Millet Cutlet Recipe-Saamai Tikki
Prep Time : 10 mins
Serves: 8 Millet Cutlets
Recipe Category: Lunch-Snacks-Millets
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Millet – 1 cup cooked
Oil – 2 tbsp
Onion – 1/3 cup
Garlic – 2 tbsp minced
Green chilli – 1 finely chopped
Ginger – 1 tbsp finely chopped
Carrot – 1/2 cup grated
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Salt to taste
Pepper powder to taste
Harissa spice powder – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped
Flaxseed powder – 1 1/2 tbsp
Curd/plain yogurt – 2 tbsp
Oil for shallow frying patties
For the sauce
Olive oil – 2 tbsp
Onion – 1 finely chopped
Garlic – 2 tbsp minced
Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped/grated
Ripe tomatoes – 3 big
Salt to taste
Pepper powder to taste
Herbs (basil and oregano)
Preparation
Cook millets following the instructions on How to cook Millets. I have used little millet (saamai) to make this cutlet. You can use barnyard millet (kuthiraiwali) or kodo millet (varagu) also to make this millet cutlet. Once you have cooked millets, fluff it with a fork and keep it aside.
Method
Once the carrots are cooked, add cooked millets, finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Cook for a further few seconds.
Then add flaxeed + curd mixture and mix well.
Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the patties both sides until golden brown. Serve with quick homemade sauce and enjoy.
Quick Homemade Sauce for the millet cutlets
Blend the tomatoes and keep it ready.
Heat olive oil in a pan, add finely chopped onions, garlic and ginger. Saute until onions turn transparent.
Add blended tomato puree, salt and pepper powder to taste and cook until it thickens stirring from time to time.
Add dry basil and oregano and mix well. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve as a side dish for millet cutlets.
Lovely idea to make cutlets with millets and with the wonderful sauce it must be awesome.
Looks healthy. Can this millet be replaced with brown rice? I stay in Bangalore and dont know where we get millets.
millet means is it kollu? pls confirm. Nice posting
Magic123- Timbaktu Organics, 24 Mantra Organics are all based in Bangalore and are selling good quality millets. You can make cutlets with brown rice though I have not experimented with it.
Revathy – Kollu is horse gram. Millets are called "siru thaniyam" in Tamil. Millets are one of the oldest foods known to humans and possibly the first cereal grain used.
Thank u. Let me try & post the feedback
I prepared following ur instructions. Happy that healthy food can also b made tasty.
Yummy! Thank you for sharing this delicious recipie.
Thank you , how to bake this in otg oven pls rel mode and temparsture
Pre-heat oven at 180 degree C .Then bake at 180 degree C until it turns golden brown.
U mentioned that egg can be used for binding. ..so in pan we have to mix with millets?
Yes, you have to mix it with the millets after beating it lightly with a fork.
Padhu .. I tried it .. Taste is superb however i didnt get outer layer crisp . Vl it be soft only or how to make tikki crisp
You have to fry on low heat until it turns brown and crisp on the outside.
Or u can bake it in the oven.. tried it.. came out great