Poha Cutlet Ingredients:
- Poha (flattened rice) – 2 cups
- Potato – 2
- Onion – 1
- Bread Slices – 3 to 4
- Peanuts – 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp
- Green chilli – 2
- Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon
- Curry leaves – 10 to 12
- Salt – as per taste
- Cooking oil – 1 tbsp + for frying
How to make Poha Cutlet at home:
Instructions:
- Boil two potatoes in a pressure cooker. Peel and mash when cooled.
- Wash the poha thoroughly with water and keep aside. (Do not soak poha in water)
- Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the raw peanuts and keep aside.
- Add mustard seeds in the same oil.
- When the mustard seeds starts popping add finely chopped onions, curry leaves and finely chopped green chillies.
- When the onion turns light brown add turmeric powder, red chili powder and mix well.
- Add poha, roasted peanuts and salt as per taste and mix well
- Allow the poha to cook on low heat for 6 minutes.
- Turn off the gas.
- Let the prepared poha cool down, add the mashed potatoes to the poha.
- Now, soak the bread in water and squeeze it well, mash and add it to the poha.
- Now take a small amount of poha and give it the shape of the cutlet by pressing it with a light hand. Similarly prepare cutlets for frying.
- Heat oil in a pan for frying the cutlets.
- When the oil is hot, put the cutlets in the hot oil one by one on medium heat.
- Once they turn golden, take out the cutlets on tissue paper.
- Serve tasty Poha Bread Roll Cutlet with tea and coriander chutney and tomato sauce.
