Aval /Poha/Beaten Rice Cutlet

 

I saw this recipe sometime back in a supplement from Aval Vikatan. I think the name of the supplement was ‘Gramiya Samayal’ (Village Cooking). From then, I have been making this if I have Aval at home and it is also a guilt free snack idea. But, sadly I lost the book.

I have used Red Aval in this recipe as my Mother in law says it is healthier than its white counterpart. However, you can use white too.

Ingredients:

1. Aval/Poha (thick) – 1 cup
2. Kadalai Maavu/Besan flour – 2tbsp
3. Rice flour – 3/4tbsp
4. Carrot – 1
5. Beans – few
6. Asafoetida – 2 pinches
7. Chilli powder – 1/2tsp
8. Pepper powder – 1/2tsp
9. Salt – as needed
10. Bread crumbs – as needed
11. Oil – as needed

Method:

1. Soak poha in water for 15 mins. Drain and squeeze out the water and grind in mixie with salt to a paste as shown below. Do not add water while grinding.

2. Chop the veggies roughly and pressure cook for 1 whistle and chop them finely after cooling.

3. In a wide bowl, take the poha paste, veggies and all the other ingredients except bread crumbs and oil and form a dough as shown below. Sprinkle little water as needed for binding the dough. Dont let it become too watery.

4. Make small balls and pat it flat it with your hand. Coat it with bread crumbs.

5. Heat dosa pan, keep the cutlets and drizzle oil on sides. After half a minute on medium flame, flip and cook. Flip and cook till both sides are evenly browned.

Serve hot with favourite sauce!!

Notes:

• Instead of bread crumbs, you can use rava or powdered rusk. I used homemade bread crumbs made from multigrain bread. I referred this link to make it http://www.sharmispassions.com/2011/12/homemade-breadcrumbs-how-to-make.html.
• You can increase the spice level if you wish. You can also grind green chillies.
• The original recipe was with greens instead of vegetables. You can try that too.