Vegetarian Burger with Sweet & Sour Sauce

Ingredients

• 200 grams Drained firm tofu or okara
• 1 tin Chick peas or any kinds of beans
• 1/4 Onion
• 1 clove Garlic
• 1 tsp Vegetable stock powder
• 3 tbsp White sesame seeds
• 1 Salt and pepper
• 1 Water and panko
• 6 tbsp Tomato ketchup
• 4 tbsp Vinegar (I like using spicy and sour vinegar from Cebu)
• 2 tbsp Mirin
• 1 tsp Soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp Grated ginger
• 1/2 Onion
• 4 Burger buns or any buns you like
• 1 Tianmianjiang or hoisin sauce (optional)
• 1 Vegetables of your choice (such as lettuce)

Instructions

1. For the patties: Put a weight on the firm tofu to drain well.
2. Lightly rinse the chick peas and mash with your fork.
3. If you microwave them for a few seconds, they will be easy to mash.
4. Finely chop the onion and garlic and fry them with a little oil.
5. Mix 1, 2 and 3 together and add the sesame seeds, salt and pepper.
6. Combine all them together with your hands as you do when you make meat patties.
7. (If the texture is too firm, add some water and if too soft, add some panko.)
8. Divide the mixture into 4 portions and shape into 4 burgers.
9. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the burgers on both sides until crispy (when you fry the first side, cover with a lid to steam-fry).
10. Sweet & Sour: Put all the ingredients together in a sauce pan and bring it to the boil.
11. To finish: Prepare the vegetables of your choice, slice or shred them up and place them on top of your tofu burger.
12. Pour on the sauce and sandwich with the bun.
13. It's also tasty if you spread a little tianmianjiang or hoi-sin sauce on the buns.