Sweet potato cutlets are wonderful vegetable delights made with sweet potato and a few spices coated in crushed peanuts. My easy guide will help you make sweet potato cutlets at home quickly to the surprise of your kids.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Crispy sweet potato cutlets are sweet and savory evening snacks.
- Serve them hot with green chutney, tamarind chutney, yogurt dip, tomato ketchup, salad, onion rings, or lemon wedges.
- Sweet potato cutlets offer a pleasant combination of sweet and savory taste.
- Try other similar dishes such as paneer cutlet, vegetable cutlet, corn cutlet, potato cutlet, and bread cutlet.
How to Make Sweet Potato Cutlet? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: Take two sweet potatoes. Cut their edges.
Step 2: Put in a pressure cooker. Add water. Boil till 5 whistles.
Step 3: Transfer them to a plate to cool down. Peel them.
Step 4: Transfer them to a bowl.
Step 5: Mash them with a vegetable masher.
(Pro tip: Use the back of a stainless-steel glass if there is no vegetable masher available at home).
Step 6: Add 2 pieces of finely chopped fresh green chilies and 1 tsp of crushed ginger.
(Pro tip: Do not use ginger paste. Ginger fibers will add to the taste).
Step 7: Now, put 1 tsp of red chili powder, ½ tsp of garam masala powder, ½ tsp of cumin powder, ½ tsp of chaat masala powder 2 tbsp of rice or corn flour, and 1 tbsp of finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.
Step 8: Follow it with ½ tsp of rock (black) salt.
Step 9: Finally, squeeze about 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
Step 10: Mix everything nicely.
Step 11: Put a little oil in your hand. Rub it. Take a little bit of the mixture. Give them the shape of a cutlet. I have made them round. You can give any shape you want. Keep the cutlets on a plate. Let it stay for about 10 minutes to set.
Step 12: Dip one in crushed peanuts. Coat it nicely on all sides.
Step 13: Repeat the step to coat all the cutlets. Keep them all on a plate aside for another 10 minutes for everything to hold firmly.
Step 14: Take a frying pan or wok. Heat enough cooking oil. Put the cutlets one by one very carefully to prevent splashing hot oil on you.
Step 15: Flip each of them when they turn brown on one side. Do it carefully so that you do not break them while flipping.
Step 16: Remove them when they are done. Put them on a piece of tissue paper laid on a plate to absorb the excess oil.
Step 17: Your tasty and spicy homemade sweet potato cutlets are done. Lay them on a plate, sprinkle chaat masala, and serve them hot with green chutney.
Recipe Card
Sweet Potato Cutlet Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pieces sweet potatoes boiled, peeled, mashed
- 2 pieces fresh green chilies finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger finely crushed
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp chaat masala powder
- 2 tbsp rice flour or corn flour
- 1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp rock (black) salth
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice – 1 tbsp
For Coating the Cutlets:
- Peanut finely crushed, an adequate amount
For Frying the Cutlets:
- Cooking oil an adequate amount
Instructions
- Take two sweet potatoes. Cut their edges.
- Put in a pressure cooker. Add water. Boil till 5 whistles.
- Transfer them to a plate to cool down. Peel them.
- Transfer them to a bowl.
- Mash them with a vegetable masher. (Pro tip: Use the back of a stainless-steel glass if there is no vegetable masher available at home).
- Add 2 pieces of finely chopped fresh green chilies and 1 tsp of crushed ginger.(Pro tip: Do not use ginger paste. Ginger fibers will add to the taste).
- Now, put 1 tsp of red chili powder, ½ tsp of garam masala powder, ½ tsp of cumin powder, ½ tsp of chaat masala powder 2 tbsp of rice or corn flour, and 1 tbsp of finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.
- Follow it with ½ tsp of rock (black) salt.
- Finally, squeeze about 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
- Mix everything nicely.
- Put a little oil in your hand. Rub it. Take a little bit of the mixture. Give them the shape of a cutlet. I have made them round. You can give any shape you want. Keep the cutlets on a plate. Let it stay for about 10 minutes to set.
- Dip one in crushed peanuts. Coat it nicely on all sides.
- Repeat the step to coat all the cutlets. Keep them all on a plate aside for another 10 minutes for everything to hold firmly.
- Take a frying pan or wok. Heat enough cooking oil. Put the cutlets one by one very carefully to prevent splashing hot oil on you.
- Flip each of them when they turn brown on one side. Do it carefully so that you do not break them while flipping.
- Remove them when they are done. Put them on a piece of tissue paper laid on a plate to absorb the excess oil.
- Your tasty and spicy homemade sweet potato cutlets are done. Lay them on a plate, sprinkle chaat masala, and serve them hot with green chutney.
