or fried. They are sold at diners and fast food restaurants. In some regions of the United States, potato wedges are known as “jojos”.

     I have tried these potato wedges with a 'thyme' flavour. You can make these fries simply salted. Easy to make recipe. Kids would love the wedges. Can be served as a starter or evening snack.

INGREDIENTS:

Potatoes- 4

Corn flour- ¼ cup

Pepper- ½ teaspoon

Salt- to taste
Thyme- ½ teaspoon (optional)
Oil, to drizzle- 1 teaspoon

Oil- to deep fry

PROCEDURE:

• Boil or Pressure cook the potatoes (say 75% cooked) around three whistles on medium flame.
• Cut the potatoes into wedges(as shown in the photo). First cut the potato in to equal halves. Then halve the each half into 2 equal pieces. Then further halve the pieces to 2 more halves. You would have now got 8 wedges from a single potato.

• Sprinkle the potatoes with pepper,salt, thyme and little oil if you like and mix well.
• Coat the potatoes with corn flour.

• Deep fry this potatoes in smoking hot oil till 'slight golden colour'. Drain them and fry them in batches. When you fry the last batch the first batch will be ready to be fried again.
• Then once again fry the fried potatoes till 'crisp and dark golden'.
• Serve with Ketchup or Mayonnaise.

       

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Aloo Bonda/ Potato Bonda/ Bombay Aloo Bonda/ Urulaikizangu Bonda/ Batata Vada

     Aloo Bonda is a tasty irresistible snack most popular in Mumbai, other parts of Maharashtra and as well western India. It is one of the popular chats served in parties. Aloo Bonda is a yummy potato spicy ball wrapped in gram flour batter. This can be easily made, by dipping the potato balls in dosa batter and deep fried.

INGREDIENTS:

Potatoes- 2-3
mustard seeds- ¼ teaspoon (optional)
jeera/ cumin seeds- ¼ teaspoon

Onion, chopped- ½ cup

Green chilli, chopped-1-2

Ginger, chopped- ½ teaspoon

Asafetida/ hing- pinch

Curry leaves- few

Chilli powder- ¼ teaspoon

Coriander leaves, chopped- 2 teaspoons

Lime juice- few drops

Oil-3teaspoons
 
For Batter:

Gram flour- 1 cup
Rice flour- 1 tablespoon (optional)

Red chilli powder- 1 teaspoon

Turmeric- ½ teaspoon

Salt- to taste

Baking soda- pinch

Oil- to deep fry

PROCEDURE:

• Pressure cook the potatoes till soft around 4 whistles on medium flame.
• Peel and mash the potatoes.
• In a hot pan add oil and jeera and onions, when the onions are soft, add green chilli, ginger, asafetida and curry leaves.
• Cook till the raw ginger smell leaves. Then add red chilli powder, mashed potatoes, salt and coriander leaves.

 

• Cook for two minutes and put off the gas and add lime juice and allow the mixture to cool.
• From this mixture take a  scoop of the mixture and roll into big lemon sized balls.
• In a deep bowl mix gram flour, rice flour, turmeric, red chilli powder and salt. Mix well the dry ingredients and add water to form a semi thick slurry.
• Dip the potato balls in to the slurry and allow to coat well.
• Heat the oil in a pan till smoking hot and reduce the flame to medium and deep fry  bonda's till golden brown.

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