How is weather in your part of the world???The temperatures have steadily dropped in here.It was 32 F here today..though no snowfall!Its gloomy, grey and windy for past 2 days and totally the kind of weather which I absolutely HATE! It makes me passive and sucks away all my enthusiasm to do anything.I dun mind sun even in summers coz atleast everything looks bright and vibrant.P makes fun of me and tells me to save some sunlight in a tight bottle for the night-time 
This whole weekend I was shopping for woollens and fooling around in the Vegas casinos to keep my mood kickin I had really good stuff at some of the finest bakeries.Vegas is already full of tourists because of the upcoming Thanksgiving holidays.To stay warm,I love sipping tea every other hour in this cold weather and a little snack with that.
The recipe for today is an absolute delight coz its healthy and non fried!I made these cutlets for breakfast on Saturday alongside some chicken rolls and these were so good and a big relief from those regular potato ones.I know that I am gonna make these quite regularly now.The ingredients are mainly mexican but the recipe is Indian I particularly liked the taste added by boiled green grams [hara channa] to the mix.No bread crumbs, no cornstarch,completely vegan and totally healthy.We had the leftovers with lunch!.You can use pinto beans or black-eyed beans, garbanzo beans etc in place of green gram.My idea was to avoid potatoes and try something new.I did not need any binding agent coz the beans are super starchy, however if you do for whatever reasons, feel free to add some!These are not super crispy but they taste really good!
My mum always says that the shape and look of the thing that you eat decides the way you look.More clearly, as per her,eating potatoes, cauliflower and root vegetable will make you look rounded and eating leafy vegetables,squashes will make you look slender!!I used to ask her that if I will eat lots of bread, then will I look fair like white bread or not??Quite funny it is…but if you think of it seriously, some of it might be true too.So mum…I saved eating some potatoes & bread both!! Below goes the recipe.
What I needed: [Makes 7-8 medium-sized patties]
- 1 cup boiled black beans, boiled
- 1/2 cup green gram [hara channa], boiled
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red bell peppers
- 2 green chillies, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh chopped cilantro [or parsely]
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
- 2 tbsp corn meal
- 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- Oil for skillet frying
- Cornmeal for the crust
How I did it :
- Mash the black beans and green gram together coarsely.
- Add all the spices , onions, bell peppers, chillies, lemon juice and corn meal, mix well to make a smooth mixture.
- Wash your hands clean. Smother some oil on your palms. Take the above prepared mixture, and shape the mixture into flat patties. Keep aside on a plate. Continue preparing cutlets until you get the number you need.
- Cover the plate with cutlet with a plastic wrap and chill for about 10-15 minutes.This will set the cutlets and they will not spread while cooking.
- When about to cook , roll the cutlets in cornmeal mixed with some salt.
- On a tawa/griddle/skillet/pan, pour 1 tbsp of oil and on a very slow heat ,cook these until the cutlets crisp dark brown on both sides.Cook these in batches.Add more oil if required.
- Serve warm with some cilantro-mint chutney and tomato ketchup.
Notes:
- Test a small sample first to ensure that it’s not spreading on the hot skillet.If it does, add some cornstarch to the mixture.
- These will form excellent patty for burgers or pita pockets.
- These can be shallow or deep-fried too.
- You can add as many kinds of veggies as you want to these cutlets or even some minced meat.
Enjoy!
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This is my entry to MLLA # 29 hosted this month by Lisa and Started by Susan
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Been quite a while since I had hara channa. Don’t why! This is quite an inspiring cutlet, Hubster loves anything ” snack” and should try to trick him into eating healthy snack such as this!
Soo crispy cutlet..looks absolutely yummy and nutritious..
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LOL well well we both started our blog posts talking about the weather!! Hehehehee… don’t be so sad. It’s a great opportunity to cook truly warm and comforting food… yes I know how miserable it is to drive home from work and it’s cold and dark.. but I suppose the weather (and life) has its ups and downs
What an inviting healthy cutlets!!! Am drooling over your pictures!
These look awesome–I love love love hara chana (the fresh variety that we get around this time of the year in India!). I might need to go get me a packet of the frozen stuff at the indian grocery (not as good!). Love your recipe, sure beats eating the starchy fried stuff!
The weather here is unusally warm. It looks more like Spring than end of Fall. These fritters look mouthwatering. And the dips that accompany them make them irresistible.
Tanvi,
Beans cutlets looks delicious. I was trying to make one with kidney beans they came out good.
They look so crispy and delicious. Love the little cows!
cute bowls,just loved it…..and healthy and yummy cutlets…
Wow healthy cutlets..
Yummy cutlets! Hey, where do you get those hara channa. Never seen them here in US.
Those chutney bowls look cute.
Got to find out where I could grab some hara channa now
They look absolutely yumm
love what ur mum said, how cute
Darling its too cold, -15 brrrr…but it is filled with snow, makes us feel better with snow bit brightness around …cutlet looks yum and green gram in very new for me…i bet this is a healthy!
They look so yum…. and the fact that they are pan fried makes them awesome… Ur presentation.. especially the cow dip holders… are cho cute…
So u live in vegas… thats so great… i love vegas… we live in seattle.. its always gloomy here…. for 300 days per year..
I pine for Hara Chana all the time. Where did you get these little beauties. Those cutlets looks so good, especially the red and green chutney in those cute cow bowls.
Your black bean cutlet look so yummie, crispy outside and creamy inside…and love your presentation…So So cute the dishes
Cutlet looks crispy, crunchy, yummy and tempting. Wonderful presentation.
aahhh…u shud totally come to seattle…u will enjoy it… a different weather compared to vegas…
The cutlets look absolutely delightful. I really liked the cute bowls in which you have served the sauce.
Oh YUM! I just know I would love this. Nice use of the green channa. And those cows are tooo cute!
I am so sick of cold weather already as well. Which is bad since it’s just beginning. These cornmeal crusted cutlets look delicious, though. Perfect to chase away the cold weather blues.
While you dread the winter in my part of the world which is Bombay we pray for winter. The weather notwithstanding, this recipe is really simple; I wonder whether I can substitute tinned sweet corn for cornmeal in this recipe or will it mess up the recipe?
These sound delicious, Tanvi…I so love green chickpeas…and all of the flavors loaded into your cutlets! Sounds like your mum knows what she’s talking about
I almost feel healthier just imagining eating a few of your cutlets. Thanks so much for sharing them w/ the hearth and soul hop this week!
Wow, love that you got 2 fabulous proteins
I’m absolutely trying these out! Now i’ve just got to find some hara channa somewhere. Healthy tikkis
This sounds absolutely delicious! The presentation is gorgeous!
that is super duper yummy looking
What a healthy way to prepare cutlets! looks so yum!
Oh yes, these cutlets have my name all over them – I definitely need to try these – they look totally delicious.
Sue
These look amazing and I can’t get over what they are made from. Must be so tasty…..
Thanks for linking this to My Meatless Mondays. It is being highlighted, this coming Monday.
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