Sweet Potato Cutlet | Starter Recipes | Snack Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Starter/Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 10-12 tikkis
- 200 Gm or 1 big diced sweet potato
- ½ Cup fresh or frozen green peas
- 2 Tbsp besan
- ½ Tsp red chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 heaped Tsp chaat masala or amchur powder
- 1 chopped onion
- ¼ Cup roasted groundnuts
- 1-2 grated garlic
- ½" grated ginger
- 1 finely chopped fresh red/green chilli (optional)
- ¼ Cup chopped coriander
- In a pan, roast groundnuts till golden and roasted, keep aside
- Take the roasted groundnuts in mortar
- Pound them coarsely using a pestle
- In another pan, dry roast besan till fragrant on low flame
- Cook sweet potato in water till soft
- Pierce a sweet potato and check if it soft, turn off flame
- Add peas and close a lid and let the peas cook for a few minutes in the residual heat
- Drain the cooked sweet potato and green peas and let them cool
- Mash with a potato masher into a coarse mixture
- Next add finely chopped garlic and red chilli
- Add finely chopped onion and mix very well till everything is well incorporated
- Next add all dry masalas, red chilli powder, chaat masala or amchur powder
- Tip in the roasted besan and pounded groundnuts
- Finally add chopped coriander and give a good mix
- Smear some oil in a wide pan or skillet or tawa
- Pinch small tikki sized balls from the sweet potato mixture
- Make tikkis and flatten and them into the pan
- Drizzle some oil from sides
- Roast slowly till underside turns golden
- Flip and roast on the other side as well
- When both sides are golden and crisp and cooked through remove from heat
- Serve immediately with ketchup or pudina chutney
Try not to skip groundnuts, they add a distinctive taste
Adjust masalas as per your taste
If you feel the mixture is very sticky, add little more roasted besan
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/sweet-potato-cutlet/
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