Veg Cutlet Recipe | Vegetable Cutlet

Last Updated On: Nov 13, 2024 by Sharmilee J

Veg Cutlet is a popular Indian snack made using vegetables, herbs and spices perfect for tea time. Veg Cutlet is a 80’s fame starter that is a good choice to make for snack or starter, most popularly served for birthday parties. Learn to make Veg Cutlet with step by step pictures.

Vegetable Cutlet is my favorite from my childhood days. I’m sure this is the best way to make kids eat veggies. As mittu and gugu are fond of this cutlet I got the recipe from amma and here it is for you. To me amma’s cutlets are the best so wanted to share teh recipe here.

About Veg Cutlet

‘Cutlet’ is a word derived from a French word ‘cotelette’ which is a starter / appatizer in French cuisine. Later Veg Cutlet became popular throughout the world. Vegetable Cutlet is amde using bread, vegetables, flour, breadcrumbs etc.

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 your cutlet guiltfree. If you are making it for parties then deep fry and enjoy!

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Veg Cutlet Ingredients

Vegetables – I have used onion, potato, carrot, peas and beans.
Bread – Use wheat bread or white bread. You can even use leftover bread.
Spice powders – Red chili powder and garam masala powders are used here.
Ginger garlic paste – Ginger garlic paste is added for flavor.
Flour – Maida is mixed with water to make a slurry which is used for coating the cutlets.
Bread crumbs – Bread crumbs is used as a outer coating for crispness.
Lemon juice – Lemon juice adds a zesty flavor.
Coriander leaves – Coriander leaves is added for taste and flavor.

How to make Veg Cutlet Step by Step

1.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 vegetables. Add ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, garam masala powder, coriander leaves and required salt.

2.Mix well and sauté 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 5 minutes. Switch off and cool down.

3.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 flour and water to form a thick paste. Now dip each cutlet in the paste such that both sides are coated well.

4.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.

Always serve cutlets hot with tomato sauce!

Expert Tips

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 sauté onion, tomato well and then add it to the other ingredients. You can try this too as tomatoes give a nice flavor.
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.

Serving & Storage

Serve hot as a starter with tomato sauce or green chutney. Vegetable Cutlet keeps well in room temperature for a day. You can store the prepared mixed vegetable mixture in fridge for 2 days. Make cutlets and serve hot when needed.

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