Wednesday 28 November, 2007

Vegetable Cutlet

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 4 (big)
Onions - 2 (big)
Carrots - 4
Peas - 1/2 cup (if its fresh then soak it a night before)
Fine Bread crumbs (or) Rusk powder - 1 cup
Maida - 4 tsp
Salt - as required
Red Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - for frying

Method:
  1. Peel and chop onions finely.
  2. Peel the Potatoes and pressure cook and mash them.
  3. Along with Potatoes , steam Peas on top container of pressure cooker.
  4. Allow it cool down.
  5. Grate Carrots.
  6. Heat oil in a deep pan and fry Onions till transparent.
  7. Add grated carrot and fry.
  8. Then add cooked peas and mashed potatoes. Fry in high flame till moisture is absorbed.
  9. Sprinkle salt, chilli powder, garam masala and mix well.
  10. Remove from fire and allow it to cool completely.
  11. Mix maida with just enough water to make smooth paste and also keep the rusk powder in a plate.
  12. Once the vegetables cool down, make small balls of them and dip them into the maida paste and immediately roll them on the rusk powder to coat well.
  13. Shape as you like into thin cutlets.
  14. Heat a Tawa and arrange few cutlets on top.
  15. Pour oil around and fry till brown on both sides by turning it once.
  16. Serve hot with Tomato Ketchup and Mint chutney.