Halloumi and Eggplant Burger - Rouba Shahin Middle Eastern Cooking

Ingredients

• 1 cup tightly packed mint leaves
• 2 garlic cloves
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• ⅓ cup blanched almonds
• ¼ cup olive oil to be stirred in by hand after blending
• Salt to taste
• 2 medium eggplants cut into 1-1½ cm rounds
• Plain flour for coating
• 2 packets halloumi sliced into 1 cm thick pieces
• Mayonnaise
• Cos lettuce leaves
• 1 medium carrot thinly shaved or shredded
• 1 cup red cabbage thinly shredded or pickled
• 4 sesame seed hamburger buns