Sweet potato Cutlet and Sweet Potato Pantua Recipe:
Sweet potatoes are high in many important nutrients as well as Vitamin A ,Vitamin C and manganese.As it has high fiber contain and is slightly lower in Glycemic index than regular white potato it is better for health and digestion. I tried to make many recipes using sweet potato and the traditional Bengali Pantua and sweet potato cutlets are my favorite. So today I am sharing both the recipes with you.
I hope you will like the recipe and try it at home.Do let me know how it turned out and also if you have any suggestion please let me know.
Lets get started with the recipe now......
Sweet Potato Cutlet Recipe:
Ingredients :
Sweet potato 2
Onion 1
Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
Garam masala 1 tsp
Red chili powder 2 tsp
Cashew nuts few(optional)
Salt as needed
Coriander leaves
Mint leaves
Green chili 1 (optional)
Plain flour 4 tblsp
Corn flour 2 tblsp
Chaat masala 1 tsp
Bread crumbs 1/2 cup
Oil for deep frying
Method:
Step 1:
Boil the sweet potato in pressure cooker for 4 whistles. Let this cool nicely.
Once done take it out form the water immediately. Else it will absorb more moisture.
Step 2:
Take the sweet potato in a big bowl and mash it properly using a potato masher or fork and mix finely chopped onion , cashew nuts,coriander and mint leaves with it.
Step 3:
Also add the spices ,salt,chopped green chilly(if you want the cutlets to be more spicy) and plain flour and mix well.Now shape the mixture into cutlets(Patty) and refrigerate them for at least 30 minutes.
Step 4:
Now in a bowl add corn flour,salt and water and make thin paste to coat the patties(cutlets).
Step 5:
Take out the patty from refrigerator dip them in the corn flour paste and coat them with bread crumbs and deep fry them on both sides till they are golden brown.
Step 6:
Serve them hot with tomato chutney.
Sweet potato pantua Recipe:
Ingredients:
1 big sweet potato(boiled and mashed)
1 tbsp all purpose flour
1 tbsp semolina(suji)
2 tbsp powdered sugar
2 cups sugar
2 tbsp milk powder
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp whole milk
1 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp kewra water
Vegetable oil for frying
Directions:
In a small pan add whole milk and butter,cook until come to a boiling point. In a bowl take 2 tbsp milk powder and 1 tbsp of powdered sugar and warm whole milk mixture to make a soft dough, stirring with a spoon. It is a quick process of making mawa. When it is warm make very small balls out of it. If it is cool it will be hard.
In another bowl add mashed sweet potato, semolina, all purpose flour and 1 tbsp of sugar, mix it very well. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
In a big pan add 2 cups of sugar and 2 cups of water. Boil until sugar dissolves. Add cardamom powder and kewra water. Then switch of the flame and keep it on gas stove to keep sugar syrup warm.
In a deep frying pan heat vegetable oil.
From mixture of mashed potato make small balls then press with your hands on the middle of the ball to make a cavity. Put one mawa ball on it. Then cover it up and make a ball again.
Deep fry potato balls in heated oil, until light brown. Drain it in a paper towel then dip it in sugar syrup.
Dip it in sugar syrup for 3 - 4 hours then serve. Sweet and delicious Pantua( potato sweets) is ready to serve.