Poha Cutlet

Ingredients:

1 cup of soaked Rice flakes (Poha or ChNire) 

2 potatoes (boiled)

2 tbsp of gram flour 

1 medium chopped onion

1 chopped green chilis

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

1.5 tsp of turmeric powder, cumin powder

2 tbsp of Semolina for dredging the cutlets

Salt and sugar as per taste

White oil for frying (you can use mustard oil)

Method: 

1. Drain water from the soaked rice flakes once it becomes soft.

2. Mash the boiled potato with rice flakes.

3. Add gram flour and all other ingredients (except semolina) to mashed rice flakes and potatoes. And knead it into dough.

***N.B. -- DON'T use water while making dough.  

4. Now you have to make small balls to form cutlet. Take little oil in your palm while kneading, Otherwise dough may stick to your palm.  Start making balls and flatten them to form cutlet. 

5. Take semolina in a flat plate and dredge each cutlet in it. Keep those dredged cutlets aside.

6. Heat oil in a deep bottom skillet. Reduce the heat once the oil is hot. Place dredged cutlets into the oil and shallow-fry them from both sides. 

7. You can place 2/3 cutlets into the oil at a time. Once you are done, switch off the oven and keep those fried cutlets aside for cooling down. 

8. Serve hot poha cutlets with tomato sauce. 

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