A recipe and video for Laksa Malay burgers with mango yoghurt

This was a total experiment but even if I say so myself,  it was a great success.  A few years back, I travelled through some parts of Malaysia.  I absolutely loved  the local cuisine and have often tried to recreate some of the flavours.  When I saw this Laksa paste, I knew that it would be delicious.  It has a delicate blend of aromatic ingredients  including lemongrass, mixed spices and lightly flavoured with chilli

I’m not sure why it occurred to me to try this in burgers but I just thought that it would make a nice combination and I have to say that I was right!  they had a lovely fragrant spice taste with just a bit of an after kick!  The mango yoghurt dressing was cooling and made the perfect balance for the dish.  I served these to some friends with a delicious Tricolore salad and they really enjoyed them.  This is definitely one recipe that I will try again

the recipe and “how to” video are below:

for the burgers

500g minced beef

half a red onion, finely chopped

1 egg

2 tbsp Laksa paste

For the mango dressing

250ml natural yoghurt

2 tbsp mango chutney

To make

add the onion, egg and laksa paste to the mince and mix well.

Shape into burgers and fry in a small amount of oil until brown

place on a baking tray, cover with foil and place in the oven (preheated to 200C ) for 20- 30 mins

remove from the oven, remove the foil and check that they are cooked through with no pink bits

add the mango chutney to the yoghurt and mix well

serve the burgers with the dressing

The video