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Vegetable Cutlet Recipe-How to make Vegetable Cutlets-(Step by Step pictures)

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Vegetable cutlet is a very popular and simple snack item. It is very easy to make and can be had as an appetizer or light afternoon snack or evening snack with tea. It is great for small parties and get togethers. Today we will learn how to make Vegetable cutlet following this easy recipe.

Vegetable Cutlet

How to prepare Vegetable Cutlet-Vegetable Cutlet


Vegetable Cutlet

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 8 Cutlets
 Recipe Category: Snacks
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:

   Ingredients needed

   Potato – 2 medium size or 3/4 cup boiled and mashed
   Beans + Carrot – 1/2 cup
   Onion -1
   Green chilli -1
   Turmeric powder – a pinch
   Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
   Garam masala powder -1/2 tsp (if you want spicy)
   Salt needed

   Cornflour – 1/2 cup
   Bread crumbs* -as needed
   Oil for shallow frying

   For the seasoning

   Oil -1 tbsp
   Mustard seeds -1 tsp

Preparation

Chop onion, beans and carrots finely.

Now let us see how to cook vegetables for cutlet – I kept beans and carrot in a vessel without water, closed it with a lid, kept potatoes on top and pressure cooked for 3 whistles.(see picture below). In this method there will not be much moisture in the vegetables. If you are cooking the vegetables in water, after the vegetables are cooked, drain the water immediately. Squeeze out all the water using a muslin cloth.The important thing to be noted here is that there should not be any moisture in the vegetables. So see to it that you squeeze out all water from the vegetables.

Remove the skin and mash the potatoes well when it is hot itself.

vegetables for cutlet

Method 


Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add finely chopped onions and green chillies.

When onions turns transparent, add the cooked carrot and beans.

Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder and saute for 2-3 minutes. Switch off the flame.

making veg cutlet

Now add the mashed potatoes, salt needed and mix well. Leave it to cool.

how to make cutlet

Now divide the mixture equally, make balls and then flatten it as shown in the picture below.

Mix cornflour with a little water and make a thick paste.

Now dip the prepared cutlet into the cornflour mix so that it is well coated with cornflour mixture.

how to prepare cutlets

Now drop it gently into bread crumbs and see to it that it is well coated with bread crumbs on both the sides.

Veg cutlet

Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the cutlets until golden brown on both sides.You can even deep fry if you want.

shallow frying the cutlets

Serve hot with tomato ketchup or green chutney.

How to make Bread Crumbs –

Method -1 Take bread that is 2-3 days old, dry it in the sun for 15 minutes and powder it in a mixie.

Method -2 Pre-heat the oven for 10 minutes at 180 Degree C. Then bake the bread in an ungreased baking tray for 10-15 minutes. Turn them over in between. Remove, cool and dry grind it in a mixie.

WARNING – Never keep oily, sticky eatables on a newspaper.Very poisonous LEAD dye will be ingested by and you are likely to have LEAD poisoning due to black printing dye! The cutlet is kept on newspaper to make it visually appealing.

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Comments

  27. MSK

    Hey that a gr8 idea to boil the veggies for cutlet.
    I will definitely try this method.
    Thanks for sharing and ur cutlets looks yummy. The good thing is its low fat too.

    Reply

  28. indu

    good way of cooking vegetables. i had the problem to keep it dry. i ll try this definetely.my son loves all ur recipes.i used egg white instead of cornflour. which one will be more crispier?

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  38. Geetanjali

    In case you don't have bread crumbs, you can use sooji to to coat the cutlets, but then you have to be very careful while frying because sooji can burn if put on high temperature for long time, just keep turning over the cutlet carefully and you will be safe. I have used sooji and I don't find much difference. Enjoy!

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    • Padhu Sankar

      It must be due to moisture or water content in the vegetables.Try this- Instead of making cornflour paste, add a tbsp of cornflour to the vegetable and potato mix, mix well and then coat it with bread crumbs and shallow fry.

      Reply

  45. Mohann

    Dear Padhu, I literally followed the steps mentioned by you and what a HIT it was with my wife and son! They couldn't believe I could cook so well! Thanks.

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  46. Suja

    Thanks padhu for the yummy n easy dish. My dad gav me nice option rather preparing bread crumbs we used rusk crumbs really easy n tasty too

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    • Padhu Sankar

      If you do not add water inside the pressure cooker, it will burst and the ruin the safety valve. You have to add water inside the cooker but do not add water to the vessel in which you have kept vegetables. I have written it clearly and you can also see water inside the cooker in the picture. See the picture in which I have kept chopped vegetables in a vessel inside the cooker.

      Reply

  59. Asha Ganesan

    Hi Padhu,

    I surprised my husband with vegetable cutlets today. It was so yummy that we both emptied the plate soo quickly ��.

    My mixie wasn't working. Hence I tried hardening the bread in the microwave oven and then powdered it with hands.

    Thanks a lot for sharing such wonderful recipes.

    Reply

  60. Suresh Jayaraman

    I pressure cooked the vegetables. I still had difficulties dipping it with the corn flour.Should I have still tried taking out the moisture? Your workaround of adding cornflour helped though. Thanks
    Bhavya

    Reply

    • Padhu Sankar

      If there is moisture in the vegetables, the cutlet will not hold together. That is the reason I pressure cooked the veggies in a vessel without adding water in it. Even after that I squeezed out some water from the vegetables.You can add little bread crumbs to the vegetable mixture also as the bread crumbs will absorb the moisture.

      Reply

  61. Vaishak S

    Hi Maam

    I liked ur recipe photos. They give a homemade recipe feel, which is why i like them.
    Just wanted to know one thing. If you don't have bread crumbs, what can u use instead?
    I have corn flour at home. So after dipping the cutlet in corn flour, how should i fry it without bread crumbs?
    With regards
    An ardent fan of ur site 🙂
    Vaishak

    Reply

    • Padhu Sankar

      Coarsely crumbled corn flakes or oats can be used as a substitute for breadcrumbs when making cutlets or you can blend a bread slice and add it to the cutlet mixture and make cutlets.

      Reply

  63. Unknown

    It said to use beans, what kind of beans do you use? Also you said to use green chili, what variety, is it fresh or dried chili that you are using. I would love to make this for my son Rohan. I remember having them in college but have never tried making them on my own.

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  68. Megha Shaji

    I tried veg cutlets today according to this recipe and guess what it vanished from the plate within minutes 😉
    Thankyou soo much for the recipe.
    But i had some difficulty with cornflour so i used maida instead.
    Btw how do i remove the moisture from the vegetables after steaming them (i followed your method of steaming 🙂 was easy)

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  69. Sowmya Baskaran

    I tried this recipe and it came out well.There was one problem where I was not able to break the cutlet properly after serving.The outer layer was crispy but it was mushy inside.what could be the issue?

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  70. Sowmya Baskaran

    I tried this recipe and it came out well.There was one problem where I was not able to break the cutlet properly after serving.The outer layer was crispy but it was mushy inside.what could be the issue?

    Reply

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