Weekend recipe: Go crazy with a nutritious spud snack ‘Potato mint pear’
Enjoy making and relishing richly mashed and crispy fried snack and make the weekend an event with your loved ones.
Deepa Gupta | New Delhi | February 4, 2018 11:02 am
Enjoy making and relishing richly mashed and crispy fried snack and make the weekend an event with your loved ones.
Potato is a root vegetable. It is the most common food source used worldwide. It is a very good source of vitamin B6, manganese, copper, vitamin C, potassium, phosphorous, niacin, dietary fibre and pantothenic acid. It lacks cholesterol too.
Ingredients
Boiled potatoes 4
Onions 2 (finely chopped)
Garlic 1 tsp
Bread crums 2 bread pieces
Cornflour paste 1 tbsp cornflour + 1 tbsp water
Refined white flour 1/2 tbsp
Cornflour powder 1/2 tbsp
Green chillies 2 (finely chopped)
Mint leaves 7 – 8 (finely chopped)
Green coriander 7 – 8 leaves (finely chopped)
Salt 1 tsp (levelled)
Chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Garam masala 1/2 tsp
Tamarind powder 1/2 tsp
Ingredients for coriander mint sauce
Fresh coriander 100 gms
Fresh mint leaves 50 gms
Salt 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice 3 tsp
To make this sauce grind all the ingredients in a grinder and make fine paste.
Method
Mash boiled potatoes properly.
Add mint leaves, coriander leaves, crushed garlic, chopped onions, cornflour powder, refined flour and all the spices in it. Mix them well and make a dough.
.Make small round balls.Make a hole in the center and press the edges to give a cup shape.
Grease the inner walls of cup with the green sauce.
Make another ball and place it inside the cup.
Seal it giving a nice shape of a pear gently.
Dip it in cornflour paste and roll on bread crums.
Deep fry, air fry or grill it.
Insert a mint leaf on the top and serve hot with a chilled drink.
Potatoes contain wealth of health benefits that make them more tempting to eat.They fight heart diseases, cancer, control diabetes and strengthen bones.Now get set and go for a different delicious snack and make your weekend special.
A popular Hindu festival, Vasant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of the month of Vasant according to Hindu calender. This year, it will be celebrated on Sunday, 10 February.