Chickpea Cutlets

Come weekends, it would be time to cook some good tiffin/snack for my hubby for  evening tea.I was so bored of the same potato based tikkis/cutlets and the same time I did not want anything fried every weekend.I was in the 'eat-healthy' mode for sometime.LOL..

Then I came across the chickpea cutlets which had not potatoes in them.Tasted quite good and goes well with hot masala chai.

Chickpea Cutlet

Ingredients:

Chickpea/White Kabuli Channa(pressure cooked and mashed)-1 1/2 cup
Onion(finely chopped)- 1
Tomato(finely chopped)- 1
Jeera Powder/Cumin Powder- 1 tsp
Red Chilly Powder- 1 tsp
Coriander Powder-1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil- 4 tbsp

Method:

1.Soak the channa overnight.Pressure cook the same till fully cooked.
2.Drain excess water, mash finely and set aside.
3.In a wok/kadai,heat 2 tsp of oil and saute the finely chopped onions and tomatoes.
4.Add cimun powder,red chilly powder,coriander powder,and salt and cook for 2 mintues.
5.Add 1/2 cup of water and cook for another 10 minutes on low flame till the water had evaporated and the masalas are cooked well.
6.Remove from fire,and allow it to come to room-temparature.
7.Combine the cooked onion-tomatoes with the mashed chickpea.
8.Make equal sized balls and flatten in the shape of a cutlet.
9.On a hot gridle,heat 1 tsp of oil and cook each side of the cutlet till golden brown.

Yummy hot channa cutlet is ready... :D

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Spinach Packets (Cottage Cheese Stuffed)

After having seen spinach packets in the frozen section of the supermarket,though I did not find it

appealing to pick it up,I attempted making an Indian version of the same at home.

This goes best with hot masala chai and btw......'Anything deep-fried is so yummmmm at anytime of the day'.

Spinach Balls with  Cottage Cheese

 

  

Ingredients:

Spinach(blanched and pureed)-1/2 cup
Potatoes(boiled and mashed)-1 1/2 cups
Paneer/Cottage Cheese- 50 gms
Jeera Powder/Cumin Powder- 1 tsp
Red Chilly Powder- 1 1/2 tsp
Gram flour- 4 tbsp(heaped)
Salt to taste

Method:
1.Combine spinach,mashed potatoes,cumin powder,red chilly powder,gram flour and salt.
2.Make 10 balls of this mixture and equally divide the paneer as well.
3.Grease both your hands with little oil,take a ball and envelop the paneer into it.
4.Repeat the same for all the spinach-potato balls and refrigerate for 1 hour.
(You can make this the previous day also and quickly fry them when needed)

5.Deep fry the balls on both sides until golden brown.Drain them and serve them hot with tomato ketchup.


Spinach Packets(Paneer Stuffed)

A truly fast snack indeed !!!

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