Chickpea cutlet recipe

Kiran Vimala
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup cooked Kabuli Chana or White Chickpeas
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 small carrot (You can add other vegetables as well. I had only carrot with me)
  • 1/2 green chilly
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 1 slice of bread - (I used whole grain bread. You can use any that you like)
  • Bread crumbs
  • Coriander Leaves
  • Salt
  • Oil for frying


Method:

  • Mash the cooked chanas or chickpeas using a blender with out adding water and keep aside.
  • Cut onion, green chilly, ginger and carrot.
  • Remove the edges of the bread slices and soak the bread slices in water for around 10 min.
  • Heat oil in a pan and when the oil becomes hot, add onions and saute till they are brown.
  • Then add crushed green chillies and ginger and saute for 2min.
  • Then add carrots and cover and cook for 2min. Add turmeric, chilly powder, garam maala and salt. Switch off after 2min.
  • In a wide bowl, mix mashed chanas, soaked bread slices, the onion- carrot filling, coriander leaves and mix well.
  • Make round balls out of the them.
  • Heat oil in a pan for frying. Dip the round balls in the bread crumbs mixture, make it into a pattie like shape and fry them when the oil becomes hot.
  • Fry till they become golden brown in color and take them off from the pan.
  • Put them in a paper towel so that the oil comes off.
  • Repeat till all the round balls are fried. Serve hot with green chutney or any sauce.
  • Serve them as a starter or a tea time snack...

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