Sesame Seed-Crusted Salmon Burger with Yogurt Sauce [Bulkbites.com]

• Servings: 4
• Time: 20 minutes

Sesame seeds are among the crunchiest, delicate and healthiest foods you can consume. This food that is available throughout the year contains a number of trace minerals, including copper, magnesium, manganese, selenium, zinc, iron, and phosphorous. Regular consumption of these seeds will help lower cholesterol level in you and will effectively prevent high blood pressure. Furthermore, they are useful in preventing rheumatoid arthritis, migraine attacks, osteoporosis, colon cancer, etc. Spinach, another ingredient used in the dish has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties in them. The presence of vitamin K in them also makes them efficient for promoting bone health.

Nutrition

• calories: 346
• protein: 34
• carbs: 15
• fat: 17
• saturated fat: 0.04
• polyunsaturated fat: 0
• monounsaturated fat: 0.03
• cholesterol: 2
• sodium: 261
• potassium: 69
• dietary fiber: 0.11
• sugars: 1.25
• vitamin a: 5
• vitamin c: 4
• calcium: 38
• iron: 0
• magnesium: 0
• complex carbs: 13.64
• other fats: 16.93

Ingredients

• 1 spray , about 1/3 second Oil, PAM cooking spray, original
• 2 cup Baby Spinach
• 122 gram Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat
• 0.24 tsp Spices, pepper, black
• 30 gram Sesame Seeds, Toasted
• 1 tbsp Soy sauce made from soy and wheat (shoyu), low sodium
• 453 gram Salmon fillet
• 3 tsp Fresh ginger
• 1 fl oz Lemon juice, raw
• 0.52 1/2 cup Panko (Japanese Style Bread Crumbs
• 0.8 tbsp chopped Garlic
• 5 sprigs Dill weed, fresh
• 3 dash Salt, table

Instructions

• Take a large bowl. Combine salmon, pepper, salt, sesame seeds, soy sauce, ginger, lemon juice, panko and spinach in it. Now form patties out of this mixture (4 in numbers) and dip them in a plate containing remaining sesame seeds. Make sure one side of the patty is uniformly coated with sesame seeds.
• Now take a small bowl and combine yogurt, lemon juice and garlic.
• Then heat little oil in a pan that is already placed over the medium flame. Cook the burgers on this pan. 3-4 minutes on both sides until uniformly brown. Then heat for a few minutes with a closed lid to cook all the way through.
• Serve the salmon paddies with the yoghurt mixture.