Veg Cutlet is a melt in mouth masala packed starter prepared by toasting discs made of veggies, spices with mashed potatoes and garnished with breadcrumbs. Veg Cutlet is a 80’s fame starter that is a good choice to make on special occasions. Cutlet Recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures. 
Vegetable cutlet is my favourite from my childhood days. I’m sure this is the best way to make kids eat veggies. I got the recipe from amma and here it is for you….Whan I was in the middle of clicking my daughter came running to me with the pizzahut stand(in the 2nd pic) and asked to keep it so she was the sole reason for that idea.
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Cutlet Recipe | Veg Cutlet
Ingredients
- 2 big sized potato
- 1/4 cup other mixed veggies I used carrots peas and beans
- 1/2 onions chopped finely
- 1 slice bread
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves chopped
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon maida
- salt as required
- oil as required for deep frying / toasting
Instructions
- Pressure cook the veggies with required amount of water until soft.
- Peel off the skin of potatoes ,mash it well and add the other veggies to it.
- Then add finely chopped onions, Crumble the bread with your hands and add the bread to the veggies.
- Add ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander leaves and required salt.
- Mix well and saute it in a nonstick pan with a teaspoon of oil till the onions turn soft and the masalas raw smell leaves, it will take just 5mins. Switch off and cool down.
- Add lemon juice and mix well to form a dough.
- Make equal sized round balls and slightly press it between your palms to make it flat. Keep aside.
- Now in a separate plate, mix maida and water to form a thick paste. Now dip each cutlet in the paste such that both sides are coated well.
- Then coat it with breadcrumbs as show in the below pic. Repeat the same for all other cutlets too. You can deep fry them or toast the cutlets(like what I did) till crispy.
- Serve the Veg cutlet hot with tomato sauce.
Notes
- You can also add beetroot for a nice color.
- You can deep fry them if you are making in bulk as it saves time
- Those who like eggs can use egg for coating and then dip them in breadcrumbs.
- Amma usually sautes onion and tomato well and then add it to the other other ingredients. You can try this too as tomatoes give a nice flavour.
- You can prepare the cutlets before hand and refrigerate them, and toast/deep fry when you want it to serve hot. I have tried a day prior to the guests arrived and it was good. So make sure you make the cutlets only a day prior and not more than that as the veggies will get spoiled easily.
Method:
- Pressure cook the veggies with required amount of water until soft. Peel off the skin of potatoes ,mash it well and add the other veggies to it. Then add finely chopped onions, Crumble the bread with your hands and add the bread to the veggies.Add ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander leaves and required salt.
- Mix well and saute it in a nonstick pan with a teaspoon of oil till the onions turn soft and the masalas raw smell leaves, it will take just 5mins. Switch off and cool down.
- Add lemon juice and mix well to form a dough.Make equal sized round balls and slightly press it between your palms to make it flat.Keep aside.Now in a seperate plate, mix maida and water to form a thick paste. Now dip each cutlet in the paste such that both sides are coated well.
- Then coat it with breadcrumbs as show in the below pic.Repeat the same for all other cutlets too. You can deep fry them or toast the cutlets(like what I did) till crispy.Serve the cutlets hot with tomato sauce.
I am sure this is a kid pleaser, you can make innovative shapes and impress the kids. Any fussy eater will sure like this cutlet and ask for one more. You can make this as a tea time snack for kids and serve them hot with tomato sauce – yum combination. As all the veggies are added and if you toasting it then what more do you need – Its a tasty and healthy evening tea time snack.Enjoy ur cutlets guiltfree.
My Notes:
- You can also add beetroot for a nice color.
- You can deep fry them if you are making in bulk as it saves time
- Those who like eggs can use egg for coating and then dip them in breadcrumbs.
- Amma usually sautes onion and tomato well and then add it to the other other ingredients. You can try this too as tomatoes give a nice flavour.
- You can prepare the cutlets before hand and refrigerate them, and toast/deep fry when you want it to serve hot. I have tried a day prior to the guests arrived and it was good. So make sure you make the cutlets only a day prior and not more than that as the veggies will get spoiled easily.
thekitchenaffaire
Yumm.. I love cutlets 😀 awEsome pictures
Shanavi
Cutlets looks well done and a good snack for kids to feed them some veggie's this way.. It's my all time fav..
Kalpana Sareesh
Absolutely yumm n perfectly made..i love it
Divya Kudua
I get nostalgic whenever I see someone posting cutlets as it somehow reminds me of my childhood.Whenever craving strikes,I make a big batch and freeze it so that I can have it at my fancy.I follow almost the same recipe,but with beetroot.Lovely pics as usual,the cute li'l stand,is that the one which comes with pizza?
MSK
Hey Divya, could you tell me how do you freeze the cutlets , before frying them or after frying them ? which way is suggested.
Thanks 🙂
Satrupa
Looks so delicious ….. yumm. I liked ur lil one's idea of using the Pizzahut stand 🙂
Raksha
Looks awesome. I love your clicks. DO you use any photo editing software? Or are the pics directly from your camera?
Vimitha Anand
Perfectly done cutlets… Reminds of my childhood days when mom makes me them whenever I ask… Cute lil' stand u ve got…
Sharmilee! :)
@Divya : Thats nice to hear Divya! Yes, it is the small stand that comes with pizzas at Pizzahut 🙂
@Raksha : Yes I use Photoshop CS3 for some minor editing.
Sarah
lovely cutlets! And nice to see them being toasted instead of deepfried 🙂
tseyring dojey
i too like his vegetable cutlet.
Laxmi
Delicious and yummy. Nice idea to shallow fry them..
Priya
Love cutlets simply with ketchup, they looks fabulous and prefect..
Prathibha
As Divya said…even I do a big batch n freeze them and hence easy snack when sudden craving for any snack…They look very nice n I loved the click wid stand especially..:)
Reena
Hi dear….how do u freeze cutlet ….its after fry or ….before fry.
Sushma Mallya
Lovely cutlets Sharmi and love ur clicks too they come out so perfect:)
kaveri
Yummy Cutlets…Lovely clicks…
An Open Book
they look so damn perfect 🙂
Prathima Rao
Perfectly made dish & tempting clicks…as alwayz 🙂
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Anonymous
Love veg cutlets, and it reminds me of the fun time we had in Indian Coffee house and yours look so so good.
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Rekha shoban
perfect cutlet!!nice presentation sharmiee
Ramya
Love those little beauties..Cant resist this cute yummy treat!!
RAKS KITCHEN
Love this,I can eat more than 10 at a time 😉 haha… pretty click,Dhiksha has a nice taste 😉
Nitha
Lovely clicks.. and perfect cutlets..
Plateful
Cutlets in any flavor = my comfort food!! 🙂 Lovely presentation, as usual.
Suja
Perfect and super tempting cutlets..lovely clicks dear
Swarnavalli Suresh
these cutlets just makes to drooling!!
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
wow, they look so beautiful to look at and what a wonderful golden color 🙂
Ananda Rajashekar
Aaahhh that little stand is cute!
Sobha Shyam
my fav too from childhood..cutlets look so yummy n delicious..
kankana
very nicely made .. can see the crunchy look .. gorgeous! Love the second click .. very cute 🙂
divya
Delicious and yummy. Nice idea to shallow fry them..
jeyashrisuresh
wonderful idea of keeping the pizza hut stand.so sweet of her. Nice stepwise explanations
Divya Vikram
Cutlets look perfect and amazing!
miri goes phishing!
they look really nice…as always the snaps have come out really well too….i love the fact that u used homemade bread crumbs….:) that a grt tip for me…:)
Yummy Team
Delicious cutlets. Awesome clicks as usual..
arthi
very tempting and delicious cutlets..
Sarah Naveen
love this..looks os os perfect Dear!!!! nice clicks too
swapna
Perfect looking cutlet and beautiful shot…
Anu Nandu
Awwww…love the little stack of cutlets- awesome pics!
Vidya Mohan
cute presentation 🙂 i have a doubt.. do you add the masala powders and garlic paste to the bread crumbs or to the veggies
Sharmilee! :)
@Vidya : The masala powders should be added to the veggies. The breadcrumbs is just for coating the cutlets, u dont need to add anything to breadcrumbs. Hope this clears…
Anonymous
Hi Sharmilee,
I read this post today while travelling back to home on train, was so tempted that I made this as soon as I reached home.
Came out wonderful. My kids also loved it.
Thanks for posting a healthy and tasty recipe.
Keep it up.
Thanks,
Megs
Sharmilee! :)
@Megs : Glad to know that it turned out well and ur kids liked it 🙂
Anonymous
Can I bake these cutlets? Also, can I omit the egg for coating and just add bread crumbs so they stay well put in the oven as they are baking? I've tried using cooking oil to deep fry them and they are awesome but I started baking more for healthier versions.
Thanks for recipe! 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
@Anon: Yes eggs are just optional…I havent used them too. Ye you can bake them too but am not sure of the temperature and timing, may be you can try and see….else you can toast them in dosa tawa like what I've done which consumes less oil too.
Anitha Vignesh
thx u so much mam.it came out very well
Veena
What canI use instead of bread crumbs, as i dont have oven?
Sharmilee! :)
You can get readymade breadcrumbs else get rusk and powder it. If you skip that,then the crispness will be missing.
RAKESH RITTI
,,,THANKU FOR SUCH A NICE RECIPE ,,,,WITH STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE,,,, MY MOM WIL LOVE IT ,,,,:-)
RAKESH RITTI
THANK U FOR SUCH A NICE RECIPE,,,, HOPE MY MOM WIL LOVE IT,,, 🙂
Viji
Today I prepare this snacks for evening tea time.. it came out well.. I also added sweet corn along with the veggies… tasted very well.. thanks for posting this recipe..
Viji
Today I prepared this cutlet for the evening tea time.. it came out very well.. thanks for posting this recipe..
Unknown
Hi Sharmi,
Prepared cutlets for evening snack. Came out very well. 🙂 Thank you.. for posting very simple.. easy to make receipe.
Riya
Made this cutlet, after successful encounter with soya chunks cutlet. This has been become my favorite and easy to do anytime. Thanks a lot dear sharmeee:)
sheem doll
Nice cutlet… Jus now tried… Came ou very well.. My sweet hubbi loved it…
indu mathi
Very easy to prepare… Everyone can try this delicious dish nd can make it in 20min…
sab
Hi sharmi. . Tried cutlet from the above steps. came out very nice. My kid loved it 🙂 but my dough was lil bit watery. anything can be added to make it tight? thanks
SHARMILEE J
You can add bread slice / breadcrumbs to make the dough tight…
sab
Thanks. will try
AsraAfreen
tasty snack
Divi
I want to make some and freeze them for my daughter's school snack. Can I just make the whole cutlet ,freeze and thaw it before use or do I just make the balls and then toast it in breadcrumb before packing lunch?
SHARMILEE J
I havent tried freezing it but have refrigerated the dough for a day and the next day have toasted it…So I believe even freezing will be good
Vaishak S
thanks for this recipe. i have a question.
what substitute can i use for breadcrumbs?
SHARMILEE J
Breadcrumbs is just for crispness…you can skip that too
tseyring dojey
if you mix with the ghee it taste so yummy and delicious
tseyring dojey
GREAT!
Vidhya Ravi
Any alternative for maida? Can i use besan flour?
SHARMILEE J
You can skip that step itself
SHANTHI subbiah
Hi..Sterday eve i tried tis recipe by followng ur steps.I dont know to cook properly n tawa.
so i decided to do deep fry it but unfortunately it startd to start to float t in t oil like a mixture.i dint get into the shape of cutlet.also i made one change added rusk powder instead of brad crumbs
y is it so..?
wat mistk i made..plz help me
Unknown
Gonna try tis and really easier steps to follow