Broccoli Tikki | Broccoli Cutlet

Ingredients

• 1 cup broccoli florets, 100 gms
• ¼ cup green peas, 40 gms
• 10-12 palak leaves
• 2 tablespoons of coriander leaves
• ¼ cup boiled potato, finely mashed
• ¾ cup grated paneer, 75 gms
• 1 cube grated processed cheese
• 1 teaspoon grated garlic
• 1 teaspoon chat masala
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon white pepper powder
• ½ teaspoon amchur powder
• 3 tablespoons roasted gram flour, besan
• cooking oil for frying tikkis

Steps

1. Take 3 cups of water in a cooking pot.
2. Add broccoli, peas & palak leaves to the pot and blanch exactly for 2 minutes.
3. Remove & immediately transfer to cold water
4. Strain the water from the veggies & squeeze out all the water from palak & coriander leaves.
5. Now grind all veggies to a semi course paste and transfer to a big bowl.
6. Add to the bowl, potato, paneer, cheese, garlic, chat masala, salt, pepper & amchur powder and mix all the ingredients using your hand or a spatula.
7. Add roasted gram flour gradually, one tablespoon at a time and incorporate all the roasted gram flour into the tikki mix.
8. To prepare tikkis, take a tablespoon of mixture, shape them round by hand and flatten to form tikkis or cutlets.
9. Brush one tablespoon of oil on a heated pan and shallow fry the tikkis on medium heat.
10. Fry the tikkis on both sides till it’s golden brown & serve hot.