Method
- Soak red kidney beans for about 8 hours or overnight with a pinch of soda (the soda is optional)
- Drain red kidney beans and place in a pot with fresh water and simmer on a low heat until cooked.
- Alternatively drain red kidney beans and place in a pressure cooker with sufficient water and cook until soft.
- Cook potatoes with skin either in the pressure cooker or stove top or microwave until soft and keep aside.
- When the potatoes are cool, peel potatoes, mash them and keep aside.
- Grind together green chillies, handful of cilantro and ginger until it becomes a fine paste.
- In a heavy bottomed pan heat oil and add cumin seeds to it.
- When cumin seeds begin to splutter add the mixed vegetables to it,add salt to taste, chilli powder, garam masala, sprinkle a few drops of water and cook on a low flame until it is soft.
- Add mashed potatoes to the cooked vegetables and mix well.
- Add cooked red kidney beans to this mixture and mix well.
- Using the back of your spatula or a potato masher, mash the mixture gently until most of the vegetables, beans and potatoes get mashed.
- Add bread crumbs and semolina to this mixture and mix well.
- Cool slightly and form lemon sized balls and flatten it slightly.
- Heat a flat pan/ griddle/ tawa on medium high, place the flattened cutlets on them and add a few drops of oil around the cutlets.
- Turn over and fry the other side similarly.
- Serve hot with ketchup as a snack or use the cutlets in your burger or sandwich or serve as an appetizer.
- Yield will depend on the size of the cutlets.
Courtesy: http://veginspirations.blogspot.com/
Ingredients: 1 cup - red kidney beans soaked for about 8 hours with a pinch of soda (soda is optional)
4 - small potatoes
2 cups - mixed vegetables ( I used a mixture of beans, carrots and peas)
4 slices - bread (powdered in a spice grinder to a coarse mixture)
1/4 cup - semolina
1/2 tsp - red chilli powder (optional) (or according to taste)
1/2 tsp - garam masala
salt according to taste
1 tbsp - oil
1 tsp - cumin seeds
Grind together:
4 - green chillies
handful - cilantro (coriander leaves) cut fine
1 inch piece - ginger
a little extra oil to shallow fry the cutlets