A croquette is a small bread crumbed fried food roll containing, usually as main ingredients, mashed potatoes and/or ground meat, shellfish, fish, cheese or vegetables.
The croquette is usually shaped into a cylinder, disk, ball or oval shape, and then deep-fried. The croquette (from the French croquer, “to crunch”) gained worldwide popularity, both as a delicacy and as a fast food.
Perfect snack option for fussy kids and fussy adults too…lol
I am so addicted to croquette that sometimes i just couldn’t resist myself having few while frying the the batches. The cheese volcano eruption that takes place inside the mouth is beyond imagination. A good croquette provides a crunch along with an explosion of flavors that certainly makes one addicted to it.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 minutes |
| Servings |
helping
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- 3 Potatoes boiled and mashed - medium
- 1 Onion finely chopped - medium
- 1 Carrots grated - medium
- 5 tbsp Cauliflower grated
- 2 tbsp beans French finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Green peas
- 2 tbsp Corn
- 1 tsp Chilli flakes
- 1 cup Bread crumbs
- 1 inch Mozzarella cheese cut into long sticks - 10
- 4 tbsp Cornflour
- Salt as needed
- Oil for frying
Ingredients
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- Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a wok and saute onion and french beans for a minute.
- Now add grated cauliflower, carrots, peas and corns and continue to saute till the vegetables are slightly softened.
- Transfer the vegetables in a large bowl, add chilli flakes and mix well.
- Now add that boiled and mashed potatoes in the vegetable mixture and adjust salt.
- Add half the bread crumbs and mix well.
- Meanwhile spread the remaining bread crumbs on a plate and keep aside.
- In another separate bowl, add cornflour and lil water to make a flowing solution.
- Now divide the potato and veg mixture into 10 equal portions and shape them into croquettes.
- Create an indentation in between the croquette and place the mozzarella stick. Close up the edges and roll to enclose the cheese completely.
- Repeat the same procedure for making rest of the croquettes.
- Now heat oil in a deep wok.
- Take each croquette and dip into the cornflour solution, roll over the bread crumbs and deep fry till they turn golden in color.
- Repeat the same for rest of the batches. Place the fried croquettes on a paper napkin to drain out excess oil.
- Serve hot with your favorite dip or simple tomato ketchup!!!
