Really got bored with the regular spinach pappu or Palak Paneer , wanted to try out something different with the Spinach..Spinach with some potatoes, peas, yellow corn powder and with some spices, the appetizer was made with less effort and time. We can even substitute this Cutlet as Spinach pattie in burger and could even be used in the preparation of Cutlet chat or a pattie in our regular Ragada Patties.
Ingredients
Potatoes Boiled - 6 or 7 Medium Sized
Frozen Peas or cooked peas - 1 Handful
Spinach finely chopped - 2 cups
Yellow Corn Flour - 2 tbsp
Salt - To Taste
Jeera Powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
Green Chilli Paste - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp ( optional )
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1 Pinch
Oil - To Shallow fry the Cutlets
Method
- Cook the Potatoes, Peas and mash them and keep it ready.
- Cut the Spinach leaves and keep it ready too...
- In the kadai on medium heat, add 2 tsp of oil first. Then, add the spinach leaves and fry them till they get soggy and half cooked. Then, add all the powders and fry them for few seconds.
- Finally add the mashed potatoes, peas and the yellow corn flour. Add required amount of salt and a pinch of sugar and mix them thoroughly.
- Fry them for a minute and switch off the flame.
- After it gets cooled, take a ball size of the mix from the kadai. With little oil in hand, make a small flat pattie. Similarly make other patties too with the kadai mix and keep it ready.
- In a non stick pan or dosa pan, add little oil and shallow fry them at one shot with very less oil. Turn them both sides and fry every pattie / cutlet uniformly.
- Keep the fried cutlets on a plate and serve with a side of Tomato Ketchup.
Tips
Don't mash the potatoes and peas too much. Leave few small potato pieces so that the cutlet tastes good.
Variations
You can customize the spice level according to your taste..I prefer this to be milder as i made it for my kids.