BEET ROOT CUTLET

Beet root cutlet or tikki or patty  is a healthy, delicious  and tasty snack recipe which can be served with tea or coffee.  During kitty party or birthday party or get together, you can serve this.  And for the children in the tiffin box.   If you are making in large quantities, you can deep fry them by coating in vari tandul which gives a very attractive texture to the cutlet.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Beet root tikki, cutlet, patty

Ingredients:

1 medium size beetroot

1 medium size potato  or 1 medium size raw banana or sweet potato

1 large onion

2 green chilly

½ tsp red chilli powder

½ tsp roasted cumin powder

½ tsp lime juice or amchur powder

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

2 bread slices (I used brown bread)

2-3 tbsp oil

For coating:

1 tbsp corn flour

1-2 tbsp water

3-4 tbsp bread crumbs

Method:

Wash, pressure cook the potato or banana or sweet potato  or directly cook open in a vessel till it becomes soft.  Wash and peel  and grate the beetroot.  Finely chop the onion, green chillies, coriander leaves.  Once the pressure is released if you are cooking in pressure cooker, peel the potato or banana or sweet potato and mash it.

In a mixing bowl, put beetroot, mashed potato or banana or sweet potato, onion, green chilly, coriander leaves, red chilli powder, cumin powder, amchur powder or lime juice,  salt and combine to a smooth dough. Slightly wet the bread pieces, break it to make a powdery form and add to the dough, mix well again.   Divide it into equal portions, roll it on your palm and flatten it or make desired shape.  You can use cookie cutters for making the desired shape.  Keep covered in the fridge for 30 minutes.

In a bowl, add the corn flour and little water and make the paste. The same should not be very thick nor too watery.  Place the bread crumbs in another bowl.

Heat a non stick tava apply some oil.  Take out the cutlets from the fridge, dip it in the corn flour paste then coat with the bread crumbs. Cook the same from both the sides in the tava till it becomes brown in colour, serve hot with sauce or chutney.