Vegetable Cutlet

I learnt to make cutlet from my mother-in-law. Though it looks simple, when we put the cutlets in the oil most of the time it gets scattered in oil which makes the whole attempt messy. I have tried many times and only once it succeeded. But the final result was really good. So i thought of sharing this recipe with my friends.

Ingredients

Boiled and cubed potatoes - 3
Sandwich bread - 6
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Meat masala - 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Chopped green chillies - 2 tsp
Chopped corriander leaves - 2 tsp
Bread crumbs - 1 cup powdered
Salt - as required
Oil - as required for deep frying

Boil the potatoes and cube them.


Now mash the potatoes to a fine paste. Cut the sides of the bread.



Now mix the all ingrediants other than oil and bread crumbs to the mashed potato and mix well.(You have to do it thouroughly otherwise salt won't be even in the mix. It's always better to do this with hand)



Now take one bowl of water. Dip the bread slices in it and squeeze the water out.
Mix this with potato mix well.(In this stage you can add little bit corn flour also if you want to the mix to bind the ingredients well)Be careful while doing this so that the potato mix and bread are mixed well without lumps.For doing this the bread should not drip water.So squeeze out the water well from the bread slices. Now make the bread potato mix into thick flat shaped cutlets. You can make it into any shape of your choice. Roll them in the powdered bread crumbs.



Now heat oil in a kadai and deep fry the cutlets carefully without breaking them.
I warn whoever try this, if u break the cutlet while frying then it will be really a mess. I feel like crying if this happens...:-)



Once the cutlets become dark brown in color lift them from oil and transfer to tissue paper to absorb the excess oil.



You can serve them hot with tomtato sauce or green chutney.
Note : If you want to make non-veg cutlets you can mix minced meat with potatoes and make the cutlets.

Aloo Toast

When i got married, my two friends who were my room mates in hostel gifted me an electric toaster. It was a very thoughful and nice gift for a couple like us who were setting up out home.Nowthat i got the toaster i started experimenting different kinds of sandwiches and toasts for breakfast. Among those, i like aloo toast the most.So i thought to share this recipe here.

Ingrediants

Bread slices - 8
Potato - 2 small or 1 medium sized
Green chilly chopped - 1 tsp
ginger chopped - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
meat masala - 1 tsp
salt - as required
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
oil - 1 tbsp
Butter or ghee(optional) - as required

Boil the potatoes. Heat oil and season mustard seeds. Fry green chilly and ginger and add mashed boiled potatoes. Mix the other powders and salt and fry well.



Now slice the bread to triangular pieces as shown.




Take each pair of bread slices and apply the potato masala on one of the slices and cover with the other piece and press well.



Apply little bit butter or ghee on both side of the sandwich.



Now toast the bread slices with the filling in your toaster. If you don't have a toaster then don't worry. You can make the same tasty aloo toast on heated tawa also. Only thing to take care of is to keep the bread slices in position with the filling and press them well while toasting.



Your tasty aloo toast is ready

Easy Brinjal Fry

Brinjal is a vegetable which i am not very fond of. But when i feel lazy,i make an easy dish out of brinjal. Brinjal fry tastes good with dal and rice.You can make it without much hard work. For a change i try this recipe at times.

Ingrediants
Brinjal - 5
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
chilly powder - 1 teaspoon
masala powder - 1 teaspoon
salt - as required
oil - to fry

Slice the brinjals to thin round pieces.Mix all the ingrediants apart from oil and coat the brinjal pieces with it. Keep aside for half an hour. Fry the brinjal pieces in oil.




Now this is the most simple way. But if you want to enhance the taste as well as the look of the dish. Chop one onion and 2 green chillies and mix with the fried brinjal.

Aloo Mutter

This is a recipe which is like a quick fix side dish with roti or paratha. Very easy and tasty.Sometimes when i return from office i feel lazy to cook any special dish for dinner.Roti is a default item so i am always confused what to do about the accompaniments.At this time, aloo mutter is a real life saver...
Aloo is a readily available vegetable in almost every house,if u have some frozen green peas then there you go!



Ingrediants

Aloo(Potato) - 2
Mutter or green peas - 1/2 cup
Onions - 2 thin long slices
Green chillies - 2 slit length wise
Ginger - 1 inch piece
turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon
corriander powder - 1 tea spoon
garam masala or meat masala - 2 tea spoon
curry leaves - as required
salt - as required
oil - 2 table spoon

Cube the potatoes,boil and peel them. Mash it and keep aside.
Cut the onions length wises into thin long slices and slit the green chillies. Crush the ginger piece well. Now heat the oil in a frying pan and add onions,ginger and green chillies and fry adding turmeric.Once they are golden brown add mashed potatoes and green peas and fry again.Now add corrainder and masala powders and salt and fry well adding curry leaves. Close the pan and cook for few minutes till the green peas are cooked well.

Note : If you are not using frozen green peas then boil it once and then use.