VEGGIE FINGERS
Hello
people, I’m here with yet another yummy treat. It is a wonderful blend of all
the veggies and the texture is to die for. It is soft creamy inside and the
outside being crunchy. So let’s get started with these veggie fingers.
All
you need is some veggies and the hero of the treat being potato. We need some
potatoes which have been pressure cooked until soft. Once cooked the potatoes
are to be peeled and mashed.
For
the other components I am using the left over mixture prepared for the
sambosa’s. You could totally make your own.
Keeping it very simple we just have to start by heating up 2-3 tablespoons of oil. Drop in the beans and carrots. Sauté it for a while and add in salt. So that it fastens the cooking up of the veggies. For the flavours add in coriander powder, some sought of meat masala (be it mutton or chicken really doesn’t matter), red chilli powder (I used garlic infused chilli powder which I bought from a local store) and a pinch of nutmeg and mace pounded and made into powder.
After the spices are well combined with beans and carrots add in a bit of water and cook it on medium heat for about 10 mins. Remember not to add in lots of water. Once the veggies have cooked through add in the cabbage and bell peppers and let it simmer for about 5 mins. We don’t want the bell peppers and cabbage to cook thoroughly. We want them to be crunchy yet flavorful.
Once
we have both parts ready. Start mixing in the mashed potatoes and the other
veggies. Its time to mould them into fingers. Make sure to grease your hands
otherwise it gets quite messy. Once happy with the shape continue making
fingers until whole of the mixture is utilized.
As
it has potato it is quite soft and fragile to handle. To ease handling I like
to freeze them for a good 2-3 hours.
1-2 hours before serving we need to accomplish the most important step. Breading the veggie fingers so that it gets the crunch.
Once
the fingers are freezed dip each of the fingers in the egg mixture and then
coat them with bread crumbs. Pop them into the fridge to make sure the bread
crumbs are completely firm.
