Hara bhara kabab

Ingredients

Spinach leaves ( palak leaves)—1 bunch

Aloo (alugedde//potatoes )--4 to 5 medium sized
Capsicum Chopped finely —1 medium sized
Onion Chopped finely —1 medium
Green peas( fresh or frozen) (batani)— 1 cup
Green chillies (hasiru menasina kayi)—3 Chopped
Coriander leaves ( kothambari soppu)—1/2 cup chopped
Ginger(shunti//adarak)—small piece
Garlic (belluli)—2 pods

Jeera (jeerige// cumin seeds)—1 tablespoon
Cashews (godambi)—4 to 5

Dry masala powder

Jeera powder—1 tablespoon

Black salt—1/2 teaspoon

Garam masala powder—1/2 teaspoon

White or black pepper powder—1/2 teaspoon

Chat masala—1 teaspoon

Nutmeg powder( jaikai//jaiphal )—1/4 teaspoon

Salt —to taste

Roasted besan (kadale hittu //gram flour)—4 tablespoon

Corn flour—4 tablespoon

Bread crumbs—1/2 cup + for coating as required.

Cashews halved( godambi pieces)—as required

Oil—to deep fry

Method

Pluck the leaves from stems and rinse well in water .drain water.
Water has to be completely drained before using it.
Chop them

Boil potatoes in pressure cooker for 3 whistles.
Remove skin and mash it properly.
Cook peas directly in a pan or along with alu in a separate container.

Dry roast besan for a minute and keep it ready.

Now heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan or kadai,once hot add jeera and Cashews,saute For a while.

Add in chopped green chillies,ginger,garlic keep stirring on medium flame.
Add onions and fry till they turn soft and translucent.

Now add chopped capsicum and keep stirring for a while.
Add in boiled green peas and coriander leaves,keep stirring.

Finally add chopped palak leaves and cover with a lid and let it cook on medium flame.
Sauté until it cooks completely.

Next add fried besan and all dry powders together with little salt.

Sauté until the moisture disappears and nice aroma comes out.

Cool completely.

Transfer the cooled mixture into a mixer grinder jar and blend together to a smooth paste.

(Do not add water to grind the mixture)

Mash the potatoes in a mixing bowl
Add the ground masala paste,bread crumbs,mix well.
Add in corn flour and salt if needed and mix well.

This will be a little sticky dough.

( you can little besan to make non sticky dough)

Now to make hara bhara kabab

Take a small portion of the dough ( ball sized ) Flatten them with greasy hands and make patties.(Tikki)

You can either deep fry or shallow fry patties

Roll the Patties in bread crumbs and put one cashew on top and press a little.

For shallow fry

Heat 2 to 3 tablespoon of oil in a nonstick pan or tava on medium flame.

When hot put 3 to 4 patties ( as per the size of your pan) And shallow fry until bottom side turns light brown and flip it and fry the other side until light brown.

Transfer to a plate