Jul 14, 2010

Aloo Mutter(Potato Dry peas) Burger with leftover curry

Wondering what kind of burger this is? This burger was born in my kitchen entirely using leftovers. I had some aloo mutter kurma and some cooked brown rice leftover. Hence I combined both of them to make these yummy Indianized burgers.

Cooking lunch for myself is a tedious task. I am so lazy to cook up a complete meal for myself. Hence I try to have leftovers from the previous night's dinner. At times having the same meal over again seems boring. So I try to use the same stuff and create a new meal for my lunch. This burger was born as a result. You can even freeze the patties in ziploc bags and store them for future use.

All I did was mash the brown rice and the aloo mutter kurma together along with some powdered oats and some bread crumbs to form patties and cooked them in a tawa and made burgers using whole wheat buns, a few tomato slices, a cheese slice and some lettuce. The aloo mutter kurma had all the spices needed. All the vegetables and rice are already cooked. Hence it takes very less time to make and assemble this burger.

This is no specific recipe. You can use any leftover curry which has some legumes, potatoes and vegetables to make this burger.

To make two burger patties, I used:
Aloo mutter kurma - 1 cup
Cooked brown rice - 1/2 cup
Powdered oats - 2 tablespoons (Just powder about 1/4 cup using a blender)
Bread crumbs - 1/4 cup (I used homemade bradcrumbs)
Salt to taste

Combine the kurma and the cooked brown rice together in a bowl. Mash it well into a coarse paste using a potato masher. In case you want a smooth consistency, you can either pressure cook the rice and kurma together for one whistle or pulse them together quickly for a few seconds in a blender before mashing them.

Add the powdered oats, bread crumbs and salt to taste.

Form patties of about 3 inches in diameter.

Heat a pan and cook the patties for about 2 minutes on each side drizzling some oil if needed. Cook until the patty turns brown on both sides.

Serve warm on a burger bun along with your favorite toppings. I used lettuce, tomato slices and cheese.

32 comments:

  1. wow divya ,what a innovative dish from ur kitchen ...i also feel lazy to cook lunch for myself :)
    this recipe on my mind now n i am going to use it anywhere n everywhere !!!
    thanks for sharing this wonderful idea

    satya
    http://superyummyrecipes.com

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  2. That is such a great use of the leftover curry and cooked rice, beautiful, literally one complete meal :)

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  3. I always feel the same when cooking lunch for myself.. that looks an wonderful idea ,great use of leftover..(or makeover) :-)

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  4. Greatttt burger patty, nice idea :))

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  5. That must be a fantastic dinner for you:-)

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  6. yummy!! great use of leftovers...

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  7. yummy n mouthwatering....simply superb...drooooling here...very creative thought

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  8. Ha ha cute idea.. but really looks good and tasty..

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  9. This is a brilliant idea to make something with left overs. Looks yumm. I am on your side when it comes to cooking for myself.. I am such a lazy soul

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  10. Hey, I do that too for lunch! looks delicious.

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  11. Many wonderful discoveries are accidents. Yours is up there with these perfect leftover stuff patty! what a neat idea! I should make some now and leave over and then make this burger!

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  12. interesting recipe..looks just delicious..

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  13. Loved your innovation ! such new stuffs keeps up the interest in the cooking.

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  14. Great way to use left over curry ! Burger patty looks delicious

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  15. very easy and very innovative.Kiddos to you Divya.What i request is just pass me that plate.
    That's all

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  16. Woww wat a fantastic burger, looks very beautiful..hats off to ur creativity Divya..

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  17. what a brilliant idea using aloo muttar in burgers

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  18. Hi.
    I also keep making this kind and suits me fine for lunch boxes too.

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  19. nice idea!!looks so tempting dear!!

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  20. Great thought Divya...Patties looks so inviting and super shot!!

    Love
    Kairali sisters

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  21. Great way to revamp the leftovers!

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  22. Cute patties and a wonderful lunch..Loved the pics..

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  23. very neat idea of using left-overs.. good recipe

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  24. Lovely Burger Divya. I love to make burgers with leftovers as well.

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  25. Ahh I loved this. Potato Burger is my favorite meal. I am very impressed looking your post.

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  26. now That's the way to make great use of leftovers! I love 'Indianized' burgers. ur version is YUM!

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