Potato-Carrot Pav/Pau Cutlets

Spring Rains and nostalgia for spicy hot monsoon snacks brought about this happy melange of dishes!

Yesterday: Pav/Pau Bread with Vegetable cutlets that worked well for a lunch pack, with leftovers for dinner paired with Carrot Corn Soup  with flavours of garlic and basil paired with a failed french bread that proved to be delicious dunked in the soup!

The past few weeks has been a track of 'catch-up' on sundry works around the house and yard, plus a couple of new projects,  a failed  baking attempt at French bread, which left little time to blog on the daily dishes: Rice, Dal, Spinach, Moru Curry, Chutney's  and Chapathi's!

Ingredients

8 small red skinned potatoes

1 medium carrot, grated

1/2 of a medium white onion, finely chopped

3 tbps finely chopped fresh coriander

1/2 tsp grated ginger

2-3 crushed garlic cloves
1/2 tsp cummin seeds
1/4 tsp saunf/aniseed

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp Pav Bhajji Masala Powder [MDH brand used here]

One can substitute any garam masala here.

1/2 tsp red chilli powder [ optional]

1/2 tsp Paprika Powder

salt
2-3 tbps of vegetable oil plus,
Enough oil to shallow fry the cutlets

Cutlet batter

Home-made breadcrumbs

2 tbsps Corn flour

3 tbps water

Method

Boil and mash the potatoes, keep aside.

Heat 3 tbsps of oil in a pan and temper the cummin seeds and saunf,

Add the onions, ginger and garlic, saute until soft

Add the carrots and saute for 3-4 minutes

Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, paprika powder and mix well
Add the Pav bhajji Masala and saute for a couple of minutes

Add the mashed potato and mix well

Add salt and finely chopped coriander into the mix.

Make a smooth mix with corn flour and water  in a bowl and keep aside.

Scoop out portions for cutlets [ used a bowl ladle]

Dip in the cornflour mix

Coat evenly with bread crumbs

Shallow fry with oil in an tava/ iron griddle.

Serve with mint chutney  and garlic-chilli powder on the Pau/Pav Bread. Used my old recipe for the Pav bread; the texture comes out great.  However still could not get that golden color on the pav.