Recipe- Super Easy Potato Cutlets

Potato cutlets are perfect potato snacks to serve as appetisers for your next party. On my tables these crispy Indian potato snack disappear in seconds! The best thing is you can make them ahead and freeze them as well.

Ingredients

400 gms potato boiled & grated
½ cup cheddar cheese grated
1 cup grated zucchini
Salt to taste
1 tsp chili flakes
1 tsp dried parsley
1 tsp dried herbs
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp coriander leaves fresh
¼ cup oil
¼ cup all purpose flour/maida
½ cup bread crumbs

Method

Make Cutlet Mixture

* Making Potato Mixture for Cutlets

* Start with grating zucchini first. Grate zucchini with larger holes of a box grater and keep it aside. You can use food processor if you wish to.

* In a bowl and add boiled potatoes, grated zucchini, and grated cheese, parsley, chilli flakes, salt, mixed herbs, black pepper, and coriander leaves. Mix all the ingredients well.

Shaping Traingles Cutlets

* Grease your palm with some oil. On flat surface spread the potato mixture using your fingers to flatten it.

* With the use of a knife perfect the edges of the mixture and make a rectangular shape. Place this in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

* After 30 minutes, take out the mixture and with a knife cut them first into squares and then further in the middle to form triangles.Shape them in triangles as shown in the picture.

Preparing Coating for Cutlets

* First make a batter for coating the cutlets.In a bowl add maida/all purpose flour, salt, and water. Mix it well to make a thin batter.

* Dip the triangles in the coating batter. Coat it into bread crumbs nicely. shake of extra bread crumbs.

Shallow Fry Potato Cutlets

* In a pan heat some oil. When the oil starts to smoke, carefully add the cutlets and shallow fry them.

* Flip and fry them from both sides until they are golden brown.

* When done, switch off the heat and serve with ketchup, chutney or dip of your choice.

Baked Potato Cutlets

* Spray or brush the potato triangles with oil or cooking spray.Preheat oven to 200C for 5 minutes.

* Bake 9-11 minutes or until crumbs are crisp and cheese is melted.Your baked cutlets are ready.