Amla and Beet Patties

   Today I am giving to you a fantastic and delicious recipe is amla and beet patties. Beetroot helps in reducing blood pressure, bad cholesterol and is low in calories. Apart from that it is also a very good source of vitamin C, iron, magnesium and dietary fiber. Definitely kids love to eat these lovely and soft patties.This recipe is ideal for kids who don't like to eat beet root curry. My housband is fond of beet patties. I saw this recipe in food magazine.These beet patties pair well with bread or burger or indian pav. You can use grated raw mango instead of amla. I hope you like it too............Happy cooking..............
 

Ingredients:
Beet root - 2
Potato - 1
Grated amla - 1 tbsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Green chilli, finely chopped - 2
Onions, finely chopped - 2
Ginger, finely chopped - 2 tsp
Pav bhaji masala - 2 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

1. In a pressure cooker, boil both the beetroot and potatoes together with some salt for 4-5 whistles and found out that whilst the potatoes were cooked, the beetroot were half cooked, but no issues with the beetroot being half or partially cooked.
2. Grate the beetroot in a bowl and mash the potato in the same bowl.
3. Add grated raw amla and mix well.
4. Heat oil in a pan, add jeera, green chilli, ginger slices and onions and saute them for 2 minutes and switch off the flame. Add this mixture to the beet root mixture and mix properly.
5. Finally add pav bhaji masala and salt and mix well. For better texture refrigerate this mixture for 1 hr. You can make them immediately also.
6. Divide this beetroot mixture into equal size balls and flatten them a little to give them the patties shape.
7. In a pan, add oil and fry the patties till they are crisp and lightly browned.
8. Beet patties are ready to eat with mint chutney or yogurt.

Green Peas Cutlet

Today my recipe is green peas cutlet. This is very tasty and healthy too. Yesterday I wanted to make a cutlet with green peas, then I tried myself with available ingredients. Due to health conscious I usually follow pan fry method to make cutlets/tikki/patties and etc. It was very yummy and spicy to eat. We had it with tomato chutney. My husband liked it very much. I'm sure this is the best way to make kids eat veggies. It goes well with Mint chutney also. These cutlets are perfect snack for evening. I hope u like it too.....Happy Cooking.......

Ingredients:
Green peas (mashed) - 1 cup
Chopped coriander leaves -3 tbsp

Curry leaves - few
Finely chopped green chillies - 1 tsp
Boiled potato(mashed) - 1
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Finely chopped ginger - 1 tsp
Finely chopped onion - 1
Corn flour - 2 tsp
Bread crumbs - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation:

1. Mix thoroughly the boiled potatoes, green chilies, coriander, onions, mashed peas, ginger, garam masala powder, curry leaves and salt.
2. Add corn flour and bred crumbs and mix well.
3. Shape the cutlets as your wish. Here I made oval shaped cutlets.
4. Pan fry the cutlets both sides well.
5. Now yummy and spicy green peas cutlets are ready to eat with tomato or mint chutney.

Sweet Corn Tikki

Today my recipe is sweet corn tikki. I like to eat sweet corn very much. This tikki is a ideal snack for evening time. Now sweet corn is frequently available in any where so every one  can try it. This is very easy to make.I hope you like it... Keep trying healthy recipes....

Ingredients:

Boiled sweet corn - 1 cup

Chopped onions 1/4 cup

Besan - 1 tbsp

Ginger slices - 1/2 tsp

Fennel seed powder - 1 tsp

Green chilli pieces - 1/2 tsp

Bread crumbs - 1 tbsp

Daniya- jeera powder - 1 tsp

Chat masala powder - 1 tsp

Finely chopped Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil for cooking

Method of preparation:

1. If you don’t have bread crumbs, Just chop about 7 bread into a grinder. Grind until fine particles are formed. Don’t add water while grinding. Keep this bread crumbs aside.
2. Mash the boiled sweet corn and keep it aside.
3.  Take a bowl add corn paste and add all the mentioned ingredients one by one and mix well. 
4.  Combine all of them with your hand. Shape them into small balls. Rub some oil in your hand the batter won’t stick to your fingers. Flatten these corn balls shaping into a patties or tikki.
5. Heat some oil  in a pan and place all patties carefully and fry them both sides until it turns into brown color.
6. Now hot and yummy tikki is ready to eat with any chutney or sauce.

Dal Tikki

Ingredients:

Moong dal - 1/2 cup

Tuar dal - 1/2 cup

Chana dal - 1/2 cup

Chopped Onions - 1/4 cup

Green chilli slices - 2 tbsp

Jeera - 1 tbsp

Rice flour - 2 tbsp

Coriander leaves (Chopped) -  2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 2 tbsp

Method of preparation:

1. Soak all dals in water for 1 hour.Grind them in mixer as a fine paste.
2. Add onions, chillies,jeera,coriander leaves and salt to the dal paste.Mix them well.
3. Add rice flour to the paste and mix properly.
4. With oiled hands, divide the dal paste into equal portions, roll them into balls and then flatten them into Tikki shapes. 
5. Heat oil in a pan,fry the tikkis both the sides well.s.
6. Hot and tasty dal tikki is ready to eat with any spicy chutney.

Barley Tikki

Ingredients:

Barley -1/2 cup  
Boiled potato- 1(medium size) 
Rice flour-2 tbsp  
Chopped onions-1/4 cup 
Green chilly pieces-2 tsp  
Garam masala powder -1tsp 
Dhaniya powder-1/2 tsp  
jeera powder-1/2 tsp 
Coriander leaves (chopped)-2 tbsp  
Oil-4 tbsp 
Salt to taste


Method of preparation:

1. Soak the barley grains for two hrs and boiled them for 15 mints.

2. Drain the water and cool the barley grains for 5 mints.

3. Mash the boiled potato as fine paste.

4. Add boiled barley, onions, chilly to potato paste mix them properly.

5. Add garam masala powder, dhaniya and jeera powder to above paste and mix it well.

6. Add rice flour, coriander leaves and salt to above mixture and mix it well.

7. According to our choice divide the mixture in to equal parts.

8. Make a Patti from each part and pan fry the all patties by applying oil.

9. Hot hot barley tikki ready to eat with any chutney of your choice.