Monday, June 22, 2020

Bread Cutlets


Bread Cutlets are scrumptious and made with a mixture of deep fried snack prepared from bread crumbs and boiled vegetables with lip smacking spices. These bread cutlet can be easily prepared in just ten minutes using common ingredients that are found in your pantry. These crunchy vegetable bread cutlets can also be used as patties and can be sandwiched between bread and can be served as a nice evening snack or as an after school snack for kids. Serve hot with tomato ketchup and green chutney.

Ingredients:
Bread slice, brown / white-4
Potatoes, boiled & mashed-2
Onion, finely chopped-1/2cup
Capsicum finely chopped-1/2 cup
Green chilli- 1
Ginger paste-1 tsp
Turmeric - ¼ tsp
Red chilli powder- ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Garam masala powder-½ tsp
Chat masala-½ tsp
Corn flour-1 tbsp
Lemon juice-1 tbsp
Coriander leaves, finely chopped- 2 tbsp
 


Method:
1.Cut off the edges of the bread slices
2.Into a bowl add the bread pieces, potatoes, onion, capcicum, ginger, green chilli, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, corn flour, salt andsqueeze lemon with coriander leaves.
3.Give everything a good mix and make sure to have a non-sticky dough.
4.Scoop balls from it and make round shaped cutlets greasing hands with oil.
 
5.Deep fry the cutlets in hot oil Fry on medium flame and  stir occasionally without breaking the cutlets..
6.Fry till the cutlets turn golden brown on medium flame. Serve bread cutlet hot with Green chutney and tomato ketchup

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Sooji Aloo Puri/Rava Potato Puri


This suji puri recipe is a delicious Indian fried bread made with made with Rava, wheat flour ,boiled potatoes and few spices and is perfect for breakfast on a lazy Sunday. It is also super easy to make and does not take much time to put together.  My family loved this recipe.
I found this recipe on Pinterest and adapted from achala food blog

Ingredients
Potato, boiled & mashed -1 cup
Wheat flour-    1 cup
Semolina/Suji/Rava-1/4 cup
Cumin (jeera) – 1 tsp
Red chili powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 tsp
Garam masala- 1 tsp
Red Chilli flakes- ½ tsp
Coriander leaves chopped- 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
Water as needed
Method:
1.Take rava pour warm water and soak for few minutes.
2.Then Combine the whole wheat flour, sooji, boiled and mashed potato along with cumin seeds, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, red chilli flakes, garam masala coriander leaves, and salt and mix well. Knead into a stiff dough.

3.Divide the dough into small lime size pieces and roll it out into a 3 to4  inch circle dusting with little flour.    Roll the puri of medium thickness. 
4.If it is too thin like roti then it will not puff up while frying
5.Heat the Oil in Pan and carefully slide rolled poori into hot oil and deep fry on both sides until it slightly starts to change color.
6.Remove it from the oil and place on paper towel and serve warm with any side dish of your choice.