"Veggie Cutlets"

Winter is all about comfort food. Its all about hot and yummy food which keeps you warm inside out and makes you happy. I think I should dedicate my blog to complete winter food as its the best time of the year to cook and enjoy hot food. I love to gorge on pizza, cutlets, warm puddings and cakes with endless cups of ginger tea and coffee :) I am sure you do the same but in a healthy way. So let me share a simple veggie cutlet recipe which i made this week. Vegetables and bread crumbs add taste and texture to this cutlet and makes it one of the most wannabe comfort cuisines. 

" Veggie Cutlets"

Ingredients :

1/2 kg potatoes boiled and mashed

1 cup peas boiled and mashed

1 carrot finely grated

1 big onion finely chopped

2-3 green chillis finely chopped

2 spring onions finely chopped

few sprigs of coriander chopped

few sprigs of mint chopped

1 egg

1 cup bread crumbs

salt as per taste

1 tbsp red chilli powder

1 tbsp cumin powder

1 lemon juice

Olive oil to shallow fry the cutlets

Preparation:

• Mash and mix the potatoes and peas. Add all the ingredients to the mixture except for egg and oil and mix well with hands. Make it like a smooth dough which can be shaped into cutlets
• Make small balls and shape into cutlets in oval or rounds. Keep aside
• Whip the egg in a wide bowl with a pinch of salt. Place the bread crumbs in a flat plate. 
• Heat little olive oil in a non stick pan. Dip the cutlets in eggwash and roll with bread crumbs.
• Shallow fry in hot oil till crisp and brown from both the sides.
• Remove the excess oil on a kitchen paper before serving. Serve hot with Mint chutney or tomato sauce.

Note : You can use any other frying oil of your choice though the cutlets will be light and healthy if fried in olive oil. You can also add more vegetables to the recipe like capsicum, cabbage, cottage cheese,etc. If you dont want to use eggwash then you can replace it with plain flour batter. If you dont have bread crumbs, you can replace it with semolina or rice flour to add crisp texture and taste.