BAKED CUTLETS

BAKED VEGETABLE PUFFS

It has been months that I have prepared anything special for my husband.I was flipping the pages of a snacks book when the word "VEGETABLE CUTLET " caught my mind.
I tried out a different method..not the usual way of making cutlet.
WE have Ovens here so why not use them??
Initially I was skeptical about baking, as I am
still learning as a baker. But I have tried a couple of things like VEGETABLE PUFFS.

It came out so well that my
hubby just loved it.
Though previously, I used to deep fry it oil, this
time I tried baking it.
I was lucky! The Vegetable cutlet turned out to be very tasty and great looking.

So much adieu,here is the recipe of Baked/Fried Vegetable Cutlet

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of vegetables which includes Beans, carrot, Peas, Potato or any vegetable combination of your choice.
• 1 tsp of chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 cup of cilantro, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp of cashew nuts (optional)
• 1 tsp of coriander powder
• 1 tsp of cumin seeds
• 1 tsp of Ginger garlic paste
• Oil for deep frying. If baking, you will need 2 tsp of oil to prepare the mixture.

To dip:

A thin mixture of 1 tbsp of all purpose flour/maida and water.

To Coat:

1 cup of bread crumbs

Method:

• Pressure cook all the vegetables till you get 3 hisses.
• Immediately release the pressure and remove the vegetables from the cooker.
• Separate the potato alone and peel and mash it in a bowl.
• Place all the other vegetables in a tissue paper and squeeze to remove excess water.
• In a Pan, add oil, cumin seeds and saute them. Now add ginger garlic paste and cashew and saute.
• Add the vegetables and mix well. Add chilli powder,turmeric powder,cumin and coriander powder and mix well. Now add salt.
• Saute them until the water is evaporated.
• Now add this mixture to the mashed potato along with finely chopped cilantro and mix well.
• Take
  small amount of this mixture and make it into a cutlet shape, it can be
  round, oval or heart shaped and dip it in the all purpose flour and
  water mixture and immediately coat them with bread crumbs. This step
  needs to be done very quick so that we can prevent the cutlets from
  absorbing more water.

To Bake the Vegetable cutlet:

• Preheat the over to 375 degree F and Place these cutlets in the baking pan for 15 -20mts.
• Now remove the pan and turn the cutlets and bake it for another 15 mts.
• Remove and serve hot with mint chutney/Tomato sauce.

To Fry the Vegetable cutlet:

• In a Pan, add enough oil and deep fry them until they are brown.
• Serve hot with mint chutney/Tomato sauce.
• Note:
  In either case, make sure that the cutlet mixture has less moisture it
  in. This will help in getting a crispy vegetable cutlet.

PALAK PANEER

Recently,I have started to experiment some side dishes for Parathas/Rotis.Reason being,my husband prefers Rotis for his lunch box rather than Rice. So how long can he take the same old side dishes again and again?? I wanted to make sure he doens't get bored or regret for taking Chapathis.So my first experiment was with Palak Paneer as its ingredients were readily available at home. So here's the Menu and Make that turned out to be a scorer!!!

Ingredients
Paneer - 10 to 12 big cubes
Spinach (Palak) - 2 cups of finely chopped leaves
Onion - 1 medium sized - finely chopped
Tomato - 1 or 2
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds (jeera) - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 3 to 4 cloves
Garlic - 1 small piece
Green chillies - 2 - finely chopped
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Fresh ground black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Oil to saute
Salt to taste

Method
Fry the paneer in some oil and keep aside.
Cook the spinach (palak) in boiling water, drain and grind into a paste/puree.
Add oil to a kadai, saute the onion along with cumin seeds, turmeric powder, garlic, ginger and green chilies.
Grind the tomato along with a small portion from the sauteed mixture into a puree.
Add the puree to the kadai, stir until the oil separates in the corners.
Now add the palak puree, paneer cubes, garam masala, pepper, salt and some water to cook well.
Serve along with rotis/parathas.

Try it out and let me know how it turned out!