Posted on 28 July 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 2 medium potatoes
- 1 cup chopped mixed vegetables (green peas, carrots, green beans, corn)
- 2 tablespoons chopped coriander
- 2 finely chopped green chilies
- 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon mango powder
- 3 tablespoon All Purpose flour (maida)
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- Oil to fry
Method:
- Boiled the potatoes until they are tender.
- Once cooked, drain the water and let the potatoes cool down.
- Peel the skin off and mash the potatoes.
- Steam the chopped mixed vegetables.
- Make sure to squeeze the vegetables to take the excess water out and cutlet dry.
- Mix all the ingredients togather; adjust salt and pepper to your taste.
- Add 4 tablespoons of water to the All Purpose flour to make a batter and keep aside.
- With oiled hands, divide the mixture into 10 equal parts.
- Shape into flat round cutlet about 1/2 inch thick.
- Dip each cutlet in the flour batter, and roll the patty in breadcrumbs and set aside.
- Heat the oil on medium high heat in a frying pan.
- Frying pan should have atleast 1 1/2 inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put one drop of batter in the oil, the batter should come up right away.
- Fry a few cutlets at a time until they are golden-brown on both sides.
- Repeat this until all the cutlets are done. Serve hot.
Posted on 09 July 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 2 cups boiled and mashed potatoes
- 2 tbsp cashews
- 2 tbsp peanuts (groundnuts) with out skin
- 2 tbsp almonds (blanched /slivered)
- 1 slice of bread
- 2-3 green chillies
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 1tsp finely chopped ginger
- 1/2 cup cilantro/Coriander
- 2-3 tbsp all purpose flour (maida)
- 1-2 cups of bread crumbs
- Lemon juice (optional)
- Salt
- Water
- Oil
Method:
- Chop the cashew nuts, peanuts and almonds with nut chopper or knife.
- They should be of medium size, not to small and not too big.
- In a bowl add the mashed potatoes, salt, chillis, ginger, garam masala, the nuts, cilantro, and bread slice. Mix them all well.
- In another bowl add very few drops of water to the all purpose flour to make a thin paste.
- Make desired shape out of the cutlet mixture, dip them into the flour batter and then coat them with bread crumbs.
- Either deep fry or just pan fry the cutlets.
- I pan fried the cutlets on medium heat by tossing them gently.
- This way less oil is used.
Posted on 26 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 1 tin of tuna fish
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1/4 piece ginger, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 green chillies chopped
- One small bunch cilantro, chopped
- 1 tsp garam masala & cayenne pepper
- Salt to taste
- Bread crumbs
- 2 eggs, beaten well
- 1 large potato boiled and mashed
- half a cup of cooked peas
Method:
- Fry the fish in some oil, till slightly brown, with some salt and garam masala andkeep aside.
- Fry the onions till brown.
- Add the ginger and garlic and fry for a while.
- Add the salt and garam masala andfry some more.
- Then add the green chillies and cilantro and stir for a little while Add the onionmasala from step 5, peas and the mashed potato to the fish and mix well.
- Shape into cutlets. Heat oil in a deep frying pan.
- Take one cutlet at a time, dip inegg, then dip in the bread crumbs.You may repeat this step for crisper cutlets. Deep fry the cutletsDrain them on paper towels .
- Serve hot with an onion salad and mint / tamarind.chutney.