Soya Cashew Cutlet

Ingredients: for the Cutlets:

1. Soya chunks (badi) 50 g

2. Cashew nut 12

3. Potato 1 medium

4. Paneer (cottage cheese) 10 g

5. Onion 1 big 

6. Garlic 2 pods

7. Ginger 1 tiny piece

8. Green Chilli 1 (to taste)

9. Salt to taste

10. Garam masala powser half tsp 

11. Fresh Coriander leaves (I didn't have, so couldn't add)

12. Oil for frying

Ingredients: for the Batter: 

1. Egg 1

2. Flour 3 tbsp

3. Corn Flour 3 tbsp

4. Refined oil 1 tbs

5. Salt to taste

6. Water 1 tbsp (or little more if too thick)

Method: to make the Cutlets:

Boil Soya chunks in water till tender. Drain and let it cool. Squeeze the water out completely. Mash with hand if you like to bite tiny pieces like meat or grind in a grinder for a very smooth paste. Tastes great both ways. 

Boil Potato. Let it cool. Take off skin.   

Grind Cashew, may leave it coarse if you like to chew a few tiny pieces in the Cutlet. 

Mash Paneer 

Chop Onion, Ginger, Garlic, Green Chilli, Coriander leaves

Mix all the ingredients for Cutlets together except oil. Mix well. Check salt. 

Make 12 equal portions (I made 11 Cutlets), roll on your palm and flatten them. Make all the Cutlets and keep. 

Method to make the Batter: 

Mix all the ingredients for the Batter. Mix well. 

Now heat oil, dip the Cutlets in the Batter and fry on medium to low flame. 

I shallow fried the Cutlets. But can be deep fried to get tastier Cutlets.

Serve these amazingly tasty Soya Cashew Cutlets with freshly made Green Chutney. 

Ingredients for Green Chutney: 

1. Pudina (Mint leaves) 1 bunch

2. Dhania (Fresh Coriander leaves) 1 bunch

3. Garlic 3 to 4 pods

4. Fresh Green Chilli 1 (or to taste) 

5. Salt to taste

6. Iimli ripe (Tamarind) little 

               or

    Lemon juice 2 tbsp (or to taste

Method for Green Chutney:

Mix all the above ingredients and put in the Chutney maker. Grind till very smooth.
Chutney is ready. You may add little oil and sugar if you like to the Chutney. 

  

Bread Chop

Bread Chop is a very easy to make tasty tea time savoury. I often make this when a guest drops by uninformed and there is no ready snacks at home. This particular filling too can be made with very little time. If you have a micro wave oven, cook the potato in it to save more time.
Ingredients : For the cover :
                             6   slices of bread. (1 slice = 1 chop)
                             1 egg
                             1 cup bread crumbs
                             1/2 tsp salt
                             1 glass water

                             For frying :
                             100 ml refine oil
             
                             For filling : Potato filling
                             (Any filling of your choice can be used. My family's choice is Chicken
                             minced)
                             3 medium potatoes
                             2 eggs. beaten well
                             1/2 tsp mustard seed
                             2 onions, chopped
                             1 tsp chopped ginger
                             3 tbsp refine oil
                             salt to taste
                             a few curry leaves (Murraya koenigii)
                             1 tomato, skinned and chopped
                             1 green chilly chopped
                             a bunch of fresh coriander leaves, chopped
Method : Filling : Steam the potatoes. Peel and mash with salt. Heat oil and splutter the mustard seed. Put in curry leaves, onion, ginger, chilly and tomato. Saute for a while, add the mashed potato and stir well. Fry till done, add coriander leaves and beaten eggs, mix well. Filling is ready, keep aside.
I make all sorts of fillings. Left over vegetables or meat make good filling too. A mixed vegetable filling is good for the vegetarians.

In a bowl take water. Soak a slice of bread for just a minute in the water, squeeze water out. place 2 table spoon of the filling on the slice and fold it. Now using both your palms press and shape the bread chop.   Make all the chops this way.
Beat egg and salt. Dip  chops and roll on bread crumbs. Heat oil, deep fry the chops till golden brown.
Your easy to make tea time Bread Chops are ready.

Serve with a green chutney and a piping hot cup of Assam tea.