Saturday, April 7, 2012

Aloo - Carrot and Oats Cutlets.

Aloo , Carrot and Oats  Cutlets are  nice to eat as snack...in the evening.


Things Needed  :
Potatoes : 2 to 4 ( Medium sized ).
Carrots : 4 to 6 ( Small ones).
Beetroot : 1 ( Medium size).
Oats : 1 cup
Bread crumbs : 1/2 cup
Green chilly : 2
Garam Masala : 1 Tea spoon
Jeera: 1/2 Tea spoon
Ginger : 1 Tea spoon ( grated)
Coriander leaves: 2 to 3 Table spoon. ( cut into very small).
Salt : to taste.
Oil : 1/2 cup

Method: Boil Potatoes and remove the skin and smash it nicely and keep it aside. Grate beetroot and carrots and cut green chillies and coriander leaves in to small pieces.  Roast Oats for 5 minutes on low flame and keep it aside.
Now keep a pan on the  fire and Put 2 tea spoons of oil and heat. Put jeera ( cumin seeds)  and ginger and fry for 10 seconds.  Add grated carrots, beetroot and green chilly. Fry for 4 to 5 minutes let all the water disappear .  Now add smashed potatoes and oats.  Add  garam masala  and salt to this mixture and stir thoroughly.   Add cut coriander leaves and leave it for few minutes. Prepare small balls of the Potato mixture and keep it aside.
Now keep a frying pan on the fire Sprinkle oil  around the pan.  Take a ball of  Potato - Oats mixture and flatten on the palm or give a shape according to your wish. Roll it on bread crumbs both sides and fry on low flame until its brown.  Use a spoon of oil for both sides and  shallow fry these cutlets one by one...Serve Hot Cutlets with  green chutney or tomato ketch up...
Note : You can add two slice of bread to this mixture.  Remove all the sides of the bread and add it to the potato mixture and   mix well.  Can add more chillies if you like spicy....Can add boiled Pea to this mixture. ( Fresh peas can be boiled nicely and smashed to add it to the mixture).
10 cutlets can be prepared. ( Medium size).

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Pathrode Uppittu....

Pathrode Uppittu is prepared with cooked Pathrodes..... can have them for break fast or as snack in the evening too...
( For Pathrode recipe glance at  Kesu Pathrode Recipe).
Things needed :
Cut Pathrodes  : 3 to 4 cups .
Jaggery : 2 Table spoons
Fresh Coconut : 3 to 4 Table spoons.
Red chillies : 2 to 3
Çurry  leaves : 6 to 8
Oil: 2 Table spoons.
Mustard : 1 Tea spoon
Urd Daal : 1 Tea spoon

Method : Cut or make small pieces of  cooked Pathrodes ( 5 to 6 cooked Pathrodes) and keep it aside.
Now keep a big pan on the fire and put oil and heat for 10 seconds. Add mustard seeds and urd daal to it. Let it spurt.  Add curry leaves and mix thoroughly and put pathrode pieces to the mustard mixture and mix well.  Add jaggery and mix again until it mixes well.  Now add  grated coconut and put off the fire. Serve plateful of Pathrode uppittu when its hot.
Note : Using jaggery is an option.  Can use more coconut if you like coconut.
Serves : 3 to 4



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