Vegetable Cutlets

Cooking Time: 45 mins                                                             Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 20 mins                                                       Category: Starters, Veg

Vegetable cutlet is a dish made from coating a cutlet of mixed vegetables with breadcrumbs and deep/shallow frying it. They are great blend of vegetables and spices. These are great as an appetizer, afternoon snack with tea, or as a side dish with dinner.

Ingredients:
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Vegetable Cutlets with Mint Chutney

Potatoes - 6
French beans, chopped - 10
Carrot,grated - 1
Beetroot, grated - 1 small
Green peas - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Ginger finely chopped or grated - 1
Garlic cloves finely diced - 5
Finely chopped Onion -  1
Finely chopped Green chillies - 2
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt  to taste
Roasted Cashewnuts,crushed -  10
Maida -  2 tablespoons
Finely chopped coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
Lemon juice  - 1 Tbsp
Bread crumbs -  1 cup
Oil  - for deep frying the cutlets


Preparation Method:
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• Boiled the potatoes until they are tender and then drain the water and let them cool down.
• Now peel the skin off and mash the potatoes.
• Steam the vegetables i.e. beans, carrot, peas and beetroot. Make sure to drain out all the excess water out and pat the mixed vegetables dry.
• Heat 1 Tbsp of oil in a pan and add cumin and mustard seeds and once they start to crackle add onions, ginger and garlic. Saute them for 5 mins.
• Add mixed vegetables, cashewnuts, turmeric, salt to taste and chilly powder and saute them until the mix becomes dry. Add chopped coriander and stir well.
• Now mix this with mashed potatoes and make as a dough. Add little bread crumbs so that it binds the mixture into a dough.
• With oiled hands, take small portions of the dough and shape into flat round patties about 1/2 inch thick.
• Add some water to the maida to make a batter and keep aside.
• Dip each patty in the flour batter, and roll in breadcrumbs and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the patties until they are golden-brown on both sides.
• Repeat this until all the cutlets are done. Serve hot with tomato ketchup or mint chutney.

  
PS: You can always change the shape of the cutlets to your desired shape. These cutlets also make great veggie burgers. Take a burger bun and cut it horizontally into half. Roast both the halfs with butter and then add lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise sauce, cheese and tomato ketchup.