SURAN (YAM) CUTLETS

Most of us are familiar with and enjoy mincemeat, potato or vegetable cutlets. There are several other vegetables that lend themselves well to making cutlets and other snacks and one such vegetable is Suran or Yam. It doesn’t look very appealing when you see it in the vegetable market, but can actually be converted into a delicious snack or dish to die for….
Ingredients:
250 gms suran
1 small onion finely chopped
½ tsp jeera
1 inch piece ginger finely chopped or ground
2 green chillies finely chopped
2 slices bread or one pav
1 tbsp besan (gram flour)
¼ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp coriander powder
Few coriander leaves finely chopped
Ground bread crumbs for coating
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Procedure:
Peel suran and cut into 4 o5 large pieces. Boil in a pressure cooker for a couple of minutes. Open lid , drain out water and mash suran and allow it to cool . Heat two tbsps oil in a kadai and add jeera, ginger , green chillies and onion. Cook on low flame till onion is translucent. Add the mashed suran and coriander powder, chilli powder and salt. Stir for a minute or two, remove from flame and let the mixture cool. When it cools , add gram flour and bread( soak bread in water and squeeze it out) and coriander leaves and mix well. Keep the mixture in the fridge for an hour or two so it hardens a bit. Then make balls and flatten to cutlets. Cot both sides with bread crumps and shallow fry in a non stick pan till both sides are golden brown. Serve hot with green chutney, coconut chutney or ketchup.