Healthy Indian Style Potato Cheese Cutlets

Potatoes are quite versatile and widely used in every household. We love anything that has potatoes in it! I always keep experimenting with various dishes and mixing several ingredients together. This is one such delicacy everyone loved in the first bite itself. Cutlets are the most loved appetizer. We all have our favorites, don’t we? Let’s head into the yummy preparation for Potato Cheese Cutlets or Tikkis

Ingredients

2 Boiled Potatoes
2 Small Boiled Carrots
1 Small Cup Boiled Green Peas
Red chilli powder
Turmeric
Asafoetida (Hing)
Chopped Coriander
Garam Masala (Optional)
Cheese Slice or Mozarella Cheese (Optional)
Semolina (Rawa)
Rice Flour
Salt

Preparation – I usually do things in advance to save time. A night prior when I add rice to the pressure cooker, I add the above veggies too. In my case, it is 4 whistles ( 3 would do too). Add little water and salt so they boil well. Drain the water and store the boiled veggies to make cutlets the next morning. I even do the above steps in the morning. It totally depends on my mood.

Making the Potato Cheese Cutlets – In a bowl mash all the boiled veggies. The above quantity will ensure we get 6 to 7 cutlets. Add veggies or increase the quantity if necessary. Add 1tbsp of red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala. If you don’t like garam masala skip it, the taste would differ but it would be yummy! A pinch of Asafoetida (hing), chopped fresh coriander, salt as per taste.

Mix all the above ingredients. The dough is nicely smooth. I prefer to keep small chunks of veggies so my daughter gets to chew them well. Flatten some on the palm and add a small cheese cube to it. Shhh.. Don’t worry the cutlets taste yummy even if you skip the cheese! Turn it like a ball and flatten it into a cutlet form.