Red Beaten Rice & Potato Cutlets | Vegan | Gluten Free | Dairy Free

Hi All!!

A lot of thought process goes into creating a recipe and then a lot of creativity is involved in clicking the pictures. If you notice in all food magazines, food channels, food blogs or any food related websites, a lot of attention is give to food styling and food presentation. As it’s said, that you eat first with your eyes and then with the mouth, so it’s important that the food  looks appealing and attracts you to try it. This is especially important when the food is presented in the virtual world where you can not really taste the food!!

One recipe rather one picture which was on the cover page of Good Food Magazine made me drool over it and I was so tempted to create a recipe similar to that and style it in a similar way,  And finally after many months of postponing I’ve created a similar recipe in my style and  made it more healthier. The original recipe was of a poha cutlet with a rasam dip. I’ve also made a poha cutlet only but instead of using the white version of poha (beaten rice) I opted for red, the more healthier one. Similarly, instead of the rasam dip, I made a tangy Mint chutney.

It was a recipe created for the kid’s lunch box. I need to make healthy and tasty food for the kid which would guarantee that he would finish it without making a fuss. It might sound funny but being a food blogger’s Mom brings in a lot of challenges too especially on deciding what goes into the lunch box, the food going into it can’t be compromised. To my delight, the kid’s lunch box is quite popular amongst his friends and they would demand to eat his lunch box most of the times, leaving him hungry. He would come home famished with a headache. Finally the kid acted smart and gave his classmates my blog id so that their Moms could cook recipes for them from my blog and they could also carry that in their lunch box. This has helped him to a certain extent.

Anyways, I had shaped the cutlets and refrigerated them so that in the morning I didn’t have to rush since I wanted to send them in kid’s lunch box. The kid happily carried this in his lunch box and he came back complaining again that he got only two pieces to eat and he wanted to eat more. He also said that it is one of the best cutlets that I have made and I should make them more regularly. I was more than happy to hear that, as my purpose was solved..

Red Beaten Rice & Potato Cutlets

Preparation Time: 1hr | Cooking Time: 8mins/batch | Makes: 16 | Serves: 4 | Difficulty Level: Easy

Ingredients

1-1/2cups soaked thick red beaten rice

3 large potatoes

4-5 green chilies

4-5 garlic cloves

1inch piece ginger

salt to taste

handful of chopped coriander leaves

oil for shallow frying

Method

Wash the beaten rice several times with water and drain the water completely. Soak it for an hour.

Boil, peel and grate the potatoes.

Finely chop green chilies and coriander and grind ginger and garlic.

Crush the beaten rice with the fingers and add salt to taste. Also add the chili, ginger, garlic and coriander.

Mix together properly. Divide the mix into 16-18 portions. If you feel that the mix is too wet, you can add bread crumbs too.

Shape them into a ball and then flatten. Smoothen the edges.

Take a non stick pan and sprinkle a tea spoon of oil and heat it. Place 5-6 cutlets at a time and cook on a medium flame on both the sides till crisp and golden in color.

Serve with ketch up or Mint chutney.

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