Vegetable Croquettes
The way I made it:
Ingredients:
- 2 medium sized beetroot
- 2 medium sized carrots
- 2 medium sized potatoes
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 4-5 chopped green chillies
- 1 packet of salted Haldiram peanuts
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 5-6 tablespoons of besan/chickpea flour or more if required
- 1 tablespoon cornflour powder
- Bread crumbs for the upper coating
- White oil as per requirement
- Salt and sugar to taste
Vegetable Croquettes
Procedure:
Step 1:
Peel the vegetables, cut into halves and boil in a pressure cooker upto 5-6 whistles or till they are mashable. Do not over boil or they will become soggy.
Step 2:
Heat a little oil in a kadai/ wok and add grated ginger and green chillies. Add the peanuts. Fry for a minute. Now add the mashed veggies. Add the powder masalas (you can add garam masala if you want, I didn’t), salt and sugar. Stir till the water in the stuffing dries up. If it feels too watery add some besan to tighten it.Step 3:
Make a thin batter of besan, cornflour, a pinch of salt and water. Spread the bread crumbs on a flat plate.
Step 4:
Take some of the stuffing and give each an oval shape with your hands. Dip into the batter and roll well in the bread crumbs. Keep on a separate plate. Continue this process till all of them are done.
The Croquettes waiting to be refrigerated
Step 5:
Now refrigerate them for an hour and a half.
Vegetable Croquettes
Step 6:
Heat oil in another kadai/pan/wok. Take the croquettes out of the fridge and deep fry them golden brown. Serve with kasundi or any sauce/chutney of your choice. HEAVEN…..