Salmon Burgers with Blueberry-Lemon Raita

Ingredients

Yield: 6

Ingredients:

Raita 

  • 1 lemon
  • 1-1⁄2 cups (12 ounces) plain, 2% Greek yogurt
  • 1⁄3 cup dried blueberries, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped chives
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped red onion
  • 1 tablespoon finely shredded carrot
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
  • 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper

Salmon Burger

  • 1 pound salmon fillet, boneless, skinless, cut into cubes and well chilled
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped scallion, mostly green
  • 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon egg white, lightly beaten

Directions

Raita

  1. With a paring knife, remove the peel and white membrane from the lemon and cut out the sections; discard the membranes. Chop the lemon sections into small pieces.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the lemon, yogurt, dried blueberries, chives, cilantro, onion, carrot, cumin, salt and pepper; refrigerate.

Salmon Burger

  1. In a food processor, roughly chop the cold salmon with 2 or 3 pulses; do not over mix; refrigerate. In a separate bowl, mix scallion, chili powder, salt and pepper; stir in egg white. Lightly toss scallion mixture with chopped salmon.
  2. Form into 6 patties; grill or sear until cooked through, about 5 minutes on each side.
  3. Serve salmon burgers with raita.