Spinach Mushroom Cutlets

hat to make for our daily evening snack always gets me thinking. I try to go for something quick, nutritious as well as fun. The 'fun' part is especially important to get my little princess excited to try it out and obviously I care about the nutritious aspect. In short that is the basis on which I came up with this cutlet. It turned out to be a good way to get spinach into my little one. Hubby was sure enough onboard as he mostly is with anything fried :) You can dip them in your favorite sauce or chutney and eat them as is or stick them inside a bun and enjoy as a sandwich.
Ingredients: makes 5-6
Spinach ......................... 2 cups washed and chopped fine

Mushroom ...................... 1 1/2 cup chopped fine
Potato .......................... 2 medium boiled and mashed about 1 cup  
Cumin ........................... 1/4 tsp 
Turmeric ........................ 1/4 tsp

Ginger ........................... 1 tsp grated
Cilantro ......................... 1 tbsp

Corn starch ..................... 1 tbsp
Chilli powder .................. 1/2 tsp
Garam masala .................. 1 tsp

Water ........................... 1/2 cup mixed with 2 tbsp corn starch
Bread crumbs ................... 1/2 cup or as needed
Oil ................................ 1 tbsp + for  frying

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin and ginger. Cook for 30 sec. Add mushrooms, cook till water evaporates and it gets light brown. Add spinach and let it wilt. Add salt and turmeric. Add chilli powder and garam masala and saute well.
2. Mix in the mashed potato and cilantro cook till everything mixes together. Add chaat masala and corn starch mix. Take off the heat and let the mixture cool down so its easy to handle.
3. Take water and cornstarch and mix till no lumps. Spread bread crumbs on a plate. Take small amount of the cutlet mix and make into desired shape. Dip it in corn starch mix and roll it in bread crumbs. Repeat with all the cutlet mix. Arrange on a plate and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.

4. Heat oil (make sure the oil is really hot else they will break apart) and deep fry the chops till golden brown on all sides. You can also shallow fry them.

5. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney, ENJOY!
Notes:
1. You can also add other veggies like- grated carrots, boiled peas and corn etc.