Evenings in our house is busy. Both the kids are demanding our attention, we are prepping for dinner and also catching up on our day. And if I get a chance, sipping on some tea as well. So most of the evening dinners are quick and easy to prep and easy to put together during the week. Lil A also eats what we are eating, so that means we are eating different kinds of pasta at least a couple of times a week.
If I can throw in some lentils or vegetables in that mix, all the better. These sweet potato cutlets came out of that experimentation. Lil A likes his "alu bhaja" so I thought it will translate well to "orange alu bhaja" too. Not so. So I decided to take route #2 - cutlets.
These sweet potato cutlets are the easiest thing and are sized just right for little kids. I let the sweet potato bake in the oven with the spices. Mix it all together and shallow fry them. The adults loved it, and Lil A tentatively finished one. I can live with that!
How do you use sweet potato for your little ones? Here's another recipe I made with sweet potato for Lil A - sweet potato biscuits.
Ingredients:
2 sweet potato - peeled and cubed
1/2 cup rice flour
1/2 tspoon cumin seed powder
1/4 tspoon fresh black pepper
salt to taste
4-5 tbspoon oil
Method:
Preheat the oven to 375deg. Peel and cube the sweet potatoes. Add about 2 tbspoon oil, salt, cumin seed powder, black pepper and salt and bake it for 40-45 min till the sweet potatoes are cooked.
Mash it together. Now take little at a time and make round balls.
Flatten each ball in your palm to make a cutlet. Toss it nicely in the rice flour.
Heat a pan with some oil. Shallow fry the cutlet till it's brown.
Serve it as a side to almost anything. We had ours with vegetable pulao and raita.
If I can throw in some lentils or vegetables in that mix, all the better. These sweet potato cutlets came out of that experimentation. Lil A likes his "alu bhaja" so I thought it will translate well to "orange alu bhaja" too. Not so. So I decided to take route #2 - cutlets.
These sweet potato cutlets are the easiest thing and are sized just right for little kids. I let the sweet potato bake in the oven with the spices. Mix it all together and shallow fry them. The adults loved it, and Lil A tentatively finished one. I can live with that!
How do you use sweet potato for your little ones? Here's another recipe I made with sweet potato for Lil A - sweet potato biscuits.
Ingredients:
2 sweet potato - peeled and cubed
1/2 cup rice flour
1/2 tspoon cumin seed powder
1/4 tspoon fresh black pepper
salt to taste
4-5 tbspoon oil
Method:
Preheat the oven to 375deg. Peel and cube the sweet potatoes. Add about 2 tbspoon oil, salt, cumin seed powder, black pepper and salt and bake it for 40-45 min till the sweet potatoes are cooked.
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perfect for tea time.. nice!
ReplyDeletethanks Uma.
DeleteThis is such a coincidence! Today, I made a mixed veg curry to get rid of some vegetables and there was one sweet potato too many, as well as some leftover coriander. I mashed them together with salt and chilli powder and shallow fried them. They were good!
ReplyDeleteI know, this simple recipe has some serious kick :)
DeleteEyi ta ek din banabo ami ...we end up always making charchari with sweet potato or roast sweet potato..amar savory preparation ta beshi bhalo lagey sweet thekhe ..so even if I try making ranga aloor pantua, my folks eat less..savoury cutlets/roast ora besh mon diye khaye..hugs and smiles
ReplyDeleteTry kore dekhte paro Jaya, besh simple aar tasty!
DeleteDelicious cutlets:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Priyanka!
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