Veggie Balls - Appetizer

After seeing VKN’s kheema vada recipe from “My dhaba“ I was tempted to make something with vegetables instead of meat. Since my husband is a vegetarian, I wanted to try out something with vegetables. I tried veggie balls with the available veggies at home, which is similar to Vkn’s recipe Kheema vadai aka croquette.

Ingredients: Recipe for two

• 1 Big Potato, 1 Carrot, Few florets of broccoli
• ½ onion chopped into small pieces
• ½ cup of celantro finely chopped
  
• 4-5 mint leaves finely chopped (optional)
• 1tsp ginger garlic paste
• 3 Green chilies finely chopped
• ½ tsp red chili powder
• ½ tsp pepper powder
• A pinch of turmeric
• 1 cup of Breadcrumbs
• Salt for taste

Method

Cook the potato, carrot and broccoli in a pressure cooker or microwave. You can use any vegetables as per your taste.

Heat 1tsp of oil in a frying pan, add the onions, ginger garlic paste and sauté them until the onion becomes brown color. Now add the potatoes, carrot, broccoli, green chilies, turmeric, red chili powder, pepper powder and salt and cook them for 2 – 3 minutes until the vegetable absorbs the flavor. Allow them to cool.

In a bowl put the above ingredients and add the finely chopped cilantro and mint leaves and mash all the ingredients.

Make small round balls from this mixture. Roll the veggie balls over the breadcrumbs.

Heat 2 inches of oil in a frying pan over medium high heat. Fry the balls until it becomes golden brown.

Serve the veggie balls hot with tomato ketchup.