Tandoori beef burgers

A delicious tandoori beef burger

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Serves

6 - 7

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Quick and easy to prepare, these Tandoori beef burgers are bursting with the flavours of South Asia - and just a little bit of heat!

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Ingredients

Beef
  • 600g Quality Mark beef mincei

  • 1 onion

    finely sliced
  • 3 Tbsp tandoori paste

  • ½ cup fresh breadcrumbs

  • 3 Tbsp yoghurti

  • a small handful of fresh coriander

    chopped
Chilli Salsa
  • 1/2 red onion

    finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli

    deseeded and finely chopped
  • a small handful of fresh coriander

    chopped
To serve
  • naan bread

    warmed
  • lettuce

  • mango

    sliced (or sliced cucumber)

Method

To Make Patties
1

Pan fry the onion in a dash of oil until tender.

2

Add the tandoori paste and cook stirring for 1-2 minutes until fragrant. Cool.

3

Mix together the cooked onion mixture, mince, breadcrumbs, yoghurt and coriander with a jolly good seasoning of salt and pepper.

4

Use wet hands to mould into 6-7 even-sized patties.

5

Cook over a moderate-high heat on a greased barbecue or in a frying pan for 7-10 minutes on each side until the burgers are cooked.

6

Cooking time will be dependent on how thick the burgers are.

7

Alternatively cook under a grill.

8

Serve the burgers on warm naan bread with lettuce, slices of mango or cucumber with a little chilli salsa and mango chutney if you wish.

To Make Salsa
1

Stir all of the chilli salsa ingredients together.

Nutrition Information per Serving (291g)

Energy2287kJ (546 kcal)
Protein28.8g
Total Fat19.9g
Saturated Fat10.6g
Carbohydrate60.9g
Sodium531mg
Iron4.5mg
Zinc4.5mg
Vitamin B122.4µg