Veg cutlet is a delicious food with lots of health benefits from the vegetables. Here we are going make the cutlet more healthy by grilling it in pan and besan flour instead of corn flour. We can also use powdered Poha instead of bread crumbs. Let us do the delicious recipe.

Course : Snack / Starter

Cuisine : Indian

Recipe From : Author

Serves : Approximately 8 pieces

Preparation time : 15 mins (including the vegetables boiling time)

Cooking time :10 mins (per batch)

Total time needed : 25 mins

Ingredients:

* Carrot – 2 nos
* Potato – 2 big nos
* Peas – 1 cup
You can use Beans, Beet root also
* Capsicum – 1/2
* Onion – 1 big no
* Green chilli – 1 (as per your spice level)
* Coriander leaves / cilantro – 1 handful
* Salt as needed
* Gram flour / Besan flour – 2 tblspn
* Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
* Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
* Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp ( as per your spice level)
* Bread crumbs / Coarse powdered Poha – To coat the cutlet
* Water as needed
* Coconut oil – 2 tblspn to shallow fry ( any type of oil is fine)

Preparation Instructions :

1. Boil the vegetables by adding little salt and water for 3 whistles or you can boil in a pot until it cooked well.
2. Drain the remaining water and let the vegetables cool and mash it well.
3. Add the spices powders, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, chopped onions, chopped capsicum/ bell pepper , coriander leaves / cilantro, green chilli and mix all well together.
4. Add salt if required as we added while cooking the vegetables, then add bread crumbs / powdered poha and mix all well to a dough in gentle way.
5. Meanwhile, in a bowl add gram flour, little water and mix it well without lumps and keep it ready to coat.
6. Round the vegetable mix dough and gently flat it by using fingers. Then coat it in the gram flour mix all over the sides and coat it with bread crumbs / powdered Poha and keep it ready.
7. Heat a heavy bottom pan and add oil and place the coated vegetable patties in the oil and cover the lid , let cook for 5 minutes in a medium low flame.
8. Flip it around , sprinkle some oil and cover the lid and let it grill for 5 minutes in medium low flame.
9. Recipe is ready to serve with tomato ketchup or simply itself.

Steps In Pictures :

1. Add the vegetables in a cooker with
water.

2. Add salt.

3. Pressure cook for 3 whistles or
you can boil in a pot until it
cooked well.

4. Drain the remaining water and
let the vegetables cool and
mash it well.

5. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder,
garam masala powder.

6. Chop the items finely.

7. Add the chopped onions, capsicum,
green chili, coriander leaves and
mix all well together.

8. Add salt if required.

9. Add bread crumbs / powdered poha and
mix all well to a dough in
gentle way.

10. Round the vegetable mix dough.

11. Gently flat it by using fingers.

12. Meanwhile, in a bowl add gram flour.

13. Add little water and mix it well
without lumps and keep it
ready to coat.

14. Coat the patty with gram flor
mix.

15. Coat it well with bread crumbs
and keep it ready.

16. Heat a heavy bottom pan and
add oil.

17. place the coated vegetable patties
in the oil.

18. Cover the lid and let it cook for
5 minutes in a medium low flame.

19. Flip it around and sprinkle some oil.

20. cover the lid and let it grill for 5 minutes
in medium low flame.

21. Recipe is ready to serve with
tomato ketchup or simply itself.

Note for the dish :

1. You can use the drained vegetable boiled water as soup or broth for curry.
2. You can deep fry the cutlet if you wish.
3. We can use this cutlet as a patty for burger.