Broccoli Tikki | Broccoli Cutlet
Loaded with veggies, paneer, and cheese, this broccoli tikki makes for a quick, wholesome, and filling snack for kids and adults alike!
Servings: 12 tikkis
Ingredients
- 1 cup broccoli florets 100 gms
- ¼ cup green peas 40 gms
- 10-12 palak leaves
- 2 tablespoons of coriander leaves
- ¼ cup boiled potato finely mashed
- ¾ cup grated paneer 75 gms
- 1 cube grated processed cheese
- 1 teaspoon grated garlic
- 1 teaspoon chat masala
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon white pepper powder
- ½ teaspoon amchur powder
- 3 tablespoons roasted gram flour besan
- cooking oil for frying tikkis
Instructions
- Take 3 cups of water in a cooking pot.
- Add broccoli, peas & palak leaves to the pot and blanch exactly for 2 minutes.1 cup broccoli florets, ¼ cup green peas, 10-12 palak leaves
- Remove & immediately transfer to cold water
- Strain the water from the veggies & squeeze out all the water from palak & coriander leaves.2 tablespoons of coriander leaves
- Now grind all veggies to a semi course paste and transfer to a big bowl.
- Add to the bowl, potato, paneer, cheese, garlic, chat masala, salt, pepper & amchur powder and mix all the ingredients using your hand or a spatula.¼ cup boiled potato, ¾ cup grated paneer, 1 cube grated processed cheese, 1 teaspoon grated garlic, 1 teaspoon chat masala, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon white pepper powder, ½ teaspoon amchur powder
- Add roasted gram flour gradually, one tablespoon at a time and incorporate all the roasted gram flour into the tikki mix.3 tablespoons roasted gram flour
- To prepare tikkis, take a tablespoon of mixture, shape them round by hand and flatten to form tikkis or cutlets.
- Brush one tablespoon of oil on a heated pan and shallow fry the tikkis on medium heat.cooking oil for frying tikkis
- Fry the tikkis on both sides till it's golden brown & serve hot.
Notes
- Fresh or frozen peas work equally well in this recipe.
- Make sure no water is retained in the blanched palak leaves before grinding them.
- Although cheese is optional in this recipe, using it will really enhance the taste of tikkis.
- Processed cheese may be replaced with mozzarella or cheddar.
- Any cooking oil can be used for frying tikkis like sunflower oil, groundnut oil or olive oil.
- Cook the tikkis only on medium heat for them to be well cooked inside out.
- The tikkis tend to be soft when its hot & gets firmer once you take out of the pan.
Nutrition
Calories: 58kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 57mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 0.3mg