Vegetable cutlet (with beetroot) chaat

Ingredients

For cutlets:

• Beet Root - 1 cup (grated)
• Potatoes - 2 big ones (boiled and mashed)
• Peas/Carrots/Beans/Corn Mix - 1 cup boiled
• Onion - 1 cup chopped
• Lal Mirch (Red Chilli Powder) - 1 teaspoon
• Haldi (Turmeric) Powder - 1 teaspoon
• Jeera (Cumin) Powder - 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala - 1 teaspoon
• Amchur (Mango Powder) - 1 teaspoon
• Bread Crumbs - 1/2 cup
• Salt - as per taste
• Oil - 2 teaspoons

For the batter:

• Maida (All purpose Flour) - 1 cup
• Water - to make it into thick batter

For Making Chat:

• Prepared Ghuguni (Dried Yellow Peas Curry) -1/2 cup per Chaat plate (hot as you like)
• Tamarind Sweet and Hot Chutney - 1 teaspoon per Chaat plate
• Roasted Jeera (Cumin) Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Lal Mirch (Red Chilli) Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Thin Sev - 1 teaspoon
• Onions - 1 teaspoon finely chopped
• Chat Masala - 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander - 1 teaspoon

For Frying:

• Oil - hot in a wok

Preparation

• Mix everything under "For Cutlets" to a nice firm dough. Make cyllindrical shaped cutlets from this mix , feel free to make any shape you may like.
• Make a thick batter of maida such that it can coat the cutlet evenly all way. Make an assembly line of cutlets, a bowl of maida batter and a bowl of bread crumbs.
• Now, take a cutlet, roll it in bread crumbs and then in the batter and fry the, slowly till the cutlets are well done (light brown-ish).
• Alternatively, you can completely skip maida batter and just make cutlets out of the potato/beetroot/veggie mix and bread-crumbs.
• Serving:
  Take 2 cutlets in a serving plate. Flatten them a little. Now add all ingredients under "For Making Chat" on the cutlets (in the order mentioned).

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