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Sweet Potato Cutlet Recipe-Sweet Potato Tikki-Easy and Healthy Snacks

April 1, 2015 by PadhuSankar 19 Comments

Sweet potatoes (sakkarai valli kizhangu in Tamil) are high in vitamin A, vitamin E and beta carotene. They also have decent source of vitamin C, potassium, calcium and folate. It is one of the high calorie starch food. Most kids will refuse to eat plain boiled sweet potato but if you give sweet potato kheer or prepare cutlets with sweet potato, they will ask you for more. It is a great kid friendly snack and can be whipped up in just 15-20 minutes. It is quite filling and keeps hunger at bay. Today we will learn how to make sweet potato cutlet following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Sweet Potato Cutlet

Sweet Potato Cutlet Recipe


Sweet Potato Cutlet

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Yields: 8 cutlets
 Recipe Category: Snacks
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Sweet Potato – 3 medium size
   Onion – 1 big finely chopped
   Green chilli -1 finely chopped
   Coriander Leaves -1 tbsp finely chopped
   Chilli Powder – 1/2 tsp
   Bengal gram flour (besan/kadalai mavu) – 2 tbsp
   Rice flour – 1 tbsp
   Salt to taste
   Oil for shallow frying

Preparation


Wash sweet potatoes well, chop it into 3 pieces and cook until soft. I pressure cooked for 3 whistles.

Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and drain the water completely. Peel the skin of sweet potatoes and mash it well without any lumps.

Finely chop onion, green chilli and coriander leaves.

preparation for Sweet Potato Cutlet

Add finely chopped onions, coriander leaves and green chilli to the finely mashed sweet potato.

Add salt needed, chilli powder, gram flour and rice flour.

how to make sweet potato cutlet

Mix everything well to form a dough. Take a lemon sized sweet potato dough, make a smooth ball and flatten it to form tikkis (disc). Do not make it very thick. It should be of medium thickness. Make sure that there are no cracks.

Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.

Sweet Potato Tikki

Method 


Heat oil in a shallow pan, and fry the tikkis both sides on low heat until golden brown. (you will need around 2-3 tsp of oil per cutlet).

Serve hot with tomato ketchup or green chutney.


Serve kids with these healthy, easy-to-prepare snack after school. Adults can have it with evening tea or any time of the day.

Note – When preparing for kids, you can omit the green chilli.

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Comments

  1. SPriya Shan

    April 1, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    Like to try this for my 5yr son

    Reply
  2. Rama Srinivasan

    April 3, 2015 at 4:09 am

    Thanx for sharing this recipe. I love sweet potatoes…I shall make these cutlets for certain.Thx dear Padhu once again…

    Reply
  3. Aaradhana

    April 7, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    I tried this. It was tasty. Thankx. I used fried gram powder instead of bengal gram and rice flour. Your recipes are wonderful and the way of presentation is too good. You are doing a great job. Keep going.

    Reply
  4. Indrani

    September 12, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    Was looking for the recipe to reassure my ideas for my 5 yr old kid…thanks a lot.

    Reply
  5. Vasanthi K

    March 14, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    I tried this, it is superb! Thanks Padhu mam!

    Reply
  6. Priya Ramkumar

    May 19, 2016 at 11:36 am

    healthy cutlets .. made it today as a evening snack and liked it much .. Thanks ..

    Reply
  7. Suma Paspuleti

    June 23, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    I tried this today…we loved them! My fussy kids now have something they like! Thanks!

    Reply
  8. Srinivasan M S

    June 24, 2016 at 8:11 am

    Very good recipe and nicely explained. Thank you and I shall try this soon.

    Reply
  9. Aparna

    June 28, 2016 at 10:47 am

    I made this today. My kids loved the cutlets. They never liked to eat sweet potato. This way they enjoyed eating. Thank u for the recipe.

    Reply
  10. shazia riyaz

    May 12, 2017 at 6:46 pm

    Can I store this dough in refrigerator for later use..?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      May 13, 2017 at 6:42 am

      You can even freeze it. Before tawa frying, bring it to room temperature.

      Reply
  11. Durga Gaithri Kanaysan

    September 17, 2017 at 8:43 am

    how if we don have gram flour ?anything can be replace

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 20, 2017 at 6:26 am

      You can use cornflour.

      Reply
  12. Unknown

    October 19, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    I tried it today. It came out really good

    Reply
  13. seeta

    November 9, 2017 at 9:39 am

    Am going to buy sweet potatoes now:-)

    Reply
  14. seeta

    November 14, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    Yey tried it today and my kids ate it too. Thank you for such an easy recipe

    Reply
  15. Unknown

    November 16, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    Tried it today and 2 yr kid loved it. Thanks for the recipe. Sweet potatoes are healthier and better than potatoes

    Reply
  16. Unknown

    June 28, 2018 at 8:24 pm

    I tried on my kid birthday party.. it's a big hit in party… Thanks a lot..

    Reply
  17. Ruhija Mukadam

    September 19, 2019 at 10:48 am

    Thanx for sharing this recipe. I love sweet potatoes…I shall make these cutlets for certain.Thx dear Padhu once again…

    Reply

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