Potato Cutlet with Spicy Tomato Dip

The frequent power cuts and my sudden travels distracted me from the kitchen and my culinary experiments for a very long time. Today, the Nikon and my inspiration from the road side Vada Paav shop pulled me back to where I belonged on the weekends. My mom and I traded a recipe each for our Sunday dinner. She made a tangy tomato soup while I made Potato cutlets, which were later embraced as Vada Paav.



Ingredients
Medium sized Potatoes 3
Ajwain or Oregano 1 tsp
Finely chopped green chillies 2 tsp
Chaat masala 1 tsp

Chilli powder 1 tsp
Garam masala 2 tsp
Asafoetida 2 tsp
Juice of lime 1 tbsp
Finely chopped coriander 1 tbsp
Chopped cashewnuts 1 tbsp
Salt
Maida (all purpose flour) 2 tbsps
Cooking Oil for shallow frying


Method
1. Pressure cook the potatoes, de-skin and mash them.
2. Add the spices and mash again.
3. Add the coriander, cashews and juice of lime.
4. Fold well so they mix evenly.
5. Take a ball of the spiced mashed potato and pat them lightly to get a patty.
6. Roll the patty on both sides with maida for a crisp skin.
7. In the meanwhile, heat a non-stick frying pan and add a little oil. Shallow fry the patties on both sides until they turn a golden brown,
8. For a fresh tomato dip, stew the tomatoes and pulp them.
9. Get a smooth texture through a strainer.
10. Add a little water and let the pulp boil till it loses its raw smell.
11. Add salt, pepper, chilli powder, asafoetida and a little grated ginger.
12. To thicken the sauce, dissolve a table spoon of maida in water and pour it in the boiling pulp, while you are still stirring the pulp. After a couple of minutes, the sauce will thicken.

Serve the light hot potato cutlets with a spicy home made tomato dip.

Comments

Princess said…
Hello! Nice effort ot post such recipes, I got this recipe from the net, hope you will post it. I have not tried preparing it. You try and tell me about this dessert.


INGREDIENTS : Rosogolla Indian Sweets

* US 4 cups, Australia 1 and 3/4 pints, (1 liter) milk
* 1/2 teaspoon citric acid
* US 1 1/2 cups, Australia 10.5 dry ounces, (330 gr) sugar
* US 4 cups, Australia 1 and 3/4 pints, (1 liter) water
* 2-3 drops rose essence

PREPARATION : Rosogolla Indian Sweets

1. Heat the milk and bring to boil.
2. Cool the milk for a couple of hours.
3. Remove the cream layer.
4. Reheat the milk and bring to a boil.
5. Add the citric acid dissolved in some water. Stir slowly till the
milk is fully curdled. Keep as it is for 5 minutes.
6. Meanwhile heat the sugar and water in a wide sauce pan. Bring to a
boil.
7. Strain the milk through a muslin cloth. Wash the chenna in the cloth
under cold running water. Press out the excess water and remove in a
wide plate.
8. Gently knead into a soft dough by passing between fingers.
9. Make twelve equal sized balls of the dough.
10. Let them into the boiling sugar-water. Cover with a perforated lid.
Boil for 13 to 15 minutes.
11. Take off from heat and cool them to room temperature.
12. Add rose essence and chill for at least 4 to 5 hours.
13. Enjoy this "finger-licking" dessert!
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gP said…
damn im hungry...
verniciousknids said…
Looks delicious and easy to prepare...I'll have to try it!
AquaM said…
thx guys for dropping by. Will visit you folks soon. My work is a big excuse for my lapse n blogging:) But i am an active chef on weekends.
Aizwaikcha: will post your recipe soon.please bear with me.

AFJ: Ofcourse, this is not a BOng recipe.

Ghost particle and Vernicious: :))guys try it out!

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