Vegetable Cutlets With Fennel Seeds

Ingredients -

• Potatoes - 4 (medium)
• Green peas - 1/2 cup
• Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp
• Garlic paste - 1/4 tsp
• Green chili paste - 1/2 tsp
• Carrot - 1/2 cup (shredded)
• Cabbage - 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
• Salt - to taste
• Lemon juice - 2 tsp
• Fennel seeds - 3 tsp
• Peanuts - 2 tsp
• Poppy seeds (khuskhus) - 1 tsp
• Sesame seeds (til) - 1 tsp
• Bread - 3-4 slices
• Cornflour - 1 cup
• Oil - to deep fry

Procedure -

• Grind together fennel seeds, poppy seeds, peanuts and sesame seeds and keep aside.
• Boil potatoes and green peas and mash them.
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil and add ginger garlic paste, green chili paste, carrot and cabbage. 
• Cook till the vegetables are soft. 
• Now add salt, lemon juice and grinded seeds. 
• Cook till dry and let the mixture cool.
• Now add the above mixture to the mashed potatoes and peas. 
• Soak bread in little water and squeeze it out. 
• Now add this to the potatoes and mix well. 
• Form into heart shaped cutlets with a help of a cookie cutter. 
• Dust each cutlet with cornflour and deep fry in oil.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup.