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Monday, November 03, 2008

Bread cutlet

Bread cutlet can be made in a jiffy. It consumes less oil and yet tastes great. Another good news is-no potatoes added in this recipe, YAY!

Makes 5 Cutlets

Ingredients:
Bread slices-3-4
Coriander leaves-2 tsp chopped
Green chilli chopped-1(small)
Ginger chopped-1/2 tsp
Salt
Garam masala powder-1/4 tsp
Kitchen king masala-1/4 tsp(optional)
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Chilli powder-a pinch

To fry in 1 tsp oil:
Finely chopped onion-1/2 cup
Grated carrot-1/2 cup
Grated Zucchini(optional)-1/2 cup

Method:
Heat oil in a pan. Fry the veggies for 5 minutes(sprinkle salt while frying) till they become tender.
Dip bread pieces in water and take them out immediately. Squeeze out excess water and mix the bread with the veggies and other spice powders to form a dough. Shape them into small cutlets and shallow fry in 2-3 tsp of oil till golden brown on both sides.

Carrot Dates Poli

A variation to the traditional poli. I have eaten store bought dates poli once. I could find some finely chopped nuts along with the dates in the poli. When I tried making it at home, my stock of nuts had dried up and thought of adding some grated carrot along with dates. And it tasted great. The carrot and dates compliments well. These pictures have been in my drafts for a very long time. And thanks to Aparna's Sweet Celebrations , it has made it to the blog.

The basic preparation of poli is same except for the filling.

For the dough

All Purpose flour(Maida) - 2 cups

Salt a pinch

Turmeric powder a pinch

Oil 2 tbspn

Water to knead

Filling

Chopped dates - 1 cup

Grated carrot - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 3 tbspn

Milk - 1 tbspn

Add the dough ingredients - maida, salt, turmeric powder and oil in a mixing bowl. Add water to make a soft dough. Finally just apply a teaspoon of oil over the dough and allow it to rest for a minimum of 2 hrs. This helps in making soft poli.

Meanwhile, MW grated carrot, finely chopped dates along with milk for 4 minutes or till it turns soft. Add sugar to the cooked carrot-dates mixture and MWfor 3 minutes. It should have come together.
You can do this step on stove-top too.

Take a lemon sized dough. Roll into poori size. While you roll, keep the centre comparatively thicker than edges. Keep a ball of the stuffing in the center. Bring together the edges and seal well. Roll again carefully into possibly thin poli. Shallow fry on tawa till you see brown specs on the poli.