Palaak – Methi Cutlet
Tasty cutlet with a North Indian touch
Cuisine
North Indian
Servings
Prep Time
6
people
40
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
6
people
40
minutes
Ingredients
Paalak –
2
bunches
Fenugreek leaves
(Methi/Uluva) –
2
bunches
Oil
–
2
tbsp
Cumin –
1
tsp
Onion
(finely chopped, medium) –
3
nos
Ginger
(chopped) –
2
tbsp
Green chillies
(chopped) –
5
nos
Potatoes(boiled and mashed, medium) –
2
nos
Salt
(As reqd) –
Chat masala(optional) –
1/2
tsp
Garam masala
–
1
tsp
Maida –
2
tbsp
Bread crumbs
–
2
cups
Oil
–
2
cups
Instructions
Remove the paalak leaves from the stem, wash it properly, drain, chop and keep it aside.
Remove methi leaves without the thin stem, wash properly, drain it and keep aside.
:- Do not chop methi leaves.
Heat 2 tbsp of
oil
in a pan.
Splutter
cumin seeds
and saute chopped
onion
,
ginger
,
green chillies
and saute well by adding
salt
.
Add methi leaves, chopped paalak and saute till it is cooked and mixed well.
Add
garam masala
and chat masala and remove it from fire.
Allow it to cool.
Cook the
potato
, peel the skin and mash it.
Add mashed
potato
to the paalak-methi mixture and mix it well.
:- You can make the cutlet more tastier by adding little
bread crumbs
while mixing.
Mix maida with little
salt
and add
water
to make a thin batter.
Make balls out of the cutlet mix and shape it into oval shaped cutlets.
Dip the cutlets in maida batter (make sure that the batter is so thin), coat it with
bread crumbs
and fry it in
oil
.
:- Serve hot with
tomato
sauce.
:- Spluttering
cumin seeds
and adding chat masala gives a north indian taste and aroma to this cutlet. For those who don`t like this can avoid these 2 ingredients while making.