Sweet potatoes (sakkarai valli kizhangu in Tamil) are high in vitamin A, vitamin E and beta carotene. They also have decent source of vitamin C, potassium, calcium and folate. It is one of the high calorie starch food. Most kids will refuse to eat plain boiled sweet potato but if you give sweet potato kheer or prepare cutlets with sweet potato, they will ask you for more. It is a great kid friendly snack and can be whipped up in just 15-20 minutes. It is quite filling and keeps hunger at bay. Today we will learn how to make sweet potato cutlet following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Sweet Potato Cutlet Recipe
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 15 mins
Yields: 8 cutlets
Recipe Category: Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Yields: 8 cutlets
Recipe Category: Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Sweet Potato – 3 medium size
Onion – 1 big finely chopped
Green chilli -1 finely chopped
Coriander Leaves -1 tbsp finely chopped
Chilli Powder – 1/2 tsp
Bengal gram flour (besan/kadalai mavu) – 2 tbsp
Rice flour – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil for shallow frying
Preparation
Wash sweet potatoes well, chop it into 3 pieces and cook until soft. I pressure cooked for 3 whistles.
Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and drain the water completely. Peel the skin of sweet potatoes and mash it well without any lumps.
Finely chop onion, green chilli and coriander leaves.
Add finely chopped onions, coriander leaves and green chilli to the finely mashed sweet potato.
Add salt needed, chilli powder, gram flour and rice flour.
Mix everything well to form a dough. Take a lemon sized sweet potato dough, make a smooth ball and flatten it to form tikkis (disc). Do not make it very thick. It should be of medium thickness. Make sure that there are no cracks.
Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.
Method
Heat oil in a shallow pan, and fry the tikkis both sides on low heat until golden brown. (you will need around 2-3 tsp of oil per cutlet).
Serve hot with tomato ketchup or green chutney.
Serve kids with these healthy, easy-to-prepare snack after school. Adults can have it with evening tea or any time of the day.
Note – When preparing for kids, you can omit the green chilli.
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View Comments (19)
Like to try this for my 5yr son
Thanx for sharing this recipe. I love sweet potatoes...I shall make these cutlets for certain.Thx dear Padhu once again...
I tried this. It was tasty. Thankx. I used fried gram powder instead of bengal gram and rice flour. Your recipes are wonderful and the way of presentation is too good. You are doing a great job. Keep going.
Was looking for the recipe to reassure my ideas for my 5 yr old kid...thanks a lot.
I tried this, it is superb! Thanks Padhu mam!
healthy cutlets .. made it today as a evening snack and liked it much .. Thanks ..
I tried this today...we loved them! My fussy kids now have something they like! Thanks!
Very good recipe and nicely explained. Thank you and I shall try this soon.
I made this today. My kids loved the cutlets. They never liked to eat sweet potato. This way they enjoyed eating. Thank u for the recipe.
Can I store this dough in refrigerator for later use..?
You can even freeze it. Before tawa frying, bring it to room temperature.