A delicious snack made with vegetables and potatoes which can be baked or shallow fried. It is mainly served as a snack in the evenings with a cup of tea or coffee.
Ingredients:
Beans – 6 to 7 pieces
Cauliflower – 3 or 4 small florets finely chopped
Peas – 1/4 cup
Carrot – 1 finely chopped
Onion – 1 medium chopped fine
Potatoes – 3 big
Green chillies finely chopped – 5
Ginger Garlic paste – 1/2 tbsp
Coriander leaves – 5 stalks
Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
Bread slices – 2 crumbled
Salt- as needed
For crust:
Maida – 2 tbsp
Pepper – 1/4 tsp
Salt -as needed
Water – 2 tbsp
Bread crumbs – 1 cup
Oil – 2 to 3 tbsp
Preparation:
Boil potatoes in water, until soft. When it is cooked, remove skin and mash it and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Add finely chopped green chillies, saute followed by onions. When the onions becomes translucent, add ginger-garlic paste and fry until the raw smell of onions disappears. Then add finely chopped carrots, saute and then, the finely chopped beans and stir for 2 minutes on high heat. Add chopped cauliflower and the peas and stir again.
When it is cooked al dente (not fully cooked, 3/4 th cooked), take it off the fire and add finely chopped coriander leaves, add 2 pieces of fresh bread crumbs, mashed potatoes, salt and garam masala powder.
Divide them into equal balls.Then flatten them slightly to make thick patties and keep them aside in a plate.
In another plate, put half of the bread crumbs and keep them aside.
In a small mixing bowl, add maida, salt, pepper and water and make a thin batter. If you want a thicker crust, the batter should be slightly thick.
Keep the patties, bread crumbs and the batter together, close to each other.
Next, dip the patties in the batter and place them on bread crumbs. Turn it and coat the other side also with bread crumbs.
Place it on a plate and continue with all patties until it is well coated with the crumbs.
Heat 2 tbsps of oil in pan and place the crumb coated patties and shallow fry them in oil on both sides, until it turns golden brown.
You may also bake the patties for 15 minutes in the oven at 180 degree Celsius. Serve it with tomato ketchup.
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