Potato Canapes

Monday, March 22, 2010

This recipe is a typical Indian recipe like you have in a samosa.Since this is a fried recipe watch out for the calories. But once in a while ou can binge on these instead of samosas,try them!












































































Ingredients Quantity
Canapes 6
Boiled and Mashed Potatoes ¾ cup
Chopped Onions 1 tbsp
Peas 2 tbsps
Cumin Seeds 1 tsp
Chopped Coriander Leaves 2 tbsps
Ginger Garlic Paste ½ tsp
Red Chilly Powder ½ tsp
Turmeric Powder ¼ tsp
Garam Masala Powder ½ tsp
Gram Flour (Besan) 3 btsps
Salt to taste
Water to make batter
Oil for deep frying



Method

  1. Take a pan and add one teaspoon of oil and heat it.Add cumin seeds and fry them.

  2. Add the onions and ginger garlic paste and fry till light brown in colour.

  3. Add the peas, turmeric powder,salt, red chilly powder and garam masala powder and mix.

  4. Then add the mashed potato and a tablespoon of coriander leaves and mix well.Save the rest of the coriander leaves for garnishing.

  5. Cook for a few minutes till all the ingredients are mixed well.

  6. Take it out from the heat and cool it slightly.

  7. Make a thick batter with gram flour,water and salt.

  8. Heat oil for deep frying in a pan.

  9. Take each canape and fill it up with the potato mixture and seal it with a spoon or more of the gram flour batter over it so that the filling does not fall out.

  10. When all the canapes are ready with the filling,put each canape into the hot oil carefully with the gram flour side down first and fry till golden brown. Turn the side fry the other side and remove from the oil and drain them on a paper towel to remove extra oil.

  11. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve it hot with green or tamarind chutney or even with tomato ketchup.

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