Beetroot Cutlet

Name: Beetroot Cutlet
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Indian

A Vegetarian Bengali Snack Recipe for Durgo Pujo

Features:

Cuisine:

Indian

60mins
Serves 4
Easy

Directions

For Bengali Garam Masala

Cinnamon (1½” Stick) – 2nos

Cardamom – 15nos

Cloves – 12nos

For Beetroot Cutlet

Beetroot Medium (boiled & peeled) – 4nos

Potato Medium (boiled & mashed) – ¾ cup

Salt – to taste

Green Chilli chopped – 1no

Ginger chopped – 2tsp

Peanuts (roasted & crushed) – 4tbsp

Roasted Cumin (Crushed) – 2 tsp

Coriander chopped – handful

Mustard oil – 1 tbsp

Kasundhi – 1tbsp

Bengali Garam Masala – ¾ tsp

Bread Crumbs (dried) – 2tbsp + 1 cup

Oil – for frying

For Mustard Dip

Kasundhi – 2tbsp

Mayonnaise – ½ cup

Steps

1 Done	For Bengali Garam Masala Dry grind cinnamon, cardamom and cloves in a mixer grinder. Remove and sieve to use the fine powder. Keep it aside for now.
2 Done	For Beetroot Cutlet Add the beetroot to a mixer grinder and make it into a puree, make sure there are no lumps. Heat a pan and pour in the beetroot puree and cook it for 8-10mins or till it thickens up into a a dense and thick paste. Remove it to a platter and spread it to cool quickly. Once it cools add potato, salt, green chilli, ginger, peanuts, cumin, coriander, mustard oil, Kasundhi, garam masala and 2tbsp of bread crumbs. Mix them all together and then divide hem into small balls. Roll them and then flatten them into thick discs or tikki. Dunk them in bread crumbs on all sides, press gently and keep aside. Heat a pan and drizzle oil, place the cutlets on hot oil and cook them on both sides till it browns. Remove and serve it with a mustard dip.
3 Done	For Mustard Dip Mix together mayonnaise and Kasundhi together and serve alongside the cutlet.

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