Halwai August 19, 2023

Ingredients:

• 5 slices – Bread (sandwich bread)
• 3 big or 4 medium – Potatoes (boiled, peeled and mashed)
• 5 – Chillies, chopped finely
• 1/2 inch – Ginger (paste)
• 1 big or 2 medium – Garlic (paste)
• Coriander – finely chopped
• 20-25 – Peanuts (Kacha Singdhana), soaked in cold water for 1/2 hour
• 3/4 tbsp – Sooji
• 1/2 tbsp – Chilli powder
• 1/2 tbsp – Coriander-Cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp – Chaat Masala
• Salt as per taste
• Oil as per requirement
• 1/2 cup – Water

Method:

  1. Mash the potatoes and put in a bowl.
  2. Lightly soak bread in water, squeeze the water out thoroughly and put in the bowl.
  3. Remove the peanut shells, separate in 2 halves and put in the bowl.
  4. Mix all the listed ingredients into a dough.
  5. Take little pieces from the dough and form cylindrical shaped rolls. Flatten the cutlet rolls by hand.
  6. Take a frying pan. Add 3 to 4 tbsps of oil each time you fry the cutlets.
  7. Fry the cutlets well on both sides, till golden brown. Drain.
  8. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.

Recipe courtesy of Archana Mukherjee