Creamy Cutlets
Ingredients
- 1 small to medium size onion chopped fine
- 2-3 cloves of garlic chopped fine
- 1 cup cauliflower cut into small pieces
- 1/3 cup green peas
- 1 cup chopped carrots ,finely cut into cubes
- 10-12 french beans cut into small pieces
- 5-7 mushrooms cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup celery(just the stems cut into tiny pieces)
- Salt to taste
- Red chilli flakes to taste
- Pinch of black pepper powder
- 2 tbsp breadcrumb for the mixture
- Breadcrumbs as per requirement ,for the cutlets
- 3 tbsp of oil/butter
Ingredients for the sauce
- 1/2 ltr milk
- 3 tbsp of refined flour (maida)
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt to taste
- Pinch of black pepper powder
Method
- Take a kadhai ,add the oil/ butter to the kadhai
- Warm the oil / butter then add the onion and stir fry for few seconds
- Then add the garlic and stir fry for 1 minute or so
- Now add the celery and fry for few seconds
- Then add the vegetables one by one starting with the ones which take longer to cook
- Add the peas stir fry for few minutes
- Next add the french beans and stir fry for few minutes
- Now add the carrots , cauliflower and a pinch of salt and mix it in well
- Then add the mushrooms and stir fry till the vegetables are 90% done
- Add the chilli flakes and the black pepper powder
- Mix it in well
- Stir fry the vegetables for few minutes and mash them a little bit .
- The vegetables are ready
Method for the sauce
- Take a pan add the milk (should be boiled before and kept aside)
- In a small bowl put the flour and add 1/4 cup milk in it and mix it with the flour to make a smooth paste ,then add this paste to the milk and start cooking on low flame stirring continuously, or else lumps will form .
- Keep stirring till you get a real thick consistency like a thick custard (keeping in mind that on cooling the sauce will become thicker )
- Add salt to taste ,should be a little less than what is required ,as the vegetables also have salt .
- When the sauce becomes thick ,discard the bay leaf
- Let the sauce cool down .
- When the sauce cools down add it to the vegetables and mix everything really well.
- Can check for salt now ,adjust according to requirement.
- When the mixture cools down add the bread crumbs to it and mix it well .
- Brush some oil on your palm place a heaped tbsp of the mixture and make it into a flat cutlet
- In a plate put the breadcrumb
- Place the cutlet on the breadcrumb plate ,cover the cutlet with the breadcrumb on both sides
- Place it on your palm and press the breadcrumb on it
- Brush a little oil on a pan ,when it becomes hot place the cutlet on it
- After few minutes flip the side gently ,then cover and cook till both sides are browned .
- Done
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